Employability

Get the Edge

At Cambridge Regional College our focus is your success. We aim to ensure all our students gain the employability skills they need to begin their dream career.

At CRC you can get the edge, whether that’s in this competitive job market, gaining a place at university or finding the perfect apprenticeship. You might not know yet what you want to do, many don’t, but through college you can explore your options and with out suite of tools and advisors on hand, to help you every step of the way, you can find your path to the perfect career.

Throughout the year we work with you to develop your potential. Events included in the programme are employer talks, higher education fairs and enterprise contests.

Employable Skills

All our programmes focus on getting you work-ready, in your approach, mind-set and skills base to meet the exportations of employers. From developing your confidence, communication and time management skills to experience with employers, you’ll improve your employment prospects at CRC.

Work Experience & Industry Placements

We work with over 1,500 employers across the region to help develop the workforce of the future, and many of these employers offer valuable work experience and industry placement opportunities to our students.

Students on vocational study programmes are required to complete a minimum of 30 hours of work experience as part of their course, while students studying T Levels must complete an industry placement of at least 315 hours (or 750 hours for the Early Years Educator Occupational Specialism).

Our World of Work Team is here to support you throughout your work experience journey. They can help you develop the skills needed to secure a placement, they will communicate with your employers, complete the necessary health and safety checks, and record details from your work experience logbook including both employer and student feedback.

This put you steps ahead when applying for roles as you will be able to reference real-world job experience and gain the valuable skills employers are looking for.

Apprenticeship Talent Bank

Apprenticeships are a fantastic way to get qualified as well as gaining those valuable skills necessary to stand to to employers. Apprenticeships start at level 2 and go up to degree level, you can achieve all of this without the expense of university, whilst also earning a wage while you learn.

Our Apprenticeship team are on hand to help you find the right apprenticeship for you, and support you throughout the application process.

Impartial Careers Advice

With a team of qualified careers advisers with expert careers information, advice and personal guidance, we can help work out where you want to go and how to get there.

Why not book an appointment to speak to one of the team? Find out more here.

Career Coach

Part of the challenge of finding the right career path is the huge amount of jobs and roles to explore. Why not try our Careers Search tool – our online careers assessment tool, giving you careers information on job roles, salaries and job opportunities in our region.

Try it today – Career Search Tool

Going To University

Our team of advisors are here to help you with your UCAS applications, and will work with you through the process from finding you the right university course to your application.