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Phone

Get free, expert advice on your learning or career options by calling the Careers Advice Service - or by arranging for an adviser to call at a time that suits you.

All calls are completely free, whether to a land line or a mobile phone.

• Careers Advice Service: 0800 100 900

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Email

For advice about learning, careers, courses, qualifications and financial help for learning, send your question straight to a learning adviser. An adviser will respond to your enquiry as quickly as possible.

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Face-to-face

nextstep is a free service for people aged 20 or over in England. Personal advisers in your local office are ready with help and advice on learning and careers.

Whether you want to change jobs or learn something new and broaden your skills, you can talk in confidence to your personal adviser, and plan your next move.

• Face-to-face careers advice with nextstep

Who else could help?

Jobcentre Plus

If you’re not working at the moment, Jobcentre Plus can help you find the right kind of job: full-time or part-time, temporary or permanent.

• Contact Jobcentre Plus Opens new window
• Looking for work (employment section)

If you’re under 20

If you’re aged 13 to 19, Connexions Direct can give you all the information and advice you need to make decisions on learning, careers and more.

• Contact Connexions Direct

More useful links

• Planning a career (employment section)
• Learning for work
• Help with learning costs: an introduction
• Job programmes for over 50s (over 50s section)