Your choices at 18
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Yes it's decision time again! Time to choose your post 18 options.
You now need to choose your options at 18, and there are plenty of things to choose from.
The choices you make will be affected by many things like your financial situation, interests, your attitude to study, the job market, etc.
Another big factor is the job or career you have in mind and now is a good time to really get into the detail about which job sectors you are interested in, what sort of opportunities they offer and what qualifications they are looking for. Find out more about Job Sectors.
You could consider:
- Getting a job that offers training
- Doing a higher education level course – either full-time, part-time or by distance learning.
- Doing an Advanced or Higher Apprenticeship
- Taking a year out (a gap year)
As always, getting advice and support from those who know you or are career specialists is very important, as is finding out about the different employment options available to you and the qualifications and skills you need for a particular career.
Also remember young people with qualifications are more attractive to employers than those without and that work experience and general employability skills, like team work, communication, etc are also valued.
It’s back to those three important questions again:
- Where am I now? (What qualifications, skills, interests, etc. do I have?)
- Where do I want to get to? (What would I like to be doing in 5 years time – job, house, children, etc.?)
- How will I get there? (What course or training is likely to get you where you want to go?)
If you would like to get online or telephone advice from a careers adviser you can click this link to access an adviser from the National Careers Service
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