Kickstarting a new career?
Kickstart your career with courses for a changing workforce
A midlife career change is challenging at the best of times. A new work life needs new skills to look for and keep a job. CV workshops, interview skills casting a Jobnet as well as bootcamps and short courses to enhance your CV and employability.
New Directions
A sudden change in employment status after many years can leave someone floundering. Job seeking is a new skill that needs support and development.
CV Workshop. Avoiding common pitfalls with CVs how to target them towards employers with Unique Selling Points and covering letters.
Interview Skills How to present yourself at a Job Interview questions to ask and answers to give. What you need to take to an interview and how to manage awkward questions
Job Searching how to look for a job, casting a job net, managing application forms and preparing for an interview
Kickstart Camp (5 Days) basic employability including all three above courses and two from three short courses:
EFAW (First Aid) – Food Safety L2 – Health and safety L2
Kickstart Camp (10 Days) a more in depth coverage of employability covering all three above courses; as well as a Job Interview workshop, personal presentation and keeping your job; plus all three short courses
Introduction to Social Care a five day intensive course based on the incorporating the essential Care Certificate and includes First Aid and Moving and Handling. Also includes guaranteed Job Interviews.*
*Please note any job offer is reliant on a suitable DBS
Starting a small business an introduction to the world of self-employment. Introducing essential skills to a person coming for employment to help a new idea blossom and venture succeed.
Starting a Business
Statistics state that over half of small businesses fail within their first year. Reasons include:
Cash flow Poor marketing Ineffective business planning
Undercapitalisation Unrealistic ambitions Lack of resources
Poor financial planning Poor positioning Supplier chain issues
Our expert training can give budding entrepreneurs the skills they need to start their ventures and avoid most of the common pitfalls in two insightful and innovative courses:
Starting a New Business
- One day course
Basic marketing; strategic positioning; basic legislation and customer awareness. S.W.O.T. Analysis strategic partnerships & where to find customers
Cost: £360 per group – maximum 15 people
Starting a New Business
- Two day course
Marketing strategies, starting a business planning; strategic positioning; legislation, customer awareness. S.W.O.T. Analysis strategic partnerships, the consumer rights act
Cost: £560* per group – maximum 15 people
Starting a New Business
- Four day course
A more in depth course covering all the criteria mentioned but, in addition, forward planning, business positioning employing people and a comprehensive marketing strategy, including USPs business networking and the market place cash flow and cost control
Cost: £845* per group – maximum 20 people