Careers Advice and Guidance
We'll take the time to understand your ambitions, qualifications and skills to help you achieve your goals. The College has a team of professionally qualified Careers Advisers who can support you with your career planning before, during and after you come to College.
If you're not sure which career, course or Apprenticeship to choose, they can help you look at the options and support you to make the right choice for you. They can support you to progress to the next level course within College, as well as help you to make decisions about your options after College such as, Higher Education, Apprenticeships and starting your career.
The team is Matrix accredited which ensures the Careers Advice and Guidance you receive will be impartial covering the full range of options to meet your career development and planning needs.
We've got some top tips to help you prepare for, and secure, the job that's right for you, which is really important so we’ve created lots of useful careers resources. Whether you want to know how to write a winning CV, the best ways to succeed at interviews or need some top tips to get you ‘work-ready’, our employability resources can help you.
Information for Parents and Carers
Meet the Careers Team
Pippa Allner
Amy Raymond
Stuart Henderson
Pippa is the named Careers Leader across The College and manages the team of Careers Advisers and Employability Skills Coaches, making sure that all students receive high quality impartial Careers Advice and Guidance. Pippa is also responsible for ensuring that there is a whole-college approach, to the delivery of Careers Education, Information Advice and Guidance. Pippa is also a qualified Careers Adviser with over 14 years’ experience within the Career Development profession.
You can contact Pippa through the main Careers Advice and Guidance office.
Amy is Level 6 qualified (Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development) and has worked as a Careers Adviser since 2007. Amy discovered her passion for working with young people during her Music Performance studies at university when running a song recording project in a local school. Amy has experience of working in a variety of settings including referral units, mainstream and special needs schools across Poole and Dorset. Amy enjoys supporting students as individuals, in overcoming barriers and making successful career transitions.
Stuart recently joined the Team, bringing experience from