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Choosing apprenticeship vs uni
Honest pros and cons from someone who picked the apprenticeship route - earnings, lifestyle, qualification weight and long-term career.
✦ Mentoring & advice
Thinking about an apprenticeship? Let's talk.
I'm Jack - an Apprentice Advocate working at Queen's College, Taunton. I give honest, no-fluff advice to school leavers, parents, teachers and employers exploring the apprenticeship route across every sector, level and region of the UK. Drop me a message and I'll get back to you personally.
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★ Big news - Apprentago Ambassador
Jack is an official
Apprentago Ambassador.
I'm partnering with schools, sixth forms and colleges across the UK - delivering free assemblies, careers-fair talks and Q&A sessions on marketing apprenticeships, real career paths and how to actually land a role.
Talks
Tailored talks for Year 10–13 students, assemblies or careers fairs.
Apprentago
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Landing roles
Support and tips on how to land roles.
✦ Live vacancy board
All UK apprenticeship vacancies, updated live.
0 live roles across every sector and level - filter by Level 3, 4 or 6 and by location, then apply on the employer's own site.
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✦ What I can help with
Honest answers, not recruitment fluff.
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Applications & interviews
CV layout, portfolio building, employer research and what hiring managers actually look for in a 16–19 year old marketing applicant.
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First 90 days on the job
Setting expectations, asking the right questions, managing senior stakeholders and shipping work you're proud of.
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Skills, tools & certifications
Free CPD courses, Adobe vs Canva, AI workflows for SEO and content - what to learn first to stand out.
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🎓 For careers advisors & teachers
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✦ Read first
Want a head start? Read my LinkedIn.
My First Month as a Apprenticeship Advocate
Reflections on month one at Queen's - the lessons, the projects and what I wish I'd known.
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Jack's Digital World - Episode 1: The Blueprint of a Modern Marketer
At 17, the route from local community work to a marketing role at an independent school.
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Daniel Cooper - Launching the first marketing apprentice at Queen's
The brief, the hire and what it's been like building a marketing function from the ground up.
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