Careers advice and guidance
Straight answers on applying, interviews and choosing your route — written for people starting out, with no jargon and nothing to sell you.
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Every guide, grouped by what you're trying to do.
Applications and your profile
Build a profile that sells you properly, answer application questions well, and get replies.
Interviews and assessments
What employers actually ask, how to prepare, and how video interviews and assessment centres work.
Choosing your route
Apprenticeship, university, T-Level or straight into work — how to compare them honestly.
Understanding apprenticeships
Levels, pay, your rights, how the training works, and what the day job is really like.
Work experience
How to find placements, what counts as experience, and how to turn it into an offer.
For parents and carers
A plain-English guide to apprenticeships and early careers, for the adults helping someone decide.
Start with these
The questions we get asked most.
You don't need to write a CV — build your profile instead
Blank-page CV writing rewards whoever has someone at home to help. Filling in your profile doesn't.
Read the guideYour routeApprenticeship or university? An honest comparison
The real trade-offs, without either side being sold to you.
Read the guideInterviewsHow to prepare for an apprenticeship interview
What they're really assessing, the questions that come up, and how to get ready in an evening.
Read the guideApprenticeshipsApprentice pay, holiday and your rights at work
You're an employee with a contract. Here's what that means and what you're entitled to.
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