Upskill and Retrain

Explore a new career opportunity within a new industry

Identify your transferable skills to work in new job opportunities and industries across Essex. Below are the industries and organisations based locally.

Logistics

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IT, Digital and Creative

Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing

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Built Environment

Health and Care

Green Sector

Take a skills health check

Working through the skills health check can help you decide what kind of jobs might be right for you.

Start your skills health check

The Skills Toolkit: Free courses to help you learn new skills or get a new job

The Skills Toolkit offers free digital courses to help you progress in work and boost your job prospects.

The Skills Toolkit

Find the course you need to retrain or upskill

Search local courses happening near you and take the next step in building your knowledge and skills.

Gov.uk Skills Bootcamps

Skills Bootcamps offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks. They give you the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with a local employer.

National Careers Service

The National Careers Service offers free and impartial advice to help with decisions about careers, training courses and work.

Find a local College, University or Training Provider

Our training provider directory has details about study locations across the county.

Evolve Project

The project provides FREE one to one support to residents via an advisor who can help them into employment, training and personal development opportunities.

Start your own business

Starting your own business has several personal and financial benefits, find local support and guidance.

Digital Skills

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