National Careers Service Launched 1st April 2012
National Careers Service • Free, independent and high quality careers and skills advice • Helps you find out more about different careers, developing your skills or accessing training • There is face-to-face careers advice in the community, telephone advice and online help. Access by calling 0800 100 900 or search online for the National Careers Service. • Helps you fulfil your career potential • Can support you throughout your career. The service supports you to make informed decisions about your career, skills and training • Open a Lifelong Learning Account, which supports career development throughout your working life • Access at any point during your career • As your working life changes and develops, you can access the National Careers Service to support you along the way
National Careers Service “The National Careers Service will provide authoritative information on learning and work, and professional advice on how to use it” “ I want those who provide careers advice and guidance for a living to take up their rightful mantle: as trusted experts, wise in their counsel and respected by those who look up to them ”
John Hayes, Minister of State for FE, Skills and Lifelong Learning
National Careers Service website
National Careers Service website • The National Careers Service website is a useful tool. nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk
• There are sections on: – – – – – –
Life Long Learning Account Skills Health Check Job Profiles CV builder / CV templates Interviews Funding Advice
Lifelong Learning Account
Lifelong Learning Account A Lifelong Learning Account is a free online service, available from the National Careers Service website, to provide the information, support and services you need to make informed choices about your learning and working 2011saved in a private, secure and easily lifeSeptember with results accessible space.
Lifelong Learning Account
o CV Builder
o Action Planning
o Skills Health Check
o Skills Action Plan
o Learner Record
o Course Search (save facility) ©Skills Funding Agency – P – 110164
Phone Line / Face to Face • The National Careers Service phone number is 0800 100 900 – free from most phones and available to use as often as you require. • Face to Face – Needs led – Careers information and advice – You will receive an action plan and will be registered on the National Careers Service data base.
National Careers Service You can book a diagnostic interview for advice on areas such as . . . • • • • • • • •
Career Choice and Planning Training and Personal Development Further and Higher Education CVs Applications Interviews Job Search skills Apprenticeships
National Careers Service A National Careers Service interview . . . • Records your ‘Current Situation’ and ‘Skills and Work Goals’ or reviews your progress • Can also identify and overcome – lack of focus – information needs – Inadequate qualifications, training or experience – personal barriers and individual circumstances • Includes at least one ‘Action Point’
Redundancy Support • Provide free redundancy support on the employers premises; including: - CV workshops - Online job search - Interview Skills - Self-employment advice - Training - Funding & Bursaries
• Skills Transfer Analysis – One-one interviews prior to redundancy date, to identify training which may be funded by Jobcentre Plus.
National Careers Service For more information on the National Careers Service and the Lifelong Learning Account search online for National Careers Service or call 0800 100 900