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Career Connect is the education sector’s leading full-service careers partner.
We work with more than 200 schools and colleges across the country, creating inspiring, tailored CEIAG packages to meet their needs.
From delivering inspirational careers guidance, to organising Work Experience, or supporting your institution to achieve the Quality in Careers Standard, Career Connect is with you for the journey.
We offer both in-school and digital delivery.
All of our services are fully aligned with Gatsby benchmarks, helping you to meet these and statutory requirements.
Student-facing careers services include:
- One-to-one careers information, advice, and guidance interviews for students, including goal-focused action planning.
- Targeted sessions for all year groups, based on evidence of need for maximum impact. Topics include digital careers, building resilience, and challenging career stereotypes.
- Support with applications to Post-16 education, employment and training opportunities and specialist advice and information for HE applications.
- Work Experience placements and internships.
- Careers Fairs and direct links with local employers.
- Get Connected – our digital careers platform brings together student career activities (designed by our experts), monitoring and reporting, allowing you to track and demonstrate the impact of your careers programme. Aligned with each Gatsby benchmark, and fully integrable with MIS systems and Compass Plus.
Services for staff and school/college include:
CPD sessions, mentorship and consultation
Are you new to a Careers Lead role, or do you need advice on embedding careers activity across your institution? Our experts can help:
- Careers CPD sessions for groups of all sizes
- One-to-one mentoring for Careers Leads
- Full cohort reviews, using a range of indicators to help you target support
- Consultancy on topics including embedding labour market information into curriculum subject areas.
Quality in Careers Standard
Career Connect is accredited to deliver the Quality in Careers Standard. Your assigned Career Connect coach will work closely with your school or college to support you throughout the assessment process.
Visit our School and College Career Service website
Accredited training for Careers Leads
You can also choose Career Connect as your provider for the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) Careers Leaders programme. [LINK]
Career Connect’s Training and Development Team can also empower your staff with a Level 4 or Level 6 Careers qualification.
Support staff can benefit from accredited courses in Information, Advice or Guidance or Coaching.
Visit our Training and Development page
What our schools say…
“We have seen a real benefit in having a careers specialist in school with us, while also knowing that they have the support of a bigger organisation behind them. This gives me real confidence in our careers provision and in meeting Gatsby benchmarks.” – Wendy Hemmingsley, Headteacher, Henry Box School, Oxfordshire.
“Our Career Connect adviser has her eye on trends and changes in the world of work, helping us to be responsive and shaping our activity. Mock interviews and industry insights are also invaluable.” – Adrian Whiteley, Headteacher, The Mosslands School, Wallasey
