Careers advice
Plan your career to help you get
the most out of your
working life!
A plan helps you focus on whats you should do when thinking about a new career. It also helps if you would like to progress in the career you are in.
Career planning helps realise your ambitions — what you would like to do in your working life. A plan helps you focus on what you should do when thinking about a new career. It also helps if you would like to progress in the career you are in.
Planning needs time and careful consideration. You need to think about:
- what you can do already
- what you would like to do next
- what else you need to learn.
If you already know your goals in life let us help you on your way...
Discover the key facts about jobs that interest you - how to get into them, how you’d spend a typical day and what the salary is like.
Use our Skills Health Check to compare your existing skills with the ones you'll need for your jobs you're interested in. Then you can see which skills you need to work on.
Visit our courses and learning section to find the course to get you into the job you want.
Use our action planning tool to plan your journey to your new job and keep you motivated along the way.
If you don't know where to start, we can help...
Read about all the things you should take into account when changing career or choosing your first job.
Take a closer look at the skills you use in work and at home – you may have more than you think.
Browsing through jobs is a great way to get ideas – and you might find some jobs you haven’t considered before.
Get some job ideas by taking a look to see who’s hiring now.
Contacting the National Careers Service
Friendly and practical advice helping you take the next step...
Are you the next success story?
We have a number of ways for you to get in touch and we would love to hear about how things are going and what you have been able to achieve! 
