National Careers Service - Free Impartial Advice

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About us

We offer free and impartial information, advice and guidance to help you with your decisions about careers, courses and work. Our service is available to people who live in England and is supported by qualified careers advisers.

Our career tools

You can use the career tools on our website to:

• learn more about the careers that interest you
• discover your strengths and skills
• find the right courses and training

Our tools can help you whether you’re changing career, looking to learn something new or just starting out.

Explore careers

We've got over 800 job descriptions that tell you about:

• the average pay for each role
• the type of courses you can do to get into a job
• the skills you’ll need
• what you'll do each day
• where the job can lead

You can browse through different industries by job category, or search for individual job descriptions if you've got a career in mind.

Skills assessment

Try one of our Skills assessments to learn more about your career skills, strengths and motivations. There are 2 assessments to choose from:

• Discover your skills and careers
• Skills health check

After working through an assessment, you’ll get a report summarising your results, including suggestions about the job categories and job roles that might suit you.

Find a course

Use Find a course to look for learning and training opportunities offered by providers contracted with the Education and Skills Funding Agency.

Opportunities include:

• college courses
• apprenticeships
• GCSEs and A levels
• hobby and leisure courses
• training for 16 to 19 year olds

Advice in other languages

You can speak to a careers adviser in your own language, using our translation service. Call 0800 100 900 and tell the adviser which language you would like to use.

Media team

Contact our media team if you have a press or media enquiry.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

We offer information, advice and guidance about careers and courses in England. For careers advice in other parts of the UK visit:

• Skills Development Scotland - My World of Work
• Careers Wales
• Careers Service Northern Ireland

Want to speak to an adviser?

Call 0800 100 900 or use webchat

8am to 10pm, 7 days a week

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• Accessibility statement
• Terms and conditions
• Information sources

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lincroft1710

Dp you have MSE permission to post as a representative of a company/organisation

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lincroft1710 said:

Dp you have MSE permission to post as a representative of a company/organisation

Don't think OP is doing that - they are just posting a link to the government's own careers service. Right now a lot of people might find that jolly helpful. 

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unilad976 said:

How do you actually get a job in this market though. Being a uni student, having no experience and being 28 years old

Plenty of people seem to manage it. Try being more flexible about what you're prepared to do.