Work

The National Careers Service provides information, confidential and impartial advice to help you make decisions on learning, training and work opportunities.

A Skills Health Check is available to help you explore your skills, interests and motivations and help you decide what kind of jobs might be right for you.You’ll be able to download your report once you’ve completed at least one assessment.

Also available is an A-Z Job Profile database to help you find out what a job involves and if it will suit you.

Work categories

ADVISORY, CONCILATION and ARBRITATION SERVICE (Acas)

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) works with employers and employees to solve problems and improve performance and employment relations.

Work Pensions & Retirement

PLANNING YOUR RETIREMENT INCOME

More than half of people in the UK either aren’t saving at all for their retirement or they aren’t saving nearly enough to give them ...

WHAT IS REDUNDANCY?

Redundancy is a form of dismissal from your job. It happens when employers need to reduce their workforce. You must be selected for redundancy in ...

EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND RIGHTS

By law, every employee, whether full-time, part-time, agency worker or freelancer, is entitled to a certain set of basic rights and conditions at work. These ...

Starting Your Own Business

INTRODUCTION TO STARTING A BUSINESS

If you have been made redundant, or cannot find a job after school, university or leaving the Armed Forces, why not consider starting your own ...

Training & Education

NATIONAL CAREERS SERVICE

The National Careers Service offers face-to-face help and advice on training, learning and working. Its adviser's can also help you to understand the job market, ...

CV WRITING, COVERING LETTER & APPLICATION FORMS

A CV is a short list of facts that allows you to show an employer what skills and experience you have. You also need to ...

INTERVIEW SKILLS

An interview is a discussion between you and a potential employer to allow the employer to find out if you can do the job. You ...

Work Pensions & Retirement

TYPES OF PENSION

There are three main types of pensions, namely State Pension, Personal Pensions and Workplace Pensions. Under Government legislation you may be automatically enrolled in a ...

YOUR REDUNDANCY RIGHTS

If you’re being made redundant, you should be eligible for certain rights, including redundancy pay, a period of notice with pay, a consultation with your ...

INCOME TAX

Income Tax is a tax on income. Not all income is taxable and you're only taxed on 'taxable income' above a certain level. However there ...

Starting Your Own Business

WHERE TO START

Thousands of people set up their own businesses every year. Some do it because they want to work for themselves, others because they have a ...

Training & Education

TRAINEESHIPS

Traineeships support young people to develop the skills they need to secure and succeed in employment, including apprenticeships. They last between six weeks and six ...

Work Pensions & Retirement

STATE PENSION

The State Pension gives you a regular income for the rest of your life. You can claim it when you reach State Pension age. However, ...

REDUNDANCY PAY

If your employer operates a Redundancy Scheme you will be entitled to Contractual Redundancy Pay as detailed in your Contract of Employment. Otherwise if you ...

WORKPLACE DISPUTES AND GRIEVANCES

Problems with your employer are usually either grievances, when you raise your concerns, problems or complaints with your employer, or disciplinaries, when your employer has ...

Starting Your Own Business

BUSINESS PLAN

A business plan is a written document that describes your business covering objectives, strategies, sales, marketing and financial forecasts. You’ll need a business plan if ...

ONLINE RECRUITMENT

Online recruitment or e-recruitment is the process of filling job vacancies using web-based resources and software to find, attract, interview and hire new employees into ...

Work Pensions & Retirement

ADDITIONAL STATE PENSION (SECOND STATE PENSION)

The Additional State Pension is paid on top of the basic State Pension and is based on earnings. Known as State Second Pension (S2P) it ...

AFTER REDUNDANCY

Coping with redundancy can be stressful but there are a number of things that can be done to ease the burden of managing your finances. ...