Now’s the time to set your students up for a successful break.
Our activities and tools can help; with resources like the CV builder or Virtual interview practice tool to support summer job applications or the on-demand Virtual work experience programme, help students take steps to gain meaningful work experience this summer.
Read more below and log in to get started with showing your students how they can use the summer to build skills and experience for the future.
CV builder
The CV builder tool helps your students build their CVs from scratch. The tool will ask for the information it needs to create a strong CV and then generates a personalised Word document for your students to start job-hunting immediately.
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Virtual interview practice
Along with a strong CV, building good interview skills can help students to succeed in finding work this summer and beyond. Show your students the Virtual interview practice tool, which aims to recreate the experience of attending an interview across a range of industries.
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Work experience resources
If you’re looking to set your students up with work experience opportunities during the summer holiday, LifeSkills has a range of resources to help students gain insight into the workplace and develop the skills they need to stand out when applying for jobs.
With the Government’s new statutory careers guidance on flexible work experience for young people effective from September 2025 and updated Gatsby Benchmarks, they have refreshed the work experience page . This page now brings together all our work experience resources in one easy place, supporting you with a with a multi-year, multi-experience model which is accessible to all learners. This includes the Online work experience programme which is on demand so can be accessed at any time and the Virtual work experience tool.
There are also other ways in which your students can get meaningful experience, like volunteering or mentoring. Explore our social action toolkit for more ideas on how students can get inspired to make the most of the summer.