Careers Support
Skills Develpopment Scotland
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is the national skills agency, and delivers Scotland’s career service.
SDS careers advisers deliver career information, advice and guidance in schools to pupils from S1 to S6. They are there to help you understand the world of work and to develop the career management skills you need as you move through school and beyond.
You might meet your careers adviser with your class at a group activity, at a careers event, or at a one-to-one appointment.
Your careers adviser can speak to you about:
- understanding and developing yourself, your strengths, and your skills
- making your option choices
- career choices
- courses, training, and volunteering
- CVs, applications, and interviews
- apprenticeships
- local and national job opportunities.
Click here to Request an appointment with a careers adviser in school.
Your school careers advisers are:
Ashley Blake ashley.blake@sds.co.uk
Matthew Coltman matthew.coltman@sds.co.uk
You can also visit Scotland’s careers website, My World of Work at myworldofwork.co.uk
Beyond school, anyone can speak to expert advisers in SDS centres or community venues across the country and on our freephone helpline on 0800 917 8000. They can help people of all ages and at all stages of their career.
My World of Work
My World of Work is Scotland’s careers website and it’s packed full of tools and information to help you confidently make the best decisions for you.
There’s lots to do and explore and the more you tell the site about yourself, the more career ideas you’ll get just for you.
- Find out more about yourself with Animal Me, and the Strengths and Skills Discovery tools
- Explore career options through our job profiles and industry pages
- Learn about routes into careers such as courses and apprenticeships
- Discover where your option choices could take you
- Celebrate your achievements and build a library of your skills and successes
- Showcase who you are, your skills and achievements with My Profile
- Prepare for your next steps with CVs, applications, and interviews advice and tools.
Register for an account today and keep using the site as you go through school.
Discover and explore what your future could be at myworldofwork.co.uk
