Job Centre Harlow opening times, contact number and service information. The Harlow Job Centre helps people move from benefits into work and helps employers advertise jobs.
You’re entitled to free help and advice from a Jobcentre Plus work coach if you’re unemployed and looking for work.
Your Jobcentre work coach can help you:
- Look for job vacancies most suited to your skills and experience
- Write a CV and covering letter
- Fill out job application forms and apply for jobs online
- Prepare for job interviews
- Find careers advice and free courses on the National Careers Service
- Find free financial advice to help with money, pensions and support during the cost of living crisis
It also deals with benefits for people who are unemployed or unable to work because of a health condition or disability.
Find a job with Job Centre Harlow
Job Centre Harlow will help you find a job or improve your employability. The DWP Find a job service lists local job vacancies and you can apply for jobs online.
If you’re planning or a career change or need to improve your skills, Job Centre Harlow will signpost you to the options available in your area.
This will include careers advice and employability courses for example; how to write a CV, how to improve your interview skills and how to search for jobs online.
There are also a range of free courses and work experience programmes available to help you take the next steps in your career. For more information about the following options, message your work coach in your Universal Credit journal.
Free courses for jobs
If you don’t have existing A levels or equivalent, are unemployed or you earn below the National Living Wage annually (£18,525), you can take a level 3 qualification for free. There are hundreds of courses available in sectors, from accounting to construction and early years to digital marketing and more.
Skills Bootcamps
Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks in duration. They’ll help you build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to a job interview. Skills Bootcamps are available in digital, technical, construction and green skills to match job market demand in your area.
Free Computer Courses
Don’t have the essential digital skills needed for work and everyday life? Free computer courses for beginners can help you learn basic computer skills and study towards a Digital Essential Skills Qualification.
Multiply Numeracy Courses
Multiply offers easy access to free numeracy courses where you can gain a qualification, and build your confidence in using numeracy at work or in everyday life.
Free English Courses including ESOL
If you do not have a GCSE English pass grade or equivalent, you’re entitled to free English courses. Free ESOL courses are also available.
Free Maths Courses
If you don’t have a GCSE Maths pass grade or equivalent, you’re entitled to free maths courses. You can study for a range of free qualifications, from entry level up to Functional Skills Maths Level 2, the equivalent to GCSE Maths pass grade.
Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs)
HTQs are specialist technical qualifications to help you to gain the skills you need to get a higher-technical job or prepare you for further study. HTQs focus in the digital sector, for example; Cyber Security courses and Software Development courses. By completing an HTQ, you will achieve a Level 4 or 5 qualification.
Apprenticeships
An apprenticeship is a real job where you learn, gain experience, and get paid. They are available in a wide range of industries. An apprenticeship will give you the skills and experience you need to work in your chosen industry.
Traineeships
Traineeships are a work-based skills development programme for young people with little or no work experience. They are a stepping stone to an apprenticeship, job or further education, helping young people to gain the skills and experience needed to progress into work.
Sector based work academy programme (SWAPs)
If you’re looking for a job and are currently claiming Universal Credit, Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), a SWAP can help you learn new skills, gain industry experience, and enhance your CV for free.
Skills Assessment
A skills assessment can be helpful at any stage of your career, like when you:
- start your career
- return to work
- progress your career
Transferable skills are a set of skills that you’re good at. You can build them up over time, through work, volunteering, education and life. You can apply these skills to a range of jobs.
You may want to take an assessment to help you:
- find out what interests and motivates you
- identify your skills
- find out what you can do with the skills you have
Careers Advice
Explore over 800 career profiles to discover what jobs in different sectors involve and whether it’s the right job for you on the National Careers Service. Or get one-to-one careers advice from a free employability service
Job Fair
A Job Fair is face-to-face job search. Job Fairs are free to attend with no registration needed for candidates looking for a job. There are several benefits of going to a jobs fair when looking for work including;
- Speak directly with employers
- Get CV advice
- Get career advice
- Ask questions to employers on the day
- Get to see what local jobs are on offer
- Brush up on your interview skills
- Conduct interviews on the day with employers
- Help gain confidence in speaking with HR staff
Employability Skills
The most important employability skills are in the areas of:
- Getting along with and working well with other people, such as communication skills and other interpersonal skills
- Being reliable and dependable: doing what you say you will by the deadline you have agreed, and turning up when you are meant to be there
- A willingness to learn new skills, whether those are job-specific or more general