Career Information Advice and Guidance

We’re committed to providing you with consistent and reliable career guidance throughout your time on programme with us. This means you’ll have regular opportunities to explore different career paths with your tutor, sector specialists and our own recruitment specialists in the team, along with the opportunity to learn about various industries, and receive support in planning your future. 

We’ll help you understand the job market and what employers are looking for. This may include learning about industry regulations and expectations, as well as discussing different careers, the skills needed for them, and the opportunities available. This information will empower you to make informed decisions about your career path. For those of you who are not already economically active, we also do our best to link you with agencies or companies that have opportunities to widen your choices.

We read government and sector reports, and ensure that we are bringing you the latest, most relevant courses and content available to help you succeed.

Everyone’s career journey is unique. Remember those questions we asked you at enrolment about your goals and aspirations? Well, the CIAG started there! Once we know what you want to do, we’ll provide personalised guidance tailored to your interests, strengths, and goals. Once we have worked with you for a bit, we offer reviews to help you realign, and meet those goals, and hopefully push a bit further for a few more! 

Whether you need help choosing a career, finding work experience, or preparing for interviews, we’re here to support you. Our vocational programmes have access to CV building sessions, support to register with agencies, and self-employed workshops (including right to work support). If you don't know when the next one is, just ask your tutor!

What you’re learning in your classes connects to real-world careers. For example, if you’re studying construction, we are supporting you towards a relevant CSCS card, and if you are studying beauty therapy, we are providing the latest regulated qualifications ready for that pending licence requirement. We have a whole host of these examples, but hopefully this helps you see the relevance of your studies and how they can lead to exciting job opportunities. 

You’ll have the chance to meet professionals from various fields. These encounters will give you insights into different careers, help you build networks, and inspire you with real-life stories of success. We can also support with creating profiles on LinkedIn, agency portals and CV building to get you in front of the right people.

Our HBA Masters group on social media is a bit quiet, but we are building it slowly. We also have employers and events regularly in our Main Site to visit our construction learners. It's all exciting stuff, and we hope it gives you the start of a platform to grow your network.

Aside from our talented apprentices, we appreciate you need a taste of the sector to make your decision. So we brought it to you!

Our construction and beauty courses are delivered in realistic working environments, where you will get to experience hands on study that is as closely linked to industry as is safely possible. We do try to support you into a work placement, where possible, and if this is something that you specifically want, please just let us know (at any point in your programme), and we will do what we can to make that happen!

Want to know what might be next? 

We’ll provide information on courses, entry requirements, and how further education can help you achieve your career goals, including advice on any specific qualifications you may need to hold to make that happen. This will take place in reviews, however, we can make it happen at any time, so please don't be afraid to ask! At the end of your course, we will ask you for information on your next steps, and try to give you some guidance and feedback to help you in your next steps.

You’ll receive support from your tutor who can help you with everything from choosing a career path to writing your CV and preparing for interviews. This personalised guidance ensures you have the support you need to succeed, and will be recorded on your reviews so that you can go back to this at any time. We can also arrange for 1:1 and group support from our dedicated recruitment specialist.