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Whatever your results, our expert advisers can help you explore your options.  Call the Results Helpline on 0808 100 8000, visit your nearest career centre or visit My World of Work.

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Our careers service

We offer support for pupils, parents and teachers from Primary 5 through to S6.

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Skills Planning Model infographic - Regional and Sectoral Skills Investment Plans, investment in responsive education and training provision and matching learning provision, and matching learning provision with demand to develop the right skills, leads to employers who are able to recruit the right people with the right skills at the right time and individuals who can access a careers service that helps them pursue opportunities important to the economy and it's employers.

Skills Planning

The Skills Planning Model shows how we aim to improve the response of education, training and careers services to the needs of industry and ensure that people have the best possible chance of succeeding in the world of work.

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Apprenticeships

We are committed to developing and growing a worldclass work-based learning system in Scotland.

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Employability Skills

We support individuals from all communities to increase their work-based and employability skills, enabling them to take their first steps into the labour market, or to make successful career change and progression.

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Supporting Scotland's Employers

We help employers across Scotland to invest in existing skills, develop new talent using equal and inclusive recruitment, and get the right products to grow their business.

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Career Review

A key part of the Young Person's Guarantee, the Career Review aims to ensure that career services are fit for purpose and future proofed to meet the demands of a changing world of work.

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Help your business grow

Support and advance your business with our new Skills Management Tool, available on Our Skillsforce.

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SDS support for refugees

SDS is committed to welcoming, supporting and offering our services to all refugees fleeing war, oppression, and persecution.

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