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Introduction
Whether you are at the beginning of your career, or just starting out in a new role or department we’re here to help you develop the skills that will lead you to success at work at every stage of your apprenticeship
Beginning of your apprenticeship
Your network can be an excellent source of new perspectives and ideas to help you in your role. Exchanging information on challenges, experiences and goals is a key benefit of networking because it allows you to gain new insights that you may not have otherwise thought of.
These are really simple tips and phrases. They are at the very beginning of their apprenticeship. We want to keep them focused on their apprenticeship.
Aimed at someone aged 25+ with family or caring responsibilities. They are juggling a job and have off-the-job learning time, but feel pressure from needing to achieve knowledge, skills and behaviours of the apprenticeship standard and balance things at home.
During your apprenticeship
Job enrichment expands the task set that you perform, and the skills that you can develop. This makes for more stimulating and interesting work, and adds variety, challenge and depth to your daily routine. Enriched jobs give you more freedom, independence and responsibility.
Listen to current apprentices, who are also members of the Kaplan Apprenticeship Advisory Panel, discuss the skills needed to succeed in apprenticeships and how being on the panel has helped them.
For those who are at or near the midway point in their apprenticeship
Keeping motivated and getting the best from appraisals. Listen to our personal development tutor, Miranda, on keeping career motivation
End of your apprenticeship
End of your apprenticeship
What will your next career steps be after completing your apprenticeship?
For those who are coming towards the end of their apprenticeship and have some big decisions on what is next in their career.
Career Optimisation: the five questions you need as you reach EPA
Listen to Professor Paulien Odulinksi OBE share personal strategies for leadership and career success
Helen and Sarah share their views on what has been consistent in the best leaders they have worked for and been inspired by.
Career Journeys beyond the apprenticeship
Listen to three guest speakers: Tina Sethi a former L4 apprentice, Chris Essex a Kaplan tutor and Fiona Hodgkin from ICAEW on what roles you could go progress to in your career.
Personal Development
Advance Your Career - Developing your leadership Listen to Professor Paulien Odulinksi OBE share personal strategies for leadership and career success
Listen to two guest speakers: our mental fitness coach, Ross, and a former L4 and L7 apprentice, and award winning, Haider Ali.
Overcoming Obstacles
Hints and tips on ways you can work through a challenge or a barrier you are facing
For those who have failed an exam and needs some motivation to get back in the saddle.
School leavers
Try the discovery tools below to identify the transferable skills you already have, which employers would love to see and some useful resources for those transitioning into the world of work
Managing your finances now you are a professional
It's important to be able to manage your finances properly, and the resources below are packed with valuable information that will help you to make best use of your money.
Money Savings Expert has teamed up with the Open University to create a free course packed with videos, audios, quizzes and activities.
The course covers all the key aspects of personal finance in six sessions of study that each take around two hours to complete.
Topics include:
1. Making good spending decisions
2. Budgeting and taxation
3. Borrowing money
4. Understanding mortgages
5. Savings and investing
6. Planning for retirement.
Another set of useful resources is provided by Lloyds Academy who have published a range of lessons in financial skills to help your transition into financial independence.
These include:
1. Budgeting
2. Investing
3. Staying in control
4. Managing risks, including gambling.
Each topic includes support materials including copies of PowerPoint slides, workbooks, and next step guides.
Hear from Catherine Miller from Maji discuss:
What is financial wellbeing?
How are you feeling?
Rules of thumb to remember
Beat the cost of living crisis
Next action and key takeaways
Develop skills to stand out from the crowd
CV checking against job wording
Some companies offer to scan your CV, covering letter and LinkedIn profile against job ads, to see if you're missing any wording which automated recruitment systems could scan for.
Whilst not endorsing this, we've seen for example, a service in the States which offers such a service: www.jobscan.co
It's entirely your choice whether to use them or not. We are not encouraging this and can't guarantee how they use or protect your data.
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