FREE Programme
Work Ready
Practical, supportive help to find work, from your CV to your first day. No experience needed. Enquire for exact start dates.
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Eligibility:
Living in Gloucestershire, 19+
Duration:
1 day
Format:
In-person
Start dates:
2nd November 2026
5th November 2026
18th November 2026
Daytime schedule:
9:00am - 5:00pm
Funded by:
About the course
Work Ready is a practical one-day course for adults in Gloucestershire who are looking for work. In one day, you’ll explore local jobs and the skills you already have, build a complete CV and covering letter, learn to search for jobs and use AI to help with applications, and practise answering interview questions. You’ll leave with an application-ready CV, more confidence for interviews and a clear next step. No experience needed, and devices are provided.
PLEASE NOTE ALL COURSES ARE 1 DAY LONG
Skills for the future
This immersive experience will equip you with cutting-edge skills in:
Searching for jobs online
Preparing for interviews
Understanding your payslip
Communicating with confidence
Course curriculum
Interested in joining this bootcamp? Here's a complete rundown of what you will learn:
My direction, skills and the changing economy
Describe your current position, target role and two barriers; identify transferable skills.
Explain how technological shifts have changed work before and how AI may change tasks now.
Research a Gloucestershire sector, employer and vacancy, including what the role involves.
CV and application workshop
Produce a complete working CV; explain what makes its structure clear and relevant; tailor it to a selected vacancy.
Draft a short covering letter and practise entering accurate information into an application form.
Digital job search, AI and professional visibility
Search and filter vacancies; set a job alert.
Write a basic prompt to improve a section of application writing, then check and personalise the result.
Explain how a LinkedIn profile and consistent evidence of skills can help employers find and assess them.
Understand GEO (generative engine optimisation) as an emerging idea about visibility in AI-generated answers, without treating it as a guaranteed route to a job.
Interviews, workplace readiness and guided next steps
Answer a competency question using STAR; prepare two questions for an employer and an honest response to a work-history gap.
Read a sample payslip, consider the financial change of starting work and describe employer expectations. Use a simple problem-solving method.
Discuss responsibility, recognition and remuneration as a framework for conversations about development and promotion.
Leave with a documented next step