Helping your child apply for opportunities
Helping your child apply for opportunities
Most young people on leaving school will decide to:
- Go to College or University
- Get a job or Modern Apprenticeship
- Become self employed
- Do voluntary work or community service
Your own child will look to you for support and encouragement as they apply for jobs, college, university or training places.
The following links give you up-to-date information on key topics which will help you to help your child :
- CV Builder
- Going to College or University
- Educational funding
- Apprenticeships
- Find out about your chosen job or course
- Scotland's Job Market Trends
- Self employment
- Voluntary work
Careers Scotland has produced a series of leaflets which have been specially written to help young people applying for opportunities.
- Application forms
- Applying by telephone
- CVs and letters
- Interviews and selection tests
- Job hunting
- Self assessment
- Writing to an employer/Speculative approaches
- Your new job
Help your child create their CV by using our interactive CV Builder – which provides them with an opportunity to create and save their own CVs.They may save up to 5 different CVs at any one time.
