Share your expertise to support the next generation
How you can use your business skills, experience and networks to co-create careers programmes that impact young people’s futures
Tackle the barriers to great careers advice for young people
Good careers education in schools and colleges is essential to prepare young people for the world of work and their futures. They need help to see what potential opportunities are available and understand how to access them.
As an HR or business professional, you can put your skills, business experience and networks to full effect. You can bring work to life for young people. And you can collaborate strategically with staff and leaders to develop a strong careers programme.
Become an Enterprise Adviser and make a lasting impact on young people’s futures.
Sign up to be an Enterprise Adviser with the Careers and Enterprise Company
Opening the door to opportunity: volunteering as an Enterprise Adviser
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Sign up to be an Enterprise Adviser with the Careers and Enterprise Company
Make the most of your expertise
Professionals and business leaders from any industry, including HR and other people professionals can be an Enterprise Advisor. Employed, self-employed or recently retired, we look for people who can bring insights from different sectors.
What matters most is that you are keen to collaborate with the careers lead in an education setting and:
- provide a valuable employer perspective and share your expertise
- support them in developing and evaluating their careers plan
- embed labour market information and opportunities within their approach
- engage with local businesses and employers in your network to maximise young people’s careers opportunities.
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Why Alice chooses to volunteer at a SEND school
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Sign up to be an Enterprise Adviser with the Careers and Enterprise Company
Nicola’s story
Discover how Nicola helped to prepare students for the world of work.
Nicola was completing a coaching course when she discovered the Enterprise Adviser programme. She saw it as an opportunity to marry her coaching skills with her keen interest in helping young people. She was matched with Oathall Community College and, after meeting with their careers team, it was clear that the school already had some good initiatives in place for certain year groups. With Nicola’s help, the careers team began a review of the school’s careers strategy with a focus on how to make their workplace interactions more meaningful. Through building strong relationships, Nicola has become a critical friend – supportive but challenging. She has helped the school with their strategic thinking and encouraged them to get buy-in from school leaders and governors, providing an employer’s perspective and suggesting ways to make employer encounters more useful. “I have really valued this opportunity to work with a local school to help young people prepare for the world of work. I’d recommend the Enterprise Adviser role to anyone with strategic business expertise who can spare a few hours each month to help schools improve their careers provision and to develop key employability skills, ensuring pupils are ready to face the next phase of their lives.”
Opportunities to volunteer your expertise
Discover how you can use your skills to tackle barriers to work
Support a person with a conviction to find work
Empower people with experience of the criminal justice system to re-enter the workplace and thrive.
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Mentor a career returner to find work
Boost the confidence of a career returner and help them find the right job to return to.
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Mentor a refugee to succeed in work
Use your unique skills to support refugees to re-enter the workplace in the UK and develop in existing roles.
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Speak on our job search webinars
Join our list of potential speakers to share your knowledge and experience of recruitment with jobseekers
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