Careers

How to be a Personal Adviser

A Connexions Personal Adviser is able to offer advice and guidance to help you make practical decisions about your future. They can give you support in a variety of ways while you are at school and after you have left.

This includes:

• Helping you to get information on health, housing, money, relationships, the law and your rights, leisure, volunteering and so on.
• Offering careers guidance to suit your individual needs.
• Supporting you in preparing your personal action plan.
• Giving information on the range of courses available in local sixth forms and colleges and giving advice on higher education route
• Telling you about local job and training opportunities.
• Providing advice when you receive your exam results, if you want or need to change your plans.
• Making you aware of other agencies which can offer you extra help.

If you think you would like to do this sort of job and would like to know what experience and qualifications are required, take a look at the information provided on the national Connexions website. You could also contact Portsmouth Connexions on 023 9286 5454 and ask for more details and an idea of current vacancies.

Page updated: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:34 PM