Employment and skills
If you would like support to develop your skills and gain employment, or assistance with your CV and interview skills, our Employment and Skills team is here to help you.
How we can help
Whether you’re just starting out in your career, currently unemployed, wanting to change career, or are looking to get back into work after a career break, we can help. We work with a wide range of people aged 16 and over, whatever stage they are on their employment and career journey.
Our employment and skills service is available to One Manchester customers. We offer a dedicated one-to-one employment support service to help you find employment that meets your needs.
The team offers support in a range of areas including CV writing, job searching, job application writing, finding work placements and volunteering opportunities, interview preparation, confidence building, and help finding and completing training programmes. As part of our employment and skills service, you will benefit from support from one of our friendly Employment Mentors who will work with you to achieve your career goals. All our Employment Mentors are qualified to deliver accredited training and advice, and they have lots of experience in employability advice and guidance.
Would you benefit from employment and skills support?
We offer a range of services to support you to build your skills and gain employment. We can help you with everything from CV support and interview practice, through to help finding training and employment.
Interested in getting a job, but not sure where you should start?
We’re excited to bring you our brand new events programme: Future Focus. We’ve teamed up with Manchester City Council to run these events - they’re a chance to explore what role might be for you, learn about a range of industries and hear first-hand what it's like and what skills you need.
Our first three events are right around the corner- we’re kicking off our Future Focus series with a focus on construction, hospitality and green skills. If this sounds like the perfect fit for you or someone you know, check out our events page for more information and fill out our expression of interest form.
Take your next step to where you want to be
Would you like to find out more about training, developing skills and building your confidence? We have a brand-new programme starting that will give you the chance to explore what your next step could be, through four taster weekly sessions.
Our ‘Let’s Talk About What’s Next’ programme will be offered at six local community venues, just around the corner from you. Each session will be 90 minutes long and will take place during school hours and evenings, designed to fit around you.
At the end of the four weeks, you’ll be ready to take your next step – whether it’s discovering volunteering opportunities, career options or developing further skills for work.
Come along to an employment and skills centre near you
Did you know we run employment and skills support sessions at community centres local to you?
Our Employment and Skills team is here to help you build your skills and get valuable employment.
Come along to one of our employment and skills support sessions at your local community centre, and access support from one of our Employment Mentors. Our mentors who will work with you to achieve your career goals.
There is plenty of support available at our two drop-in centres:
• Receive support applying for jobs
• Get help with job searching
• Find out about local employers that we work with
• Get careers advice
• Use our computers for free
• Complete online training
• Sign up for employment training programmes
You can access support from the team by calling in to one of our employment and skills centres, where you can use our free laptops and access support from our Employment Mentors who will be on hand to help.
We currently have centres at the Place at Platt Lane and the Work Shop in Moss Side, and will be opening a number of new centres in the coming months.
Find out about our centre opening times below.
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Matrix Accreditation
At One Manchester, we’re proud to be a Matrix Accredited provider of information, advice and or guidance (IAG).
Our Employment and Skills team achieved the accreditation in 2023, demonstrating the high quality of information and advice services we provide to our service users. The Matrix Accreditation is an international quality standard recognised by the Department for Education’s as the standard for ensuring the quality of the delivery of high-quality information, advice and guidance.
Support for employers
We also provide support for Manchester-based businesses by helping them to recruit new staff, develop existing staff, and collaborate, all of which help make a positive impact on the organisation and our communities. We also offer a variety of employment support, giving businesses the opportunity to diversify their workforce.
For interested businesses, you will receive dedicated support from our Employer Engagement Lead. For more information, please contact us using our contact form.
