Career Opportunities

Employer Engagement

Whether you are a GHQ Alumni or you recruit every year we would like to work with you. Our Employer Engagement can offer you a variety of activities and events that can help you to promote your brand at GHQ. Our professional proactive team are always willing to discuss your requirements and are keen to provide you with a solution to your recruitment needs. Not only can we help you reach out to our students and Alumni’s but we also welcome employers and professionals to engage with us to deliver activities to help develop our students' employability skills.

Please speak to Sam Brennan - GHQ Employer Engagement

01752 218086 or sam.brennan@ghqtraining.co.uk

Careers Information, Advice & Guidance

At GHQ a Careers Programme is delivered by a variety of internal and external professionally qualified and experienced practitioners. Our careers programme offers a range of activities to raise aspirations, challenge stereotypes and inform learners about progression and next steps.

Learners will have access to the information advice and guidance that they need to make informed decisions about their next steps.

Opportunity to book a 1:1 career advice appointment with our (IAG- information advice and guidance team).

GHQ team can offer learners a wealth of information.

Career Strategy

In 2017 the Government released a Careers Strategy which aims to improve Careers education in schools and colleges. The Gatsby Benchmarks were introduced to ensure standardisation across the sector.

The eight Gatsby Benchmarks

  1. A stable careers programme

  2. Learning from career and labour market information

  3. Addressing the needs of each pupil

  4. Linking curriculum learning to careers

  5. Encounters with employers and employees

  6. Experiences of workplaces

  7. Encounters with further and higher education

  8. Personal guidance

Please contact our IAG team - Nope Pope and/or Michelle Baker

01752 218086

nova.pope@ghqtraining.co.uk or michelle.baker@ghqtraining.co.uk

Norman from National Careers Services attends sessions at GHQ to support learners and staff.

The National Careers Service teams in the North West and South West of England are ready and waiting to support you on your career path.

Offering support and guidance in all aspects of employment and learning including:

  • Education and funding options

  • Training and funding options

  • Redundancy support

  • Self-employment

  • Interview training

  • Disclosure and resettlement advice

  • Online profiles and Social media

  • Job application

  • Job searching

  • Labour Market Information

  • Apprenticeships

  • Reviewing CV’s