For young people today, getting their dream job is becoming more and more difficult, not easier. Amidst rising levels of competition, the top jobs are going fast – which is why school careers services have a crucial role to play.

Appearing at the Bett Show this week is SchoolsBuddy, an innovative, intuitive and wide-reaching activities management system to benefit all levels of teaching. Uniquely app-driven, SchoolsBuddy is a mobile solution for communicating among parents, pupils and staff, organising activities, running after-school clubs and helping to safeguard pupils all in one revolutionary system. Full of features to assist both teachers and school leaders, the SchoolsBuddy team will be hosting Bett Stand G310.

When it comes to the stress of studying, extra-curricular activities are often the first thing that students drop, according to recent research. In the race for As and A*s, it would appear that young people are increasingly missing out on gaining crucial life experience that will set them up for the future following completion of compulsory education.