Micro-Pathways to Employment
A free 12-week programme in Aberdeen for adults who are not currently in work, education or training. It is funded by Aberdeen City Council and delivered by MicroInterns.
What the programme is
- Cost
- Free, funded by Aberdeen City Council
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Sessions
- One hour online each week, with resources and one-to-one support in between
- Places
- 30 in this cohort
- Location
- Aberdeen
- Who it is for
- Adults not currently in work, education or training
Micro-Pathways applies the same idea as the rest of MicroInterns to a different group of people: finished work and demonstrable skills move someone’s employment prospects further than another round of advice does. Over twelve weeks the programme builds confidence first, then digital skills, then a real piece of project work, and helps with the application at the end of it.
Micro-Pathways is funded by
What the weekly sessions cover
Confidence and wellbeing
Starting where people actually are. Being out of work for a while does its own damage, and the programme deals with that before it deals with a CV.
Digital skills
The everyday tools employers assume you already use, and the ones that make a job application possible in the first place.
CV and application support
One-to-one help turning what you have actually done into something an employer, and an applicant tracking system, can read.
Project-based work
Real, scoped work, the same idea as a micro-internship, so you finish the programme with something to point at rather than only a certificate.
Employment and self-employment pathways
Routes into a job, and routes into working for yourself if that fits better. Both are treated as real outcomes.
Who can join
The programme is for adults living in Aberdeen who are not currently in employment, education or training. It is free to take part, with no cost to you at any point and no qualification needed to start.
This cohort has 30 places. If they have gone by the time you get to the form, ask us to put you on the list for the next one.
Apply for a place
The form takes a few minutes. It asks who you are, how to reach you and where you are at right now. We come back to everyone who applies about eligibility and dates.
Open the application form (opens in a new tab)Questions before you apply? Email hello@microinterns.co.uk.
Aberdeen employers: this is where some of your next hires come from
If you want to offer project work, a placement or a conversation to a Micro-Pathways participant, tell us. It is the same scoping conversation as a micro-internship.