Support and advice to help you get into work.
Your CV is designed to do one thing, get you an interview. It is crucial to stand out from the crowd. Our team can help you create a CV and show off your skills!
We will give you support with confidence building. This is key to attending interviews and gaining employment. Ask us about our workshops.
We will help you to search for jobs online including providing support to prepare for and attend interviews with top tips and techniques.
The Connecting Choices ESF-funded project aims to provide holistic support for disadvantaged people who are not in work.
Connecting Choices covers areas of: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Chesterton, Holdich, Silverdale, Parksite, Cross Heath and Kidsgrove.
The project aims to:
Improve social inclusion, confidence, access to childcare, money management, employment opportunities and more...
The project will work with unemployed and/or economically inactive people:
Connecting Choices Personal Coaches can offer:
Contact the Employment & Skills Team below:
Most jobs do require grades in Maths and English of 4-9, equivalent to a C and above. We can give you the support to get your grades though so there's no need to worry. Even if you require childcare we can give you support and advice.
We support everyone who comes through our door with mental health. We want to be able to support you into a job which you are comfortable with, something that will help you open more doors for continued opportunity. Even when we do help you to achieve job success we are still here if you need us.
If you are an Aspire Housing customer you may get referred to us through the Money Advice Team. We can make sure you have an up-to-date CV and get you into another job in no time.
There is nothing to be nervous about! We will go through what will be asked in an interview, chances are most employers just want to get to know you as a person first! We have loads of top tips for interviews so we know you can go with your head held high, full of confidence!
It's important to stand out from the crowd for a job interview, check out our useful blog to get your CV job-ready!
The Connecting Choices programme is managed by Ixion Holdings, part of Shaw Trust. We believe in fairness, equality, and opportunity, and helping to build a future where rewarding employment is accessible for all.
‘This project is funded by the European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund.’
The BBO project has received £300 million of funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and the European Social Fund as part of the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme in England. The Department for Work and Pensions is the Managing Authority for the England European Social Fund programme. Established by the European Union, the European Social Fund helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support skills development, employment and job creation, social inclusion and local community regenerations.
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