Career Support
Supporting the future of tech talent.
Every Skills Bootcamp comes with free careers support, built around your goal. Looking for work? Five gates take you from choosing a path to applying with a plan. Employed or self-employed? Three gates turn your course into new clients, services or responsibilities.
One route for you, built around your goal
Careers support is free and part of every Skills Bootcamp. It starts with a one-to-one interview before you enrol and carries on for six months after your course ends. We set your route from your work situation: five gates if you are looking for work, or three gates if you are employed or self-employed. If your situation changes, your adviser changes your route.
How every gate works
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Learn. A short careers lesson in class introduces each gate and shows what good looks like.
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Show. You send your adviser your work for the gate a few days before the next class.
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Pass. Your adviser reviews it and passes the gate, or books a one-to-one to help you get there.
Five gates, from first idea to applying
You work through the gates one at a time. By the end you are applying for roles with a routine you have agreed, and you keep checking in with your adviser until you land one.
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Choose your path
Pick two named jobs to aim for, a main pathway and a back-up, using local salaries, local demand and the skills real adverts ask for.
You leave withTwo researched career pathways
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Your CV
A CV of no more than two pages, aimed at your pathways, using the keywords employers ask for and linking your past experience to your new direction.
You leave withA CV ready to send
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Tools and setup
Get set up on Indeed, Reed and TotalJobs with your CV uploaded and job alerts running, and log every application in one place.
You leave withAlerts set, applications tracked
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Confidence
Name one thing holding you back, test it against what you have achieved on the course, and shape your career change story. What you share stays private.
You leave withYour story and one next step
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Your plan
Turn it all into a weekly application routine that fits around your life, with fortnightly check-ins and interview preparation when you land one.
You leave withA weekly plan you have agreed
Three gates, from plan to results
If you run your own business, or want to take on more at work, your gates turn the course into results there.
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Preparing
Say where you want your business or role to be in six months, name the course skills that will get you there, and set three dated actions.
You leave withA clear goal and three actions
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Sign-off
Agree your plan in writing: a Self-Employed Action Plan, or your new responsibilities agreed and signed by your manager.
You leave withA signed plan
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Implementation
When it happens, whether that is new clients, a new service or a new role, we record it with you. Your adviser stays in touch throughout.
You leave withResults you can point to
We adjust for every learner. Tell us at your interview if you have a disability, health condition, caring responsibilities or anything else that affects how you learn, and we can send slides in advance, give extra time or swap a class for a one-to-one. Read our full careers and IAG offer.
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Whether you are looking for your next job, growing your own business or stepping up where you work, the gates give you a clear route and someone in your corner. Each one ends with something real: a CV, a plan, a new client or a new role.
