Career Advantage
Career Advantage is a free careers advice and development course for professionals, managers and technical or administrative specialists who are unemployed and looking for work.
You will receive training and support to help you refresh and update your skills and identify future career paths. You will answer the questions that will define your next step:
- What do employers want?
- Where should I look for work?
- How do I sell myself, on paper and at interviews?
- What alternatives are there? Self-employment? Portfolio career?
- What would I like to do?
For more information, or to book your place on the course, please contact Beata on 020 8426 2666, or send us an e-mail.
Portrait of a Job Finder
Beata Malek knows what it’s like to look for work in a new sector – and even a new country. “I remember what it was like, coming here and trying to approach employers in English. But I tell learners they have to bite the bullet.”
Beata's job at JGA is to help learners find job opportunities, and find the drive to pursue them. She talks to employers about potential jobs, lines up JGA learners and provides them with support once they’ve started. She also sets up voluntary placements for jobseekers, breaking the cycle of needing experience to get a job, but a job to get experience.
One group of jobseekers wanted to work in security, so Beata set up voluntary placements for JGA learners to supervise the crowds at the London Marathon. Some learners are now preparing for the Olympics with an NVQ in Crowd Marshalling and Stewarding. Beata has also helped learners to find full-time work in a variety of roles such as Gas Meter Reader and Human Resources Director.
Perhaps her personal touch is exactly what you need to help you identify the next step. It has worked for others; maybe it will work for you!