Young People
Your Future, Your Choices
Working with your school and local employers, Inverness & Central Highland DYW aims to provide you with career information and an opportunity to develop the skills you need to be successful in your chosen career.
Planning your career
My World of Work is an online account to help you discover careers which match your skills, interests, education and experience.
Building your skills
Skills Development Scotland provide careers information, advice and guidance, as well as work-based training programmes aimed at building your career management skills.
Developing your work experience
Workit is an online resource giving lots of information and tools you need to complete a successful work placement or work-related learning activity which you can apply for in your local area.
Worklife Highland
Work. Life. Highland is the brand for the Highland Employability Partnership, uniting public, private and third-sector organisations to support people into sustainable, fair work.
Finding a job
HiJobs is an online resource for job seekers and recruiters, including details of services and dedicated pages for each area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Finding an apprenticeship
Apprenticeships.scot promotes working, learning and earning to get the skills you need for a successful career through a variety of opportunities available through Foundation, Modern and Graduate Apprenticeships.
In a home of your own or looking for a job?
Has Answers is designed to equip you to manage the challenges you may encounter as you move towards independent living.
Going to college
Inverness College UHI is a partner college of the University of the Highlands and Islands. They offer access to a wide range of full and part-time courses from access level through to degree and post-graduate level at a centre near you.
For example
- The opportunity to learn and develop your skills for work
- Confidence with CVs, interviews and experience in the workplace
- Informing and inspiring your career choices
- Developing and achieving recognised qualifications
- Providing information to help you find a job and a career
To find out more about how DYW supports young people have a look at our Case Studies page.