Although there is professional help available, there are also a number of things you can do to help yourself. Why not try out some of the following and if at any stage you need further help you can call us on 0845 068 1400
Skills and Interests Assessment
Try the Skills and Interests Assessment to explore your career options. A series of simple, step-by-step questions based on your current skills and interests. It should only take 10 minutes to complete and will identify your skills.
Click here to start your assessment
CV Builder
Build your own CV - choose from different templates, fill in the sections, then view your CV. You can then save and print your completed CV to Word.
Click here for your CV Builder
Job Profile Search
Use this link to find information on a specific job you might be interested in. Each profile provides an overview of the job including; hours and environment, relevant skills and interest, entry requirements, salary level and working environment.
Click here for your Job Profile Search
Funding Directory
Still searching for realiable funding? Take a look at this fully searchable database of funding opportunities of non-charitable sources of funding to help support educational learning. Click here for funding directory
University of Cambridge Careers Service
Introduction of self examination. Thinking about your needs and what interests you have, identifying your skills, how to use your profile, comparing yourself against a job profile.
University of Cambridge Careers Service
Prospects
A free online guidance tool designed for higher education students and graduates which can help you clarify your ideas and suggests which types of jobs might suit you.
Prospects
Jobsgopublic
This site is free and allows job seekers to quickly create an account from where they can search for jobs, apply for vacancies online with a 'once-only application form, save jobs that are of interest to them and store completed and incomplete applications for reviewing later.
www.jobsgopublic.com
LGjobs
This is the recruitment site for local government - the UK's largest employer. You can search for suitable jobs and download or request an application form.
www.lgjobs.com
FREE online courses
Register for a FREE online course today:
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Studying one of these FREE online e-learning courses will help you to develop new skills, train for work, learn with new people and achieve a UK recognised qualification – for FREE.
Vision2learn e-learning courses are all studied online via the internet, so there are no classes or exams to attend. All training courses come with free tutorial support from an online college tutor. All you need is a computer with an internet connection.
Courses are suitable for people aged 16+, and you could study for FREE if you live in England. If you have any questions about our online courses take a look at the Any questions? section.
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Living and Working in Fenland and East Cambridgeshire
This booklet is full of useful information and contacts for those arriving in the area. It is also available in Bulgarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Russian - copies are available at www.fenland.gov.uk/welcome. Click here to view or print the English Booklet
Career Values Tool
This tool helps you to make decisions about your career. It encourages you to think about what you enjoy about work, whether it is paid or not, and what aspects of working you really value. Click the link to use this tool http://www.careervaluestool.com/adviceresources.htm