MidKent College has a dedicated team of qualified and impartial careers guidance advisers who can support you in identifying career choices and planning your next steps.
This free and confidential service is for potential, current and past students and is available all year round at both our Maidstone and Medway campuses. We acknowledge the vital support parents and carers will be in ensuring their young person can make informed choices about their future career options. The College will work closely with you to keep you up-to-date about your young person's future career goals and publish our Careers Programme.
- Our aim:
- To help you to assess your abilities, interests and achievements
- To help you to understand your options and different pathways to employment
- To provide up-to-date labour market information both locally and nationally
- To support you in making an informed decision about your choices
- To help you to identify and address any barriers which may hinder you from learning and progressing
- To signpost and refer to other appropriate agencies and external providers
- To promote equality and diversity providing a service which is inclusive and accessible to all.
- How can we help you:
- One to one career guidance appointments
- Telephone advice
- Email advice
- FE and HE career and job fairs
- Support with job searching
- Career planning (including developing your career management skills) through academic and vocational routes
- Advice on CV writing and applying for work, training and apprenticeships
- University and higher education progression support including finance applications
- Preparation for job and university interviews.
We operate a Careers Programme that delivers a range of support and activities through the academic year. To view our Careers Programme, please click the link at the bottom of this page.
We'll support you through the applications process from the minute you contact the College with high-quality and impartial careers information, advice and guidance in line with the Gatsby Benchmark. Students with additional needs are supported throughout their time at College, working alongside our Additional Learning Support team.
Resources
- Use our careers explorer to find out more about different options available to you, salaries and the qualifications needed
- Take a skills assessment: National Careers Service website
- Barclays Life Skills resources
- UCAS
Contact us
Phone our team on 01634 383636 or
Opening hours: Monday – Thursday: 8:30am – 5:00pm & Friday 8:30am – 4:30 pm
College lead for Careers
Claire Cotterill-Smith, Registry Manager, is the MidKent College Careers Leader.
If you would like to contact Claire,
