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Careers guidance

Resources to help you plan your career.

1 Overview

Our Careers Team can provide free information, advice and guidance if you:

  • live in West Sussex
  • are aged 16-24 and are not in employment, education or training (over 16 hours a week)
  • are not receiving support already from a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) work coach.

We can meet you at a local FindItOut centre, Family Hub or library. We can also visit you at home, as long as there is an adult present.

We can help you to:

  • assess what you want to do next
  • recognise your skills, strengths and ambitions
  • find out about opportunities, including education, apprenticeship, employment, traineeship, further training and volunteering
  • develop a plan to help you achieve your goals and keep on track with that plan
  • create a CV, practice interviews, search for jobs and complete job or benefit applications
  • speak on your behalf by being an advocate, if appropriate.

2 Contact your local Careers Adviser

For further information, or to make a referral, please get in touch with your area contact:

West Sussex Careers Advice Team

Horsham (Rural)

Horsham (Town)

Crawley

Contact 1

Contact 2

Littlehampton, Angmering, Arundel, Ferring and Rustington

Bognor Regis

Contact 1

Contact 2

Mid Sussex

Chichester

Contact 1

Contact 2

Adur, Shoreham and Lancing

Worthing (BN13, BN14)

Team leaders

3 Updating us

The Careers Team are required to check what all school and college leavers aged 16-25 are now doing for education, employment or training.

We may call, text or write to you to obtain this information, but you can tell us anytime by completing the online form below.

You can also complete the form to update us if you have had a change to your education, employment or training placement since we last heard from you.

Your future - Where are you now? (external link)

4 Further information

Other sites that might be useful

For detailed information on how to take your first steps on your chosen career view the National Careers Service website.

  • How to become an accountant | Prospects.ac.uk
  • How to become a beauty technician
  • How to become a brand designer
  • How to become a business consultant
  • How to become a business development manager
  • How to become a chartered manager
  • How to become a commercial cleaner
  • How to become a compliance officer (compliance lawyer)
  • How to become a construction manager
  • How to become a counsellor
  • How to become a criminal solicitor
  • How to become a data analyst
  • How to become a data scientist
  • How to become a dental nurse
  • How to become a dental practitioner
  • How to become a digital marketing professional
  • How to become a dog walker
  • How to become an estate agent
  • How to become an ethical hacker
  • How to become a family lawyer
  • How to become a fertility clinician
  • How to become a financial adviser
  • How to become a financial controller
  • How to become a financial planner
  • How to become a GP
  • How to become a graphic designer
  • How to become a hairdresser
  • How to become a house builder
  • How to become an Intellectual Property analyst
  • How to become a make-up artist
  • How to become a mortgage broker
  • How to become a plastic surgeon
  • How to become a plumber
  • How to become a private equity analyst
  • How to become a professional dog groomer
  • How to become a project manager
  • How to become a property manager
  • How to become a property surveyor
  • How to become a recruitment consultant
  • How to become a sleep coach
  • How to become a social worker
  • How to become a specialist solicitor
  • How to become a stonemason
  • How to become a teacher
  • How to become a teacher (without a degree)
  • How to become a team leader
  • How to become a SEND teacher
  • How to become a truck driver
  • How to become an underwriter
  • How to become a veterinary surgeon
  • How to become a web developer
  • How to set up an Etsy shop (marketplace for start-up creative businesses)
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Last updated:
14 August 2023
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