How to Help Young People Explore GMACS

The Greater Manchester Apprenticeship & Careers Service, or GMACS, is here to help you sit down with your young people and plan and think about their future.

This page is a quick guide to explain the key areas of the site and how you can use them with the young people you care for.

GMACS is packed with advice, tips and information and designed to help young people find everything they need to make choices about your next steps and begin your career. From ideas to applications, it’s easy to explore what’s out there, be inspired by what Greater Manchester can offer, and develop the tools to start their working life.

Use this guide to learn about the different sections of GMACS and the ways you can use them with the young people in your life.

Early conversations

Simply encouraging your child to take the time to explore the GMACS site is a great thing to do.

Looking at the top sectors in GM is a good place to start. Have a look together at the example careers and where future jobs will be and ask them if anything they see appeals to them.

You could also look at the education and training pages. These make a good next step after looking at the different sectors. You could explore what education options would best lead in to each sector.

Exploring all the options in GM

Visit the opportunities page to see how your child can build the key skills to boost their future applications and kickstart their career. The events page is updated with helpful and interesting careers events happening across Greater Manchester.

You can also explore what’s happening in your area, with our pages separated out into each local authority area in GM.

What next?

Once you’ve explored GMACS and come up with a bit of a plan, there are lots of other places online you could explore with the young people you care for. You could also explore Beeline or read our guide on how to talk to the young people in your life about careers.

Try some of these useful websites for even more information: