Career Advice
Information Advice and Guidance
Community Careers offers help to find a job, career change, career management, training, apprenticeships etc.
Our IAG services aimed at people aged 19 years and over. Confidential and impartial information advice and guidanceis delivered by experienced Careers Advisors who conform to equal opportunities and Guidance Council accreditation board. We provide adult guidance and guidance to young people. Community Careers is also registered under UK Data Protection Act.
Our Careers Advisors will work on a one-to-one confidential basis with the client to develop a Career Development Plan that can highlight all the training skills required for a successful career.
Why not pop in to meet a Careers Advisor or call 020 7372 3613, or email us at info@communitycareers.org.uk for an appointment?
Job Search
An early step in the journey to ideal employment comes when you start looking for a job. We assist and guide the client using a range of specific software, including Odyssey, Adult Directions, Kudos, Pathfinder, VT Career Progression, skills check, adult options etc.
With Free Internet Access, a career library of relevant books by industry and profession, access to training available for all professions, prerequisites and minimum accepted qualifications, The career advisor can help you develop your own techniques to plot your way through all this plus the extra information available over the Internet.
CV development
An advisor will assist you to develop an effective CV and cover letter to help you become successful and get the job you are looking for.
We will search information about the employer and the job opportunity to ensure that your cover letter or application match the relevant criteria required.
We also offer a personal development workshop covering Job Search Techniques, Interview Techniques and presentation skills, teaching how to complete application forms, interview skills and Information Advice and Guidance.
Personal Development Workshop
Another step in the journey to ideal employment comes after your CV and cover letter has successfully led you to have your first job interview.
If you need coaching about approach, questions to expect, presentation and how to be successfull, please contact Community Careers.
Our Careers Advisors will be happy to help with advice and a mock interview to get you ready for your interview.We will prepare and walk you through scenarios that will increase your confidence and hopefully help you secure the right job.
Careers Advice
We work with our clients at the regular Personal Development Workshops or in one-to-one sessions to provide information and advice to develop a career action plan.
The career action plan can evolve into a life long learning partnership between clients, Community Careers, colleges, universities and employers to offer assistance in innovative ways that increase our clients prospects in the labour market, in line with EU recommendations.
See our training section to find out when the next Personal Development Workshop will be held, or call 020 7372 3613 to make an appointment with our Careers Advisors for a FREE one-to-one IAG consultation.
Life Long Learning
Life Long Learning is an important part of the Careers Action Plan that Community Careers will develop with individual clients, or with the staff of our Corporate clients.
By combining learning with work, the client will remain constantly re-skilled for better career prospects and job retention.
Community Careers will work with each Life Long Learning partner to develop individual training and career action plans. Action planning is continued with each participant individually, in one to one career action-planning sessions.The targeted output of such meetings is an agreement on (the contents of each individual’ career action plan).
The Centre’s subsequent commitment to the individual is to help him or her achieve the plan; helping in whatever way is needed. This includes locating and helping to apply for training, arranging work placement and work experience, and, when the client is ready, helping in the search for employment.
Clients’ progress is monitored thereafter. Each client is invited at least quarterly for further career review meetings. The career review meeting is to monitor the progress, changed circumstances, and any help needed.
We also follow up our clients on a monthly basis to find out if their situation has changed, and eventually to invite them back to the centre, so that they can be successful in getting a job.
