Finding the Right Volunteering Opportunity For You
Volunteering can help your career by giving you working experience and sometimes even access to training opportunities. If you don’t have much work experience, or you’re after a change, it’s a way to learn new skills. You’ll also build your confidence, and meet lots of new people. Finding a placement which fits you and helps […]
My World of Work – Learn and Train
Your guide to training and studying – from college and uni to volunteering, picking the right course and the funding that’s available. Use the search bar to look in your specific location or area of interest, or simply browse what’s available! From information on funding, volunteering, to online learning, there’s lots of information here to […]
Results
It’s results day. Results day is scary enough at the best of times but we can only imagine how rough it might be when you feel like you have even less control over your results. Just remember that the YST Team is here to help you: you have your PC and the Next Steps staff […]
Get Industry Ready
Our ‘Get Industry Ready’ sessions give you the insight, skills and knowledge you need to build your industry readiness. The programme only involves 2-3 hours of your time per week. You will learn at your own pace with weekly video content delivered by industry experts alongside bite sized e-learning and to top off the experience, […]
Aberdeen Guarantees
Partners in Aberdeen are working together to provide learning, training and work opportunities for 14-25 year olds through Aberdeen Guarantees. Aberdeen Guarantees aims to promote opportunities which are available in the city, and engage local businesses in youth employment activities to enhance young people’s experiences and develop their employability skills.
West College Scotland Coronavirus Support
Since campus closures earlier this year, you may be wondering about how you can progress and achieve your course. All colleges have agreed to work together under a single set of guidelines and have issued some frequently asked questions (FAQs) in the link below. These should help answer some of your questions and address any concerns that you may have.
Working4U Learning – West Dunbartonshire
Working4U is based in West Dunbartonshire, and provides a wide range of support. Working4U helps those seeking employment opportunities, provides assistance with benefits and debt issues, helps to access learning, such as supporting residents to gain qualifications and improve digital literacy. Click the link below or call 0138 973 8296 for more info.
Clydebank & Dumbarton Careers Centres
If you are looking for career advice you can still call the team for advice even though the centres are currently closed. Clydebank – 0141 9521454 Dumbarton – 01389 761421
Local Tutoring
The Big Plus is a free service that puts you in touch with a local tutor, who can help you with reading, writing or numbers. They’ll meet you in a local place, like a library or college. You’ll have a chat to decide what things you want to learn. Check out the website to see […]
PlanIt Plus
Career planning starts as early as choosing your subjects at school and Planit has a number of interactive tools to help you with this. There is also a CareerMatch quiz that helps you to think about your interests and identifies relevant careers, which is ideal if you’re not sure what you want to do yet. […]