Hello!

My name is Natalie Thomas and I work for Careers Wales West in the Haverfordwest office. I have been employed at CWW since June 2009 as a personal adviser, which I will be explaining more about in my next blog.

I thought I would start my first one with a short introduction to our company and a brief explanation of the some the services Careers Wales West offers.

Careers Wales West is a private company, employing around 300 people. We're not just a service for young people - we provide careers information, advice and guidance to people of all ages across west Wales.

We have centres distributed across the west Wales area including Haverfordwest, Pembroke Dock, Carmarthen, Lampeter, Cardigan and Aberystwyth.

The careers centres are open 9am-5pm, five days a week throughout the year, where people of all ages can get free, independent and impartial information, advice and guidance about work, education and training opportunities.

All careers centres have computers with free internet access to research your career options or prepare a CV. In every careers centre you can arrange to have a private and confidential interview with a qualified advisor, in Welsh or English.

Over the coming months I will be telling you about the wide variety of services that we are able to offer, and keep everyone updated with the types of information, advice and guidance that is available, as well as some examples of the work that we have been doing.

My next blog will focus on the role of Personal Advisers at Careers Wales West.

Thanks for reading!