The West Midlands Job Market

The world of work is changing rapidly, with new types of employment being created and job titles that had not been heard of only a few years ago.

The West Midlands region is at the centre of major infrastructure developments and these and other projects are creating lasting and sustainable employment across a wide range of employment sectors.

New technologies are impacting all sorts of employment and it is useful to keep up to date on the effects on working life and job roles.

Come to our webinar to get the latest information on job market developments in all parts of the West Midlands region to help you plan for future employment.

In the webinar we will cover job market information for:

• Birmingham & Solihull
• Coventry & Warwickshire
• The Black Country
• Stoke & Staffordshire
• Worcestershire
• The Marches (Shropshire, Herefordshire, Telford & Wrekin).

In addition, we will cover:

• Useful websites where you can find up to date job market information
• Information on a range of job sectors including digital, construction, engineering & manufacturing and more.
• How the National Careers Service can support you to reach your career goals.

Webinars are delivered via Microsoft Teams

For new customers, we recommend that you have an appointment with a National Careers Service adviser before the webinar takes place.

In the appointment the careers adviser will help you to:

• explore different careers and options
• review your strengths, skills and develop your career goals
• plan your next steps
• make the best use of high-quality, career-related tools
• understand the local job market
• access learning, training, apprenticeship and employment opportunities, including making applications
• develop your CV, interview skills and job searching techniques
• implement your plan of action.

By giving us your personal information you are consenting to be contacted by telephone or email by the National Careers Service to arrange an appointment with a careers adviser prior to the webinar.

Customers' information is collected so that the Department for Education can carry out its functions, information will be handled in accordance with the principles and laws of data protection and at no time will it be used for purposes that are not related to the delivery of careers advice by the National Careers Service. For further details of how customer data is used, please view the privacy policy on the National Careers Service website; https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/help/privacy-and-cookies (or at bit.ly/NcsPrivacy2)

What else do I need to know?

There may be other participants in the session, so you must take care not to reveal any of your personal data at any time. Our recommendation is that you do not supply, verbally or on screen, your full name, email address, telephone number or any other information which could identify you to other participants on the call. You must not share such data, to safeguard your interests and so that you do not make yourself vulnerable to any malicious activity. Some presentations may be recorded for training purposes