Welcome to careers information, advice and guidance for young people in North Yorkshire

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Jobs?:

• This week's Apprenticeships in your area - 30 January 
• Where to look for information in your area including Jobcentre Plus and how to find out about all the local JCP vacancies, Next Step, local recruitment agencies, local newspapers and local volunteering:
  >>>Selby area
  >>>Scarborough/Whitby/Filey area
  >>>Craven/Skipton area
  >>>Harrogate area
  >>>Northallerton/Richmond/Thirsk/Easingworld/Stokesley area
  >>>Ryedale/ Pickering/Malton area
• In the Links section there are links to recruitment agencies and other areas of interest
• On the Local and national employers page - there are links to the recruitment sections of over 300 national and local companies including apprenticeships and graduate schemes.

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Jobs and careers?:

• See above
• On this page you will find information and advice about any career that you can think of and lots that you have never heard of but which might be worth finding out about.

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Getting ready for work or training?

• Making preparations for hints for preparing for exams, CV writing, writing a personal statement, preparing for interview, financial help, benefits, student loans and sponsorship and much more
• Use ON TARGET - your own self assessment tool to find out if you need support.

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Work?

• The About Work page for how much you can get paid, how many hours you can work, how you can earn extra money/volunteer for experience and much more.

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Qualifications?

• Local post 16 courses for North Yorkshire and local courses for York
• The Qualifications and Pathways page for all information which includes:
  >>>Apprenticeships 
  >>>Uni 
  >>>Not going to uni 
  >>>GCSEs/A levels and more 

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Disability support?

• There are lots of websites that you can go to for support. This link takes you to links to some of those sites

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Information for your age group to help you plan your future?

• 5 - 11 years old, 12 - 14 years old, 15 - 16 years old, 16 or 17 years old, 17 to 19 years old, 20+

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Who you can talk to about your future?

• Careers Advisers in Schools and Colleges in North Yorkshire and York
• Advisers in the Youth Support Service centres and contacts points
• The opening times for my nearest Youth Support Service centre
• Or call Get Connected Now 0845 0349577

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Information that will help your parents/carers to help you?

• Parents/carers information page

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Information about the local and national labour market?

• Local and national information about what is happening and what could happen in the future.

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Information about fun activities for you in your local area and information and advice about healthy living, sexual health, drugs and alcohol, smoking and much more?

• Go to gimi, the website for 13 to 19 year olds in North Yorkshire.

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The latest information on Get Connected Now?

• This is on the News page and a general news item is put on every Tuesday so that you can see all the new information on GCN and reminders about items that you could find useful..

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Thanks for visiting Get Connected Now which is the website for the Youth Support Service and other partners who deliver Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) in North Yorkshire. This is the service that provides information, advice and guidance about education, training and employment/careers for children and young people aged 11 - 19. (if you have learning disabilities or are differently abled, we can help you until you're 25). YSS' staff are also able to support you with information and advice on all the other aspects of your life, such as health, housing and money,  and if they cannot give the answers they will signpost to someone who can.

Get Connected Now is designed for:

• Young people - On the young people pages you will find links to all the information that you may need to help you to make informed choices about your future through education, training and careers as well as vacancies, including apprenticeships, for which you can apply. On the Labour Market Information page you will find information about what is happening in the labour market not only locally within North Yorkshire but nationally and internationally. You can also link to the gimi website for information about all the other things in your life
• Parents and carers - On the parents and carers page you can find links to specific information about subject and careers choices in order to help you to provide informed careers advice and support
• Employers - On the employer pages you can find links to all the information that you may need to know when you are thinking of employing a young person.
• Professionals - On the professional page you will find links to useful resources which could support you when you need to give career information or advice, whether you are, for example, a careers adviser, a career coordinator, or a subject teacher.

Please note: Get Connected Now links to many other websites that are relevant to careers, education, training and work. These links are checked regularly. However, please remember that the quality of information varies between sites and can change rapidly. The Youth Support Service is not responsible for the content of any site linked to or from Get Connected Now.

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Now's the time to be thinking about your future, if you have not done so already.

Look around this website - Get Connected Now for careers, learning and work in North Yorkshire by going to your local area. Here you will find links the different sections of the website as well to other organisations that may help you to make the right decisions, such as to UCAS Progress (for courses in North Yorkshire), the Apprenticeship Vacancies Service and DirectGov. Alternatively, you can call 0845 0349577 to find out how NYCC can support you.

Watch the News section where new items are posted every week or pick this up on Twitter.

You may not have sorted out:

• CV writing
• Letters of application
• Finance
• Preparing for work
• Qualifications
• Apprenticeships
• Voluntary work
• University
• College
• Anything else to do with your career 

If you want to give yourself the best chances of being able to live the kind of life that you would to like to live and make a contribution to your communities, ASK for help if you need it. You can talk to:

• Your parents or carers
• Your relations
• Your friends
• Your teachers.

You can also talk to your Connexions careers adviser in school or college. Or talk to the advisers in your local Youth Support centre - here are the opening times. They will be able to help you to make a plan for what you would like to do in the future and give you information/advice/guidance or direct you to people who can support you.

Your supporters - parents/carers will find information to help them to support you and if you know of an employer who would like to find out about employing you there is information for them.

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