Tools for educators
Are you a school or college leader looking to improve careers guidance? Explore a range of useful resources to support your school or college to provide good-quality career guidance.
About the Careers Benchmarks
Through six international visits, analysis of good practice in English schools and a comprehensive review of current literature, a set of eight benchmarks covering different dimensions of good career guidance was identified.
Information for employers
Are you a business that wants to work with schools and young people to support future careers? Find out more about how skills and employability are key to bringing more and better jobs to the North East.
About North East Ambition
North East Ambition is a region-wide initiative dedicated to ensuring every young person has access to high-quality careers guidance, technical education, and meaningful pathways into employment. Through North East Ambition, our role is to bring educators and employers together. We believe that meaningful collaboration between education and industry is key to unlocking potential, raising aspirations, and tackling inequality.
- Writing a CV
- Getting work experience
- Choosing a career
- Finding an apprenticeship
- Building workplace skills
- Finding your passion
- Understanding the labour market
- Preparing for the world of work
Tools and resources
Support library
Resources, information, and connections for improving your careers provision.
Explore trusted, high quality resources from a variety of sources to support your planning and progress towards delivering the benchmarks.
LinkUp Portal
Connecting educators and employers across the region.
The North East LinkUp Portal connects educators and employers seeking support for their careers-related events and activities.
Provider portal
Helping learners find their next steps into further education or training.
Find post-16 opportunities, including apprenticeships and T-levels, located all over the North East of England.
Buzz Quiz
Help learners find what jobs and careers might suit them best.
A personality quiz designed to increase your awareness of your natural strengths, how you work in teams and what courses or jobs might suit you best.
Audit tool
Analyse your school's careers provision.
Our audit tool gives Careers Leaders the opportunity to analyse your school’s strengths and weaknesses with regards to your whole school careers provision.