Post-18 - Careers - City College

Apprenticeships
- gov.uk/apprenticeships – The government’s official website where you will see apprenticeships advertised. You will need to register and create a profile and apply for apprenticeships online.
- Apprenticeship Guide – A user friendly site that gives information about Apprenticeships and a search feature.
- PM Training – PM Training are the largest Apprenticeship provider in the area.
- Equality Training – Another Apprenticeships provider, focusing on Learning, Childcare, Beauty and Hair.
- National Apprenticeship Service – Apprenticeships is useful for researching vocational career pathways and searching and applying for vacancies
- Find an Apprenticeship – Search and apply for apprenticeships in England
- Amazing Apprenticeships – Useful resources from films/webinars to application advice
- Get My First Job – Search and apply for apprenticeships
- All About School Leavers – Apprenticeship and work information
- Future Talent – Apprenticeship and work information
- Not Going to Uni-Explore apprenticeships and other possible alternatives including Gap Year options
- Student Ladder – Information on school leaver programmes, work placements and application advice
- Rate My Apprenticeship -Explore options, search for opportunities and read apprenticeship reviews
- UCAS Career Finder – Sign up for job alerts and search for Post-18 work and training opportunities

Careers
- How2Become – The UK’s Leading Careers Specialists, who help you pass your career selection process the easy way. Lots of online resources and information from experts in their professions.
- Adzuna – Great job search and comparison site.
- All About Careers – An information website for young people aged 16-24 with detailed information across 24 industry sectors.
- Brightside – The Bright Knowledge Bank has lots of useful articles about Career Pathways, as well as practical advice and information about work experience.
- NHS England – The UK’s Largest Employer. Work experience, apprenticeships and jobs within the NHS are listed on here.
- Degree related NHS Careers.
- The National Careers service – Great for job profiles and researching careers.
- Icould – Careers videos, articles and a five minute career quiz.
- Information about careers relating to your degree.
- Medical Projects
- The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers
- Success at School – Includes useful information about work experience, employability skills and vocational skills

Job hunting
- Universal Jobmatch – The national free job search site. You will need to create a profile for Universal Jobmatch.
- Reed The largest recruitment agency and independent job search site
- TotalJobs – Another popular job search website
- Monster – Another popular job search website
- Indeed – A job search comparison site, it searches a number of websites for you.
- Linkedin – The world’s largest professional social media site, great for networking, it also has a job search feature.
- Find a job – Search and apply for full-time and part-time jobs in Great Britain
- Agency Central: Useful for finding a recruitment agency in the local area and those specialising in specific sectors.

Volunteering / gap year
- National Citizens Service – Community schemes for students to join over the summer.
- Do-it – The largest volunteering site, it helps to find a good volunteering opportunity to improve your CV.
- vInspired
- The Year in Industry
- Gap Year – Online and printed directory of Gap Year organisations and opportunities
- Year Out Group – Explore volunteering, culture, languages, expeditions, courses and work placements at home and abroad
- Gapforce – Includes useful advice on taking a gap year and the benefits of volunteering abroad

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Date of Birth

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Notice Period

Date Joined

Date Left (if applicable)

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Employer Address

Main Duties

References

Please provide two professional references, the first reference should be your present or most recent employer. It is normal practice for references to be obtained before any formal interview is held, although time may not always permit this.

Reference 1

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Occupation

Years Known

Reference 2

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Occupation

Years Known

Previous Employment

Previous Employment 1

Position

Employer

Reason for Leaving

Dates (from/to)

Previous Employment 2

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Reason for Leaving

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Previous Employment 3

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Employment Gaps

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Qualification Obtained

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Qualification 3

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Skills, Experience & Knowledge

Please state the reasons why you wish to apply for the position and give details of any experience, skills and training that you think is relevant, together with any other information to support your application.

Disability

The Equality Act 2010 defines a person as disabled if they have a mental or physical impairment, which has a substantial and long-term and adverse effect on the person’s ability to carry out normal day to day activities.

Do you have a disability, long term illness or health condition?

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring service before your appointment is confirmed.

Declaration

I confirm that the above information is complete and accurate and I understand that any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory references, satisfactory DBS and Barred list checks, entries on this form proving to be complete and accurate, satisfactory medical report, if applicable. I can confirm that I have not been disqualified from working with children, cautioned or sanctioned in this regard.

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Age

You will be considered as having a disability for discrimination purposes if you fit the definition as given in the Equality Act 2010. In the Act, a disability is a ‘physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day to day activities.’ For these purposes, ‘long term’ is taken to mean the condition is likely to last longer than 12 months or likely to recur.

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Personal Details

Present or Most Recent Employment

References

Previous Employment

Employment Gaps

Education, Qualifications & Training

Skills, Experience & Knowledge

Disability

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Declaration

Reference Permission

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Data Protection Statement