Careers Advice

Located at our Colchester Campus, the Careers team are available Monday – Thursday 8.30am – 5pm and Fridays 8:30am – 4:30pm.

Help and support is available for a wide range of areas including:

Career choice
Course choice
Progression Routes
Apprenticeships
Choosing and applying for university
Preparation for employment

One to one impartial guidance interviews are available as well as a daily drop in service. There is a well-equipped careers centre within the College containing information on jobs and courses, careers software is available to help students choose and research suitable careers.

Colchester Institute also hosts an annual Progression Fair, organised for students to find out about the opportunities available for when they have finished their studies. The event attracts over 50 representatives from the world of work, higher education and voluntary organisations.

The College holds the matrix quality standard for information, advice and guidance services. This is the Department for Education’s (DfE) standard for ensuring the quality of the delivery of information, advice and guidance is of the highest quality.

https://matrixstandard.com/

The College offers a rich and varied CEIAG (careers education, information, advice and guidance) programme which is based upon the Gatsby Foundation’s Good Career Guidance benchmarks. Details of which can be found here:

General Careers Information

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-careers

Find out what a job involves and if it’s right for you.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/careers

The world of work explained with advice from people who’ve found the right path for them.

Higher Education

UCAS

The organisation responsible for managing applications to Higher Education courses in the UK.

Find the right course and university for you: https://www.whatuni.com/

Search and compare undergraduate courses in the UK: https://discoveruni.gov.uk/

Apprenticeships

https://amazingapprenticeships.com/

Apprenticeships explained

https://www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/

Alternative paths to university, including apprenticeship and volunteering opportunities.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

Search for an apprenticeship in England

Employability

https://barclayslifeskills.com/young-people/

Preparation for the world of work

https://www.youthemployment.org.uk/

Giving young people skills, careers support and tools to fulfil their potential

https://greateressexcareershub.co.uk/

Working with schools, colleges and employers to help every young person find their best next step

https://www.lmiforall.org.uk/explore_lmi/learning-units/

Labour Market Information(LMI) explained

Start by typing in a job that you might be interested in and then select a match from the list to see the data. You can then include a second choice to compare the compare key information about the different jobs – including salary, working hours etc.

Use the Careerometer below to explore and compare your job ideas and help you make your course choice.

This is a quiz that can help you figure out what you want to do in the future. After you start the quiz, you will be shown a series of cards with statements.

You will be presented with a series of statements. For each statement, please think about whether you would like or have an interest in doing this in a future job. Select the emoji that represents what you think. At the end, you will be given some ideas about jobs linked to what you would like to do.

If you wish to start again please refresh the page.