Skills Launchpad Plymouth
World of Skills
Getting the right skills to launch your future
Plymouth’s economy is continuing to change, with new investment, growing sectors and evolving skills needs across local industries. To make the most of these opportunities, it’s important that local people have the skills, knowledge and confidence to access the jobs available now and in the future.
Skills Launchpad Plymouth is here to support you. Through the Adult Hub, we offer free, impartial advice and practical support to help you take your next step, whether you’re looking for work, changing careers, facing redundancy or transitioning from the Armed Forces.
Our team can help you understand the local job market, identify training and skills opportunities, and build a clear plan for your future, so you feel confident and ready to move forward.
What do we mean by skills?
A skill is the ability to perform an action with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into general / transferrable skills and job specific skills.
So you may think you’re not skilled? Think again
Even if you don’t have any paper qualifications, the ‘school of life’ has given you a wealth of transferable skills. From previous job roles and work experience, volunteering to help with local community and school groups, managing your own demanding family life, you’ve been busy building up your skills portfolio across the years.
Perhaps you’ve become a little rusty and could benefit from some specific refresher course help with maths and English, or help with computer know-how to improve your digital skills. You may not have looked at your CV or searched for jobs for many years, don’t worry we can help you find your way through so that you can become as work ready as possible.
Starting to get the picture? Having the right skills certainly helps you move forward and improves your employment prospects….
So, what’s next?
We recognise every skills journey is going to be different – some of you may be happier to self-help from our Skills Launchpad Resources Bank and others may want more individual support.