Helping apprentices and graduates to thrive at work.

Download our free resources to use alongside the 24 Early Career Essentials videos on YouTube.

Starting out in work? Find your feet with our free workbook.

Designed for apprentices, graduates and trainees, this free workbook is yours to print out and complete alongside our YouTube series. Reflect on your experiences, try practical actions and take useful questions into conversations with your manager.

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Your support helps the learning stick.

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Your apprentice or graduate may be capable, motivated and keen to do well, while still feeling unsure about what’s expected at work.

They may be quietly wondering:

  • How do I ask for help without looking incapable?

  • How do I speak to someone more senior?

  • When should I use my initiative, and when should I check?

  • What does “professional” actually look like here?

  • How do I build trust while I’m still learning?

Our completely free video series helps close this workplace readiness gap. Encourage them to watch the videos and use the workbook to reflect and put their learning into practice.

Then download the free manager guide. You’ll get practical questions for one-to-ones and simple ways to clarify expectations and support their progress. It is designed to help you to better support your apprentice or graduate to build confidence, become more independent and thrive sooner at work.

It’s designed to close the workplace readiness gap— something we see consistently across consulting, construction, engineering and law.

Supporting a new starter? Help them find their feet quickly.

This free, four-page guide helps managers support apprentices, graduates and trainees as they work through our YouTube series. Use it in one-to-ones to ask useful questions, clarify expectations and help them put their learning into practice — building confidence and independence at work.