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News: Last Chance for Ashford & Thanet Youth to Sign Up for Next Prince’s Trust Team Programme

Young adults living in and around Thanet and Ashford are encouraged to sign up for the Prince’s Trust Team programme before it’s too late. The Team programme helps participants build confidence, get work experience and develop important job seeking skills. Full-time, 12 week development programme Delivered in Ashford by charity CXK, the next programme is set […]

Blog: Career Planning – The Importance of Insight

At CXK we have been working in partnership with EMSI to produce bespoke posters for each area in Kent detailing the opportunities within each local authority, designed to further support our young people and adults to make career choices which are more informed We have placed these posters as a...

News: CXK Celebrates Impact as Youth Employment Programme Ends

CXK is this month celebrating the impact of one of its longest running youth programmes, Talent Match, which comes to an end across the south-east at the end of the yearThe Talent Match programme, funded over the course of 5 years by the Big Lottery Fund, was designed to give unemployed young...

News: Teens Make a Difference in the Community on National Citizen Service Programme

A night of celebration was held on Thursday 29th November at Dreamland, Margate, to mark the successful graduation of 40 young people from the National Citizen Service programmeWhilst completing the four-week programme aimed at increasing social responsibility and skills, the teens, all from...

Blog: Self-Employment Explained

What’s it all about Being your own boss, working for yourself, running your own business, being self-employed, working as a sole trader or earning a bit extra on the side basically mean you are planning to earn your own income from the sale of your own product or service You can do this full-time...

Blog: Experience Takes Time

Consider the quiet student in the back of your classAfraid to answer questions Lacking in confidence and self belief Doesn’t fit easily into the social groups and seems to have no ‘tribe’ Isn’t academic, struggles with maths Likes drawing but whose art teacher dismisses...

Blog: What are we not talking about?

Our world of careers choices and education is a wonderful and brilliant one but, in some instances it is one which is polarised and misses the “fuzzy areas”, or the bits which don’t fit neatly into tidy boxes Take for example Post 16 and Post 18 choices; a common list for these options would...

News: CXK Helps Kickstart Young People’s Careers

As European Vocational Skills Week starts, we reflect on the impact of our vocational skills enhancement programmes on Kent’s young peopleAt CXK, we deliver a range of skills enhancement programmes, designed to help 16-25 year olds, particularly those not in education, employment or training...

Blog: Daylight Robbery and the Winter Blues

With the new academic year now gaining momentum, so too is the seasonal change that frames our daily activity Warmer spells give way to cold, damper climates, sunlight softens and our days are clipped short as dark nights draw in ever earlier As these seasonal changes take hold, it is easy for many...

Blog: Personality & Matching Assessments – Context Matters

Trait & factor quizzes, personality assessments and psychometrics are ubiquitous with careers guidance, from Holland’s Theory of Careers Choice from 1958 through to assessments in use today based on these and similar tools such as Start Profile , Kudos and Morrisby Yet what is the narrative...

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