Careers

Careers

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Deciding on a career path can be an exciting but bewildering time. There can seem to be so many different choices and lots of people trying to tell you what’s best...

Youth Advisers can help you to discover what inspires and motivates you. They can assist you to understand your strengths and weaknesses and help you to plan a pathway into job and subject areas that fit with your ideas, talents and interests.

They can also help you with

• Matching your skills & interests with suitable jobs.
• Writing a CV and a cover letter that will get you noticed.
• Looking for a job.
• Interview techniques, such as how to get one and what to say.

Whatever questions you have about choosing a career path or getting a job, you can talk to a Youth Adviser or browse through these web pages for more information and advice.

Below you will find links to online careers advice and Careers webzines.

 

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Online Careers advice and information

• Fast Tomato is an interactive careers guidance website for teenagers.
• Careers A-Z is the UK gateway to comprehensive, quality careers information online.
• Careers Box offers the opportunity to view videos of people talking about a wide variety of job roles.
• iCould is a new free online resource containing a library of personal stories, told to camera, by people of all ages and backgrounds in a variety of occupations. It contains 1,000s of films from firefighters, journalists, plumbers to athletes.  Each story provides links to background and support material. 
• NHS Careers may be the first port of call for any information you may need on building a future working in healthcare. The website carries regular ‘Careers in the Spotlight’ features such as ‘Working in Mental Health’, as well as an A-Z of careers in medicine, nursing, allied health professions, healthcare science, health informatics, health management, and the wider healthcare team.
• Step into the NHS offers young people information on NHS careers, videos, case studies and 'Map your Career', which through a set of questions indicates career opportunities that may be suitable for your personality.
• Public Sector Careers promotes career opportunities in the public sector. Job seekers can search a broad range of council jobs, NHS jobs, education jobs, housing jobs and charity jobs. With over 55 different public sector categories there are vacancies on the site to suit all job seekers needs.

Online magazines such as those listed below can help you with your career and educational choices:

• 50:50 This magazine has a 50:50 split between important career information and raw lifestyle content. The magazine is also available as a webzine. Publication Frequency: January/May/September
• Loud Mag- information about careers, higher education and training from companies and organisations.
• Full On - an online magazine for 13 - 16 year olds with articles on vocational and academic routes.
• Next Steps - Career guide for young job seekers aged 16-24. nextSteps Magazine is available online and offers labour market information on a different industry every month.
• TEN - the top careers for women.

A fun way to map out your goals can be found through Goal Mapping templates which can help you create your own personal goal map.

 

Professional Resources - Careers

 

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Page updated: Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:46 AM