Start Strong in your first career
Essential training programme for Graduates and Apprentices. Everything you need to start strong and succeed in your first career
Start Strong In Your First Career
Are you a Graduate, Apprentice or are just starting in your first job? Are you looking to build more confidence, skills and impact and give yourself the best possible chance to succeed in this exciting first step in your career? Then you have come to the right place.
Enrol on our digital Start Strong In Your First Career course today and start your new job with impact
Course Overview
Are you feeling uncertain? Unsure of making the move from education into employment? Does it feel like you are making a huge leap and you are not quite ready or prepared? Then let us tell you something that should make you feel better - you are not alone.
We have helped hundreds of other young people just like you from across the globe who are making the exciting, yet sometimes daunting, leap into their first job. They have gone on to feel more confident, have more self belief, have clarity around what they have to offer and built skills that are relevant for today's modern workplace.
They are sure of themselves. They have built a vision for their career that has impact for them and their employer and just as importantly, they have invested in their health & wellbeing too. You see, this might be the first step but it is just part of what we hope will become a long, bright career - starting strong is vital but staying strong is crucial too.
Emily was one of our first FD Academy students who simply thrived during the course and has gone on to accelerate her career in technology at Unilever in ways she never expected. She came to us unsure of her path, her skills and what she had to offer - taking this course has changed her life (her words!) and has moved her confidently from education into an apprenticeship at Unilever. Her vision for her future expanded because she now has complete belief in what she is capable of and it has been wonderful to watch her development:
"Doing this course helped me to believe in myself and gave me the confidence I needed to push myself to take risks with my own development. It truly has changed my life"
You see, having moved through our own careers there is one thing that we have become certain of - that if you have a strong start in a new career then you absolutely set yourself up for success.
It is really simple - if you feel confident in yourself and your abilities, in your potential and your future, then your first day, first month, first year in that job feels different. You have invested in YOU. You have moved successfully away from education and have started to think about your future. You have set the foundations for an amazing start and you have given yourself a glimpse of what you are absolutely capable of in your new role.
We have already seen how powerful this investment in your future can be and there are others just like you who have gone on to flourish in their careers. They have moved from education into work with ease and confidence and you could too.
We know that moving from education into your first career can feel daunting. We can compare ourselves to others and think that they have everything figured out. That they are sure of themselves and walk into every situation calmly and with confidence.
Well you can have that too - it is within your reach but you just need some support and a set of tools that will make you think differently.
This course is ready for you to invest in today.
"You are ready. You are amazing. We just help you to see that more clearly"
By the end of this course you will:
- Move towards your new career feeling calm and confident
- Have significantly changed your view about your potential and what you are capable of
- Feel more confident in your abilities to handle ALL new situations at work
- Have seen a significant increase in your self belief
- Have created your individual pathway for success in your career
- Have a powerful set of personal skills that YOU own
- Have created powerful daily habits that will enable you to thrive
- Have created a significant network of influence that will boost your success at work
In just 4 weeks you will learn everything that you need to know about how to start strong in your career - from understanding your personal strengths and talents, finding your voice, building a personal success pathway and ultimately building your confidence in a way that will set you up for success. We will take you through vital insights about how to handle challenging situations at work, how to communicate in a way that gets you heard and vitally how to do all of this whilst looking after your health & wellbeing.
This is a digital course delivered online and supported within your individual learning portal and within our private Facebook Group 'Start Strong Together'.
There will be insights into some of the latest tech that power a modern workplace, allowing you to build relevant digital skills and confidence in your abilities. We will look at design packages, modern communication in the workplace, taking advantage of powerful social platforms such as Linkedin and how digital is not something to be afraid of. It is time to embrace the power of tech and how it can significantly boost your career and success at work.
The course is packed with video guides, podcasts, exercises, tips and advice from us and other guest experts who all have extensive experience in setting yourself up for success in your career and the best bit - you can work through it at your own pace taking breaks when you need and accessing more support when you need to.
It is built around four main Modules - Believe/Build/Grow/Thrive and our first course starts on the 9th September 2019 and will run monthly after that. This is a self paced course supported by weekly Live Webinars and Facebook Liver Q&A sessions. There is no race to the finish and this is critical to remember - this is your first step and a strong start relies on you to be clear about making the investment of time aswell as money. This is an invaluable first step and we could not be more delighted to have you with us. More than that - you have just joined one of the most powerful communities of young women from around the globe and they are all ready to lift you up too.
So - if you are ready to:
- Take control of your own career and invest in your success today
- Create unstoppable confidence and self-belief that will kick start your career in the right way
- Increase your chances of success in your career
- Own your talents and know their worth
- Start your career with an unquestionable advantage
Then you are absolutely READY to Join Us
Who is this course for:
- You have recently left school and are about to start a new job or Apprenticeship
- You have recently graduated and are about to embark on the first step in your career
- You have recently started a new position and would like to feel more confident and assured in your new role
- You are a few months/year into a new role as a recent school leaver/grad and would really like a boost to your confidence and to accelerate your success
- You are ready for a complete boost to your career and your life but you know you need to support to get there
Course Outline
Week 1 Believe
Knowing what we are capable of is one thing. Believing that we are capable of it is another thing. So this is where we begin to take a deep dive into your talents, gifts and skills and most critically your confidence and self belief. This is a a vital step - because feeling confident in your abilities gives you a really strong foundation from which to develop your career in a really positive and powerful way. We have seen others transformed by this.
Week 2 Build
Safe in the knowledge of what you are now SURE you are capable of we push you out of your comfort zone and move you confidently towards the next step - this is the part where we start to build on your confidence, build your personal brand and find your voice enabling you to own any room and put the building blocks in place for you and your career to flourish. We are building on a really solid foundation of confidence that you will have found in Week 1 and we guarantee you will feel different.
Week 3 Grow
This is a glorious week and one in which we really start to propel the teachings and breakthrough's that you will have had during weeks 1&2 forward. This is our chance to set you up to flourish and where we help you to step forward to visualise what you and your future could look like. We take you from finding your voice to knowing how to use it powerfully, and bring in some powerful communication skills and tips so that you feel confident in every situation in work. We lean in to how you can bring your authentic self to work and build a personal power board of other wonderful human beings to support you in your progress.
Week 4 Thrive
The importance of your health and wellbeing has been a thread running throughout the whole course. Now we get to take all of the great work that you have already done and amplify it. We are investing in your future, and seeing a long and successful career ahead of you - but we want more than that. We want you to achieve that with a clear view on how you can look after your physical and mental health. We will be taking you back to basics around sleep, consumption of social media and building consistent daily habits that include looking at your mindset and the stories we tell ourselves. We are building great daily habits that will propel your ability to thrive.
At the end of this week we will finish with a 360 review of how far you have come because there is one thing that we are already sure of:
"You are amazing and your potential is limitless"
Bonus Offers
Each week within our private Facebook Group Start Strong Together we will also deliver a weekly masterclass on a wide range of topics that will boost your confidence, enhance your skills and provide solutions, hints and tips on the challenges that you might be facing within your work or your life. You see, we do not separate the two - so our focus is on giving you the absolute best start and sometimes that means focusing on you first.
Examples of topics covered are:
The power of reframing - thoughts/situations/challenges
The stories that we tell ourselves and how we can change them
Burnout - the signs and how to avoid it
Your first step and your next step - making powerful moves in your career
The joy of failing
Building your personal powerboard
These sessions will be an hour long and are FREE for those who have purchased the Start Strong in Your Career course. They will be presented live each week and will be recorded so that you can watch on catch up in your own time if you miss a session.
We will also be bringing in special guests and experts who will tackle some of the most modern and relevant topics facing young employees in the workplace. They will also be delivered for FREE to course attendees.
Testimonials
"I have started to value the skills and talents that I DO have rather than looking at what I don't have. It also showed me that I have a voice, which was really important for me to feel heard - now I also know how to use it!"
Hilary
"The best thing about this course is the confidence I now have in meeting new people and facing new challenges at work - all I know is that now I feel that EVERYTHING is going to work out and I was so unsure of that before"
Rosie
Having the time and support to be able to think about myself, my own talents and characteristics as opposed to just what looks good on a CV has been invaluable. I feel more prepared than ever to start my journey in work"
Pal
If you are an employer this course is for you if:
- You have Apprentices/Graduates or early years talent starting with your company and want to invest in their success
- You understand the benefit of giving your early years talent the absolute best start in their career
- You want to bring innovative teachings into your business that enable your employees to bring their best selves to work
- You believe in investing in authenticity and delivering skills to enable your early years talent to thrive
- You recognise that the transition from education to work can be challenging and want to bridge that gap successfully
- You are ready to invest early in the health & wellbeing in your employees - right from the start
- You understand the personal power and confidence this will deliver to your employees and how that will ultimately benefit your business too
- You see this as a crucial part of your on boarding process and want to add even more impact
Your Instructor
Debbie Edwards, founder and CEO of FDisruptors and FD Academy, is changing the face of recruitment and learning and building the workforce of the future.
Her work in the early years talent space and extensive professional experience in the management of multi generational teams for business performance allows her delivery to be both responsive and evidence based and has proven results.