Thank you for your interest in submitting a career profile to the outdoor careers website and being part of the community that is helping to support the growth of the industry. Helping the best people to get a job that suits their skills, talents and interests is key to a strong and successful outdoor industry. The information here will help you to submit information that is useful and useable, so your input is crucial.
What we’re looking for in submissions
The information you submit should be:
- Well-researched
- Unbiased
- Clear
You may need to do a little research online or by speaking to others, to be able to create a really comprehensive submission. It may take a little time. The information you submit to us will be edited to ensure it is balanced, representative, comprehensive and clear. It will then be published on the website. The information you write should be generalised to reflect this role across the industry, rather than about your specific role and income. You can look at the career profiles already created, if you would like to see how that looks in practice.
How to submit
The easiest way to submit is to copy the following headings into a Word document and work on this separately, before you submit.
Personal Information
Name, Email, Website, Company (if applicable)
Career Profile
Job Title
Job Summary
Job Tasks
Skills Needed for this Job
Working Hours
Income
Training & Qualifications
Mentors, Industry Information & Job Availability
Other Relevant Information
Once your submission reads how you want it to read in your Word document, cut and paste each section into the online form and submit.
Why this submission process?
We want to have the most impact in the shortest time. This means that we need straightforward ways of managing the information you send us. By submitting in this way, you are helping us to be as efficient as possible with our time, which means we can do more in the short time we have. Your input here helps to build this resource faster and to improve as we go along. If you think the process could be better, please tell us – we want to improve and are open to ideas for development.
What’s in it for me?
By submitting, you are supporting the development of the next generation of outdoor professionals. Your input can help others, particularly young people to make informed choices about their career and future. It can provide inspiration and not just information.
If you run an outdoor business, provide us with a summary about you and your business and we will post this at the end of the profile, helping you to promote what you do. As professionals linked to the outdoor industry, we have a responsibility for supporting others and engaging with the community. Your contribution here demonstrates a commitment to developing others.
In a wider sense, the outdoor industry is a vital part of the British economy, which looks like it will only increase in size, as more jobs become automated and people have more time for leisure. Your contribution will help people to understand the wide range of skills they need to gain, in order to be successful in the industry.
Top Tips
Review a job profile: Look at other profiles and assess if yours is the same quality
Don’t know = OK: If you don’t know something, please don’t make it up. Either leave it out or tell us that this area needs more information.
Different People, Same Job: Think about different people who do the same job – do they all do the same thing, or is there some variation? Include the variations in your submission.
Skills: What are the most important skills for the job – take time to reflect deeply on this or ask others what they think, so you can portray the role accurately.
Fewer words: Can you use fewer words to say the same thing? Clear and concise is better than long and wordy.
Your contribution is valuable. Thank you for your time.
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