For young people in Harrow, it can be a challenging, stressful and strenuous procedure to find work pertaining to their interest and skills.
Harrow Youth Stop focuses on helping young people find work by offering a range of support to youngsters in the borough. They offer career support, volunteering and work experience options and advise youngsters about options are available for 16 and 18-year-olds.
Careers Support: This informative site is packed with useful links where you can get practical tips and guided information on some of the following –
1. How to do a perfect job search?
2. A guide to online applications
3. Tackling difficult interview questions
4. How to compile the perfect CV and Cover Letter
Other options also include volunteering and work experience: It is useful and beneficial to gain experience through volunteering, it can also be very rewarding on a personal level. You will get exposure to what the job is about and an idea as to whether this is something you would like to do in the future. This page also provides useful links.
Looking for work: Finding work can be an experience in itself requiring a tremendous amount of patience.
It can be extremely challenging and the right support will keep things on track. Harrow Youth Stop is loaded with ideas as to where and how you can find the right job for you. The site helps you create a CV, draft a covering letter, fill out application forms and tips for job interviews. They also help when selecting your options at 16 and 18:
Other services for young people: These services provide an explanation all about
1. Where the local colleges are located
2. What career services are available
Youth Advisory Group: The aim of this group is to get young people involved.
1. It shows how you can get involved.
2. What the person’s specifications are?
3. What the benefits are?
Harrow Youth Stop, The Twenty One Building, 21 Pinner Road, Harrow, HA1 4ES.
Finding the right career can be made easy as there are ample support groups to guide and motivate you.
