About unionlearn learning and careers advice service Welcome to the unionlearn* learning and careers advice service. This is a free, impartial, confidential service which helps people to develop new skills, improve their job prospects or change jobs. This service is for all unionlearn and union staff, TU Education tutors, union representatives and union members. Sally Dale, Partnership Manager at the Careers Advice* Service, which helped set up the dedicated service for unionlearn, urges ULRs to use the service as part of their toolkit.
“I would encourage ULRs to take advantage of all the resources and advice available,” she says.
“We have lots of hits on our website but we want people to take it that step further and pick up the phone – it’s free and confidential and can really help ULRs help people take up new challenges and tackle the barriers that prevent them in learning and work.”
Sally says its advisers have access to one million courses and information on childcare and other support in overcoming the barriers preventing people going on to
learning. “These levels of support may not always be obvious, so it may involve, for instance, signposting someone to a counselling service to help them overcome a problem they have,” she says.
Advisers can help people work out what barriers are preventing them moving on before advising them about what’s available.
“Our advisers can engage with people to unpick their history and identify what steps they need to make to move on successfully and sustainably – whether that’s promotion or joining a new team.
“We can talk to them on a number of occasions to make meaningful interventions.”
The services to help learners.
 Course directory for learners, which includes more than 950,000 courses from over 10,000 providers. Search online to find courses in your area.
Job Profiles section allows you to search more than 700 job profiles online.
Free expert advice on learning or career options. Ask for a unionlearn adviser to call you back at a time that suits you. All calls are completely free:
08000 92 91 90. (not from mobile phones)
Funding Directory is a vital tool to help find reliable funding from non-charitable sources to help support education and learning.
CV Builder offers all you need to create a job-winning CV, application form and covering letter.
Skills and interest assessment to identify key skills and explore a range of relevant career options.
Career values tool – an online activity made up of a series of questions designed to help learners make the most suitable career decisions based on what they think is most important in a job.
Briefing document (200 words) issued 20 Jul 2009 |
