Careers Advice

You’ve secured your new role and now you’re ready for your first day, accompanied by a mixture of excitement and nerves. So, here’s ten top tips to help you survive your first week and start off on the right foot.

Our simple tips should help you write a perfect CV. Your CV, alongside your cover letter, is what gets you to the interview stage.

According to our recent poll, over 1/2 of people voted that the hardest thing about the job search is finding the right role. To aid you during this difficult time, we have compiled some expert tips and materials that will help you to find a job you will enjoy.

Here are five things everybody gets wrong about apprenticeships. How many did you know?

Anxious about returning to the workplace after having a baby? Take a look at this advice from real life working moms.

Congratulations! If you are reading this you are at the interview stage of the recruitment process! Or assuming you will get through – a little confidence is a good thing!

Career Profile: Hear from Ella, now a Corporate Business Assistant at Stafford Borough Council, but whose career journey started with an apprenticeship and has flourished from there.

Career Profile: Hear from Rob, a Principal Accountant at Wychavon District Council, about his story and what a career as a principal accountant is like.

Career Profile: Hear from Charles, a Building Control Surveyor at Herefordshire Council, about his story and what a career as a Surveyor is like.

Career Profile: Hear from Liz, a Social Worker at Staffordshire County Council, about her story and what a career in Children's Social Care is like.

Meet Dawn Hewins. She heads up human resources and organisational development in the UK’s biggest council – Birmingham City Council. Excluding schools, Birmingham employs c11,500 employees and it’s been Dawn’s role to manage the people aspects during the pandemic.

Meet Paul Bowen. A streetscene operative for Stafford Borough Council with a massively strong work ethic.

Meet Carlton. His job title is unusual – Tenancy Sustainment Officer – but it neatly sums up what Carlton does for Stafford Borough Council.

Meet Dave Barber. He’s the man in charge of getting town centres re-opened safely as part of his role as Head of Development Services for Warwick District Council.

Meet Sharon Howarth. “Enjoy everyday as if it’s your last” is Sharon’s live-by moto – perhaps not quite so surprising given her role. Sharon heads up Coventry’s Registrars and Coroners service.

Meet Ella Smith. Our youngest WM Everyday Hero so far at just 22 – she started working at Stafford Borough Council a week before her 17th birthday so a relatively recent recruit to the sector and already a valued asset.

Sean McBurney tells us how his team has been doing their bit to encourage isolated children, young people & families to stay active.

Meet Andrew Woodall. He’s the Library Service and Digital Inclusion Manager for Telford and Wrekin. While libraries have had to close due to the pandemic, he’s now focused on the ‘digital inclusion’ part of his job and leading a project to bring the joy of reading, and keeping in touch, into care...

Mannie Ketley, Executive Director Rugby BC, tells us how her team have been supporting the local community.