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My career goal: Business and administrative

Updated Friday, 21 January 2022
Do you have business acumen just waiting to be tapped? Find resources below to develop your communication and strategic skills, maybe even an apprenticeship to begin your career in business.

Business and administrative apprenticeships

Discover how an apprenticeship can kickstart your career by mixing learning with practical work.

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  • The importance of interpersonal skills

    The importance of interpersonal skills

    To succeed in management you need good interpersonal skills, you need to understand how to deal with other people. This free course, The importance of interpersonal skills, will help you gain an awareness of your own skills and understand that an awareness of the interpersonal skills of others can help us enormously in dealing with the work ...

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    3 hours

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Facilitating group discussions

    Facilitating group discussions

    Gain an insight into facilitating meetings and discussions in the workplace. In this free course, Facilitating group discussions, you will look at some of the behaviours effective facilitators exhibit. Informative and engaging videos will introduce you to examples of facilitation in practice.

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    Free course

    2 hours

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Human resources: recruitment and selection

    Human resources: recruitment and selection

    Does the recruitment and selection process fill you with dread? Discrimination and equal opportunities legislation can make this area feel like a minefield. If you are faced with appointing a new employee then this free course, Human resources: recruitment and selection, will provide a straightforward guide to the process: from writing job ...

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    Free course

    12 hours

    Level: 2 Intermediate

Other materials

  • Civil servant job profile

    Civil servant job profile

    A career working in the civil service employs a range of different jobs and many exciting opportunities that will challenge and inspire your career path.

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  • Housing manager job profile

    Housing manager job profile

    Helping other people to deal with issues regarding their houses, dealing with people from all walks of life can be a rewarding career path. Take a look at this career profile in housing.

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  • Starting your small business

    Starting your small business

    This introductory course is for anyone who is considering setting up a small or micro-business, or considering self-employment career options.

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  • BBC skillswise - IT skills

    BBC skillswise - IT skills

    The BBC skills website has several factsheets on some of the important skills for working in an office.

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  • BBC skillswise - writing emails

    BBC skillswise - writing emails

    Writing emails is an important part of working in an office environment. This handy guide helps with composition.

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National Careers Service links

icould links

icould is a site that provides career guidance based on real world experiences, providing an inside view of many different jobs, and tips on how to get there. They have over 1000 personal video stories, and every page contains detailed job information and insightful practical advice.

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