Showcase your talent, fulfill your potential.

The Startingpoint careers guidance platform

Turn aspirations into opportunities

Find and apply for employment opportunities, apprenticeships or work experience placements. Connect with employers to gain valuable career guidance and industry insights, inspiring the start of your career adventure. 

Features

DMs With Employers
Work Experience & Job Ads
Multi-Media Showcase Profile

Web portal and mobile app

We understand that your time is precious. Startingpoint includes a web-based portal and mobile app to ensure you have the quickest way to find opportunities and engage with potential employers.

Create your perfect profile

You’re doing great, so now get in front of the right people! Build your profile to showcase your skills, experience and talents. Upload media and evidence to show examples of what you can do, tagging your skills as you go, ready to approach employers and show that you are exactly what their business needs. Startingpoint also provides employers with the opportunity to approach students who are searching for specific skills and experience.

Get career advice from the experts

Connect and engage with a range of industry experts offering honest advice on how to get into the career that inspires you. Access resources and knowledge to help you find the path you need to take, the skills you need to have, and what life is really like working in the industry.

Get the experience you want

Work experience is an incredible opportunity to experience the demands of a real working environment, giving you hands-on insight into your dream industry. Venturing into your career can be daunting, but taking advantage of the work experience opportunities out there will put your mind at ease.

Startingpoint allows you to view suitable opportunities and businesses to view your best assets. The platform is set up effectively, so the overall experience is a positive one for both you and the employer.

Connecting with opportunities

Our secure messaging system ensures the communication between students and employers is totally safeguarded. All connections must be approved by the school mentor. All further communication does not need to be approved, but the mentor will receive a duplicate copy.

Startingpoint is fully encrypted with security measures in place to comply with GDPR and keep your data safe.

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