Through the Six Month Offer you can get the skills you need and the skills local employers need.
Do you want better qualifications to help you find a job? You might be able to do a course of learning FREE of all tuition fees.
Our careers coaches can help you make the right decisions for you about your work and learning. One phone call could open up a whole new world of opportunity!
Advisers are here to provide you with the information you want, when you want it, and how you want it. They won't steer you down a particular road or try to sell you something. The service is free, impartial and confidential.
Some parts of the country don’t have as many people living in them as the major towns and cities, so course providers can be scattered far and wide. You might live a fair way away from the nearest college. Public transport can be limited, so if you don’t have a car, getting around can be a challenge.
A guidance interview is more about your future, but what you did in the past will have a bearing on which options are best for you. For example, which qualifications you already have will affect which courses you can move straight on to. Talking about your past work experience can also give the Careers Coach an idea what kind of work you’ll like and what you won’t like.
CLAIT stands for Computer Literacy and Information Technology and is a nationally recognised course. If you pass a CLAIT course it shows employers you can use the main applications on a computer. CLAIT is available at levels 1, 2 and 3.
The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) is a Europe-wide qualification in basic computer skills. If you have passed ECDL, employers know you have the skills to carry out the main tasks on a computer.
Most people want a qualification to show for any learning they undertake. And getting a qualification is useful for proving to employers that you've got good literacy and numeracy skills. There's also the satisfaction of achieving something at the end of a course.
If you're an enthusiastic blogger, forum user or social networker, have you thought about what kind of personal info you’re putting on the web? With the recent news that more and more employers are using the internet to research job candidates and staff, we take a look at the potential pitfalls of living your life online...
