Resources : Young People

Careers Live - Marches Careers Hub    

Uni Connect - Higher Education Advice and Support    

Unitaster days - a directory of opportunities    

Oxplore - the home of Big Questions

HE+ website (Cambridge university)

Youth Employment UK - Preparing For Your Future

Get a certificate for your CV when you complete each course! 

Speakers 4 schools Virtual Work Experience

Springpod Virtual WEX

Gain experience. Earn certificates.

Showcase your skills - 100% free!

MYPATH for schools - free to access selection

MYPATH offers a series of short video clips (approx. 1minute each) to help careers and subject staff show students how their curriculum links to the world of work.

From BBC bitesize comes 'Jobs that use....'  

A BBC Bitesize video clip resource that explores job profiles related to curriculum areas.

From 'First News' comes 'First Careers'  

Search through over 150 job profiles and discover career opportunities, inspiration and advice. 

Future Skills Questionnaire - Animation

Future skills questionnaires help schools meet Gatsby Benchmark 3 by providing a learner profile that captures each pupil’s career readiness, aspirations, and skill development.

Essential Skills Development Booklet

This guide outlines the key transferable skills that employers consistently look for—such as communication, teamwork, and problem-solving. It links these skills to current labour market demands, helping students and parents understand how developing these abilities supports career readiness and long-term success.

Labour Market Information resource

A clear and accessible handout introducing Labour Market Information (LMI) to students, parents, carers, and staff. It explains how LMI helps people make informed career decisions by highlighting local job trends, growth sectors, and future opportunities. Ideal for school websites to support career education and guidance.

Destination STEM

Destination STEM provides support, advice, and opportunities to help you explore pathways into careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, develop your skills, and connect you with employers.

Virtual Work Experience – Barclays LifeSkills

Barclays LifeSkills core offer provides students with access to high-quality virtual work experiences to find out about different industries and job options. Also available, are resources for educators to help develop work-based skills and behaviours with their students to support with a multi-year, multi-experience model which is accessible to all learners with a tiered approach to activities.

Home Education Careers Resources from Youth Employment UK

Youth Employment UK are proud to announce the relaunch of the Home Education course, developed in collaboration with The Careers & Enterprise Company, and shaped with direct feedback from home-educating families across the UK.

What Next? In the Marches

Transition guide to support young people, parents/carers to explore post 16 pathways across Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin.

Essential Skills Development Flipbook

This guide has been created to support young people to develop the key skills required for the workplace.