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Do's and Don'ts for an application form / gwneud a peidiwch a wneud ffurflen cais 

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Do's and Don'ts for an application form / gwneud a peidiwch a wneud ffurflen cais 

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For young people / i pobl ifanc

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Developing skills to finding a job / datblygu sgiliau i feindio swydd

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Developing skills to finding a job / datblygu sgiliau i feindio swydd

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We've pulled together some of the most useful advice, guidance and resources so you can continue to upskill by developing your confidence and abilities during this challenging time, as well as find the answers to your questions on work and self-employment.

We'll continue to update our hub, so do keep visiting for the latest tools and tips - and share with your friends and family.

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We've pulled together some of the most useful advice, guidance and resources so you can continue to upskill by developing your confidence and abilities during this challenging time, as well as find the answers to your questions on work and self-employment.

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Planning your career / cynllunio eich gyrfa

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Planning your career / cynllunio eich gyrfa

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Get help to plan your career. Explore your options and career ideas.

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Customer Survey. We are always looking to improve our website and value the feedback of our customers. Take the Customer Survey. (This link will take you to an external site). This survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete.

Your guide to choosing subjects, courses, training and apprenticeships.

Help with choosing subjects and courses

The different ways you can learn

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Customer Survey. We are always looking to improve our website and value the feedback of our customers. Take the Customer Survey. (This link will take you to an external site). This survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete. Your guide to choosing subjects, courses, training and apprenticeships.

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Your Personal Profile needs to be about 4 or 5 lines about your main strengths and skills.

Tips to get you started - some of the strengths employers look for:

Good communication skills

Teamwork

Ability to work alone

Organisational skills

Enthusiasm

Reliability

Good timekeeping and punctuality

Trustworthiness

Ability to follow instructions

Work well under pressure

Motivation

Read the job description and our Job Information Leaflets to find some strengths and skills to include.

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Your Personal Profile needs to be about 4 or 5 lines about your main strengths and skills. Tips to get you started - some of the strengths employers look for: Good communication skills Teamwork Ability to work alone Organisational skills Enthusiasm Reliability Good timekeeping and punctuality Trustworthiness Ability to follow instructions Work well under pressure Motivation Read the job description and our Job Information Leaflets to find some strengths and skills to include.

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You will be asked different types of questions including direct questions and competency questions. Sometimes employers will ask you unusual questions as well. So be prepared.

Some common interview questions

Apply your strengths, experience and training to these questions:

Tell me about yourself

Why do you want this job?

What are your strengths?

What relevant experience have you got?

Why should we employ you?

What motivates you?

What is your major achievement?

(Employers would expect some repetition. In fact, they might remember your skills better when you repeat them.)

Competency questions

Competency Questions are questions that ask you to give examples from your work or life. They are your chance to prove you have the right skills and experience.

Find help to answer competency questions: How to answer interview questions with real life examples

Other questions

What are your weaknesses?

Think of a weakness that could also be a strength. Employers expect a serious answer to this question. Prepare what you will answer before the interview.

What do you know about our company?

Always research the company before the interview. Look online at the company's website and read the information available. Try putting the company's name into a search engine or news site. If it's positive news you could mention this in interview.

Do you have any questions for us?

Always answeryes. Questions you might ask depend on the job but here are a few suggestions:

How many people would I be working with?

Who would I be reporting to?

Can you tell me about a typical day on this job?

Don'task about wages, annual leave, sickness or pension schemes. These are questions you would ask if they offer you the job.

Practise answering questions out loud. If you can, practise with someone that can give you honest feedback. The more you practise, the more confident you will be in the interview.

With Covid-19 affecting how employers are recruiting, some employers may still offer face to face interviews but others may now offer an interview online or over the phone. Check out our guide to Video and telephone interviews.

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You will be asked different types of questions including direct questions and competency questions. Sometimes employers will ask you unusual questions as well. So be prepared. Apply your strengths, experience and training to these questions: Tell me about yourself Why do you want this job? What are your strengths?

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For young people and professionals / i pobl ifanc a gweithwyr proffesiynol

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Young people are at the heart of everything we do.

Our services, expertise and resources are co-created with young people. We support the nation's youth with free skills and careers information and have developed the Young Professional Programme which supports 14-24 year olds on their journey to a satisfying career.

100,000+ views of our careers content every month

Our expertise and Youth Friendly Employer content is shared by a large network of youth voices, thought leaders, youth employment champions and influencers.

We provide support in places of learning, in your workplace and at national policy level.

Youth Employment UK works with employers and organisations of all sizes and sectors who are committed to helping young people fulfil their potential.

As leading experts in youth employment and as the Secretariat to the APPG for Youth Employment we work closely with the UK Government. We are currently supporting the policy response to Covid through our work with the Youth Employment Group.

Home to the Good Youth Employment Charter

What is it?

The Good Youth Employment Charter was co-created with young people and a range of partners by Youth Employment UK in 2012. The Charter was updated by the Youth Employment Group in 2020 in response to rising youth unemployment.

Make a difference

Organisations are encouraged to work to the Principles of Good Youth Employment and can sign up free of charge to the Youth Friendly Employer Badge & be listed on the Youth Friendly Employer Database to be recognised for their commitment to the 5 principles.

Sign the Charter

When you sign up to the Good Youth Employment Charter you will be given access to further support and guidance and access the partner Toolkit. You will also be able to download the Youth Friendly Employer Badge and update your listing on the Youth Friendly Employer Database.

What are the 5 core principles of the Good Youth Employment Charter?

Make this the year in which your organisation is held up as a worthy example of how to provide quality opportunities for young people to gain the skills and experiences they need. In signing the Charter, you are taking a proactive step to ensure your organisation is recognised and appreciated by young people for your willingness to recruit and develop young people based on their ability, talent and potential regardless of their background or experience.

Sign the Good Youth Employment Charter today.

When you sign up to the Good Youth Employment Charter you will be given access to further support and guidance and access the partner Toolkit. You will also be able to download the Youth Friendly Employer Badge and update your listing on the Youth Friendly Employer Database.

Sign Good Youth Employment Charter

Shape Your Business

We'll help you develop your complete youth employment strategy, from pre-employment to employment.

Get F2F/virtual training and CPD for you and your team.

Gain support with project managing education, recruitment, D&I and other activities.

Access our policy insight & huge network of partners & expert friends.

Become a CSR partner with BIG BANG for your buck.

Reach Diverse Talent

We can support your school/college engagement.

We'll help you reach out to support those young people who are not in education, employment or training.

We'll help you support, develop and amplify early careers, work experience, employability and education programmes.

Are you thinking about virtual learning, training and working? We can help you go digital!

Ramp Up Recruitment

Receive aid in developing youth recruitment, onboarding, mentoring and development programmes.

Benefit from brand profile raising, recruitment & attraction campaigns, digital engagement

You'll be profiled as an employer of choice

We'll support you to know what good looks like through our national benchmarking tool

Our Youth Friendly Employers include:

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Work With The Youth Employment Experts - Youth Employment UK

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Young people are at the heart of everything we do. Our services, expertise and resources are co-created with young people. We support the nation's youth with free skills and careers information and have developed the Young Professional Programme which supports 14-24 year olds on their journey to a satisfying career.

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For professionals / i gweithwyr proffesiynol

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The Young Professional Programme is our series of free and interactive online learning programmes designed with and for young people.

Young Professional Programmes can fit into your existing programme or be accessed independently.

Available programmes:
Young Professional: Preparing for Your Future
Ideal for 14-16 year olds who are exploring their future options.
Young Professional: Journey to Work
Ideal for 17+ year olds and young people who are closer to the world of work.

Course content helps young people to:

Understand themselves, their strengths, barriers and opportunities

Learn about the world of work through virtual work experience and impartial careers information

Understand the range of pathways available including vocational, academic and technical routes

Learn how to build their own career plan and set useful life, study and work goals

Understand the skills they will need for life and work and how to develop them

Learn how to prepare themselves for work with job searching, CV and interview preparation

Understand what being in work is like and how to progress once in work

What happens on completing a course?

On completion of each course, the Young Professional learner will receive a certificate. Their Provider can use this or our Group Management System to evidence the progress young people have made during the programme.

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Free Careers Education Resources For Teachers And Careers Leaders - Youth Employment UK

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The Young Professional Programme is our series of free and interactive online learning programmes designed with and for young people. Young Professional Programmes can fit into your existing programme or be accessed independently. Young Professional: Preparing for Your Future Ideal for 14-16 year olds who are exploring their future options.

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successful interviews / cyfweliadau llwydiannus

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successful interviews / cyfweliadau llwydiannus

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Young Skills - A Guide to a Successful Job Interview

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A group of Fixers from Cardiff want to help young people impress potential employers at job interviews. Led by Amber Jones, 17, they've worked on this film to provide hints and tips for those seeking employment. Click here to find out more about their Fix: http://www.fixers.org.uk/fixers/8159-11312/amber.php

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5 Minutes on Careers Series: Interview Skills

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How to write a CV with no experience [kick start your career]

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Just starting out?

Worried you haven't got a lot of work experience but still looking for paid work? There are opportunities out there for you to get a foothold within the jobs market.

If you're 16-24 and live in Wales, you could apply for Jobs Growth Wales. Jobs Growth Wales is 6 months in a paid job, funded by the Welsh Government, giving you valuable work experience.

Find out more about Jobs Growth Wales and Apply for vacancies.

Are you 16-24 and claiming Universal Credit? Under the Kickstart Scheme, you could apply for a 6 months paid job placement, funded by the UK government.

Find out more about the Kickstart Scheme. To apply for a Kickstart vacancy, speak to your Jobcentre Plus Work Coach or see vacancies on the Find a Job website.

Looking to earn while you learn? Why not think about an apprenticeship.

See our Apprenticeships section or find apprenticeship vacancies. You can see more companies that advertise apprenticeships on our Employers who Offer Apprenticeships pages.

Other support if you're out of work

If you've found yourself out of work because of the pandemic, you could get targeted support to get back to work under the UK-wide Job Entry: Targeted Support Scheme (JETS). To be eligible, you need to be:

16 or over

Out of work for at least 13 weeks

Claiming certain benefits

The support includes specialist advice for people to get in to growing job sectors. For more on JETS, see this press article about JETS on gov.uk.

Job Entry: targeted support is being delivered by Remploy in Wales - visit the JETS page on the Remploy website.

Don't forget that Careers Wales can help you with your next steps, with job seeking advice and accessing retraining options. This includes redundancy support.

Find out more about retraining funding, see our Getting a job section for job seeking tips, or contact us for more help.

Safer job searching

Watch out for job scams when you search for jobs on websites. More people are being targeted by online job scams. Find out more about how to avoid the job scams at Safer Jobs.

Apply for jobs now

See live vacancies across Wales by visiting our Vacancy Bulletin page. Also see more job links on the UK Government's Job Help site.

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Applications to Kickstart jobs ended on Thursday 31 March and if you have not applied and started in a Kickstart job by this date it is not possible to take part in the Kickstart Scheme. Please talk to your Work Coach to find out about other local opportunities that could be available to you.

Available to:

Length:

Location:

Age restriction:

How to apply:

Applications to Kickstart jobs ended on Thursday 31 March

Already in a Kickstart job?

If you are currently in a Kickstart job there is a Young Person’s Kickstart guide available with information on how to make the most of the experience.

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Careers wales Q and A / C&A gyda Gyrfa Cymru

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Careers wales Q and A / C&A gyda Gyrfa Cymru

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CYS and Careers Wales Q&A / H&T gyda Gyrfa Cymru

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How to apply for a job / sut i ymgeisio am swydd

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How to apply for a job / sut i ymgeisio am swydd

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Into Work - We help employees with long-term conditions and disabilities find, build and maintain great jobs.

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We help employees with long-term conditions and disabilities find, build and maintain great jobs.

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Learning 4 Life tutors are very supportive. They realise your struggles and try their best to get you to your goals at your own pace.

Learning 4 Life is Llamau's education and learning programme. We offer learning opportunities to young people aged 16-24 in a friendly and supportive setting. We aim to enhance self-esteem, develop skills and assist learners to move towards a more confident and independent future.

How does Learning 4 Life help young people?

Learning 4 Life supports young people to gain the skills and confidence they need to build an independent future for themselves. We help young people to gain qualifications and accreditations, to gain work placement and volunteering opportunities and we provide support towards employment and further learning.
Skills and Qualifications
Who can attend Learning 4 Life?

Any young person aged 16-24 who is currently not in education, employment or training is able to attend Learning 4 Life.

Where is Learning 4 Life?

Our Learning 4 Life centres are currently in Cardiff, Barry, Merthyr, Cwmbran, Caerphilly, Newport, Pontypridd, Ebbw Vale, Swansea and Bridgend. Find out more about our opening times below.
Centres and Opening Times
What makes Learning 4 Life different?

Maximum ratio of 1 tutor to 5 young people

Learning Support Assistants and Employment Liaison Officers available for additional one-to-one support

Travel costs reimbursed

Lunch provided

Hot drinks and snacks provided throughout the day

Opportunity to attend taster sessions and to visit centres to meet staff before signing up

Safe and relaxed learning environment

Support with opening bank accounts

Support with application for National Insurance

The Traineeship Programme, led by the Welsh Government, is supported by the European Social Fund

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Learning 4 Life tutors are very supportive. They realise your struggles and try their best to get you to your goals at your own pace. Learning 4 Life is Llamau's education and learning programme. We offer learning opportunities to young people aged 16-24 in a friendly and supportive setting.