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Application forms can be pretty time-consuming to fill out, especially if you're doing a few at once and you feel like your CV says it all anyway. However, employers take application forms very seriously. They will use them to compare applicants and check you have the right skills as well as enthusiasm for the job. 

A CV is a document to summarise your most relevant qualifications, skills and experience when applying for a job or placement. 

A virtual work experience offering for young people the opportunity to gain virtual work experience with leading organisations where data is used to solve a business problem.

Matching students with work placements. We’re working to make the work experience process easier for everyone involved — Students, Educators and Businesses. Swindon and Wiltshire

Looking into getting experience in the work place or you’ve arranged a placement independently, our top tips will help you to make a good impression. Placements are a great way to find out about different types of jobs and to identify your own preferences. They may help you to find your ideal career, or simply to decide what’s not for you. Whatever the case, there are a number of ways to ensure that you get the most you can from the experience.

Youth employment UK has great information on virtual work experience for you to look through. Also it's so user-friendly.

Work experience is a great way to build your skills and your CV and find out what you could enjoy doing in the world of work. PLUS – it helps you to explore the range of careers out there. What work interests YOU? 

Volunteering is a great way of meeting new people, getting involved in the community, learning new skills and feeling the satisfaction of helping others.
The following options provide you with the opportunity to do as little or as much volunteering as you choose: click here for more information.

Hinkley Point C is the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in over 20 years. With over 8,000 people working across the project, in a variety of roles including construction, engineering and business. We also have a catering and hospitality company called Somerset Larder, they manage the food facilities across the office blocks and site and our bus company: Somerset Passenger Solutions, that gets everyone to and from site safely. There are so many new and exciting opportunities within Hinkley Point C, with over 1,000 apprentices on the project.

NHS Cadets in Partnership with St Johns Ambulance (Yrs 9-13) - Apply Now and reach your potential with NHS Cadets. Learn the skills you need to support vital healthcare teams across the country. 

Work Wiltshire is for local residents to enable them to progress within Employment, Skills and Training. Whether you are 16 years old looking to start your career, a parent/carer returning to work or an individual who needs support to re-enter the workplace due to ill health or mental health struggles. Work Wiltshire will enable you all to develop both academically and in confidence. 

Work Wiltshire also support young people 16 – 18 years who are currently not in education, employment or training.

Explore and learn about volunteering.

Explore the latest placements on offer from hundreds of employers across a wide range of industries

Work experience is a great way to learn more about the world of work and gain valuable skills and experience that will look great on your CV. By researching and arranging your own placement rather than leaving it to your school or college you’ll have a better chance of working in an industry or profession you’re actually interested in. Visit Ground work to find useful information on how you would find work experience.

This is a free skills training programme for young people aged 14-24, all done with online learning and available from Youth Employment UK suitable for home educated young people

The Springboard Charity have partnered with ‘Skill Up, Step Up’, a joint initiative of the Evening Standard and The Independent in partnership with Barclays LifeSkills, to upskill unemployed and disadvantaged young persons between the age of 16-24 years old and help them get into sustainable jobs or apprenticeships.