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From apprenticeships to university, how to make the most of your GCSE and A-level results

COVID-19 may have stopped your exams but there’s no escaping GCSE and A-level results day.

With less than a week to go for teacher-assessed A-level results and two weeks for GCSEs, Sun-employment is here to help the Corona Class of 2020 make the most of the opportunities on offer.

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Sun-employment is here to help the Corona Class of 2020 make the most of the opportunities on offerCredit: Alamy

We’ve teamed up with the National Careers Service (NCS) to review your options if you got the results you need, and next week we’ll be covering what to do if your results aren’t what you hoped for.

And we highlight the top firms hiring this year.

Gillian Keegan, minister for apprenticeships and skills, says: “Be open to the wide range of exciting opportunities around you.”

Careers advice expert Sophie Graham works for the NCS. She says:

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  • Aldi is taking on apprentices in logistics, store management and Driving. See
  • BAE Systems is expected to take on around 800 apprentices. Applications open in November but you can pre-register now at
  • Barclays Applications open in the autumn for a range of apprenticeships. See

    • FIND THE IDEAL FIT FOR YOU

    TONICHA ROBERTS, 23, who competed in the “Skills Olympics” – the Chemical Laboratory Technician contest at WorldSkills Kazan 2019 – recently completed her higher apprenticeship in laboratory science and is now a forensic reporting scientist at Eurofins Forensic Services in London.

    Here she reveals how to find the right apprenticeship.

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    TOP ad agency M&C Saatchi is helping school leavers break into advertising.

    It has launched a free virtual course, which runs for eight weeks and aims to make the ­sector more diverse.

    or search #opentowork.

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    MARKETING agency FSE Digital is seeking school leavers to train as junior web developer and digital marketing assistants.

    Email jobs@fsedigital.com.

    JOBS ARE CHOC-A

    SINK your teeth into a role with food giant Mondelez.

    The firm, which makes Cadbury chocolate, is taking on 50 apprentices and interns and has graduate vacancies too.

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    Sally Waine joined the business as a product innovations intern last year

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    Roles include finance, sales, HR, customer service and logistics, marketing, manufacturing, IT, research & development, and food and data scientists.

    Sally Waine joined the business as a product innovations intern last year, making chocolate, biscuits and snacks.

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