Educational Resources on Careers and Employability

What is employability?

Employability is about having strong soft skills and a professional attitude, as well as relevant qualifications. Here’s how school students can become more employable for the job market of the future.

Tips to improve your employability

Job hunting can be a frustrating and sometimes disappointing exercise. If you’ve received a few knock backs and are feeling a bit disheartened, take a step back for a moment and consider how you can boost your employability and improve your chances of finding a great job.

How to write a CV

Create a CV that stands out and gets you an interview.

Interview tips

Make a good impression at a job interview, with advice on how to prepare, and how to show what you have to offer.

Youth unemployment

The youth unemployment landscape in the UK remains a growing problem for UK employers, educators and our young people.

Employment status

In employment law a person’s employment status helps determine:

• their rights
• their employer’s responsibilities

Employment rights

What are employment rights?

By law, all employees have certain rights – drawn up by various governments over the years – to ensure ‘fair’ relations between employees and employers.

Why critical thinking skills matter at work

Our brains make thousands of super-fast assessments and quick calculations every day. Most of these are automatic, we don’t even realise it’s happening. But sometimes we need to take time to think more pro-actively, carefully weighing up decisions and questioning what we’re told.

Youth unemployment statistics

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By Andrew Powell, Brigid Francis-Devine & Harriet Clark

Minimum wage increase 2022: what the new UK National Living Wage is and how much it’s going up

Questions remain over whether the hike will be enough to support families facing a cost of living crisis, with the energy cap rise set to come into effect.

By Jaymi McCann

How to find work experience in school

How can you find great work experience placements while you’re at school? Check out our tips for school students in the UK.

By Jess Amy Dixon

Bullying at work

While bullying may make you think of the school playground, experiencing it is anything but childish. When you’re forced to face your tormenter every day at work it can be seriously exhausting. It might even get to the point where you’re considering quitting. We totally get it. But before you hand in your resignation, read this article.

By Nishika Melwani

10 best job interview tips

Once you’ve written a stand-out cover letter and nabbed yourself a job interview, the application process starts to feel very real. But don’t worry – we’re here to make sure you blow them away.

By Jake Butler

Zero hours contracts: advice for students

Young people are more likely to work a zero hours contract than anyone else – so what is it, and what do you need to know?

By Jess Amy Dixon

Overqualified and underemployed: a sombre snapshot of the labour market for young people

Graduates are leaving university with scant prospects, feeling let down by policy-makers and waking up to the generational divide. Carlotta Hartmann, IF Intern, investigates the labour market pressures facing young Brits today.

By Carlotta Hartmann

Young working-class men have suffered the most from Covid job losses – apprenticeships can help

Youth unemployment increased faster between Spring and Autumn 2020 than at any point since the financial crisis in 2008.

By Saeed Atcha

6 ways young people can boost their employability

Experts advise on how to stand out from the crowd when job hunting.

By Katie Wright

Graduates face highest unemployment rate since austerity era

Department for Education survey finds young people in England hit hardest by job shortages due to pandemic.

By Rachel Hall and Richard Adams

When your dream job is a nightmare

An Article from The Conversation.

By Lisa Cohen, Associate Professor, Business Administration, McGill University & Sandra E. Spataro, Professor, Northern Kentucky University

6 ways recent college graduates can enhance their online job search

An article from The Conversation.

By Jason Eckert, Executive Director of Career Services, University of Dayton