City CV

Digital career transition support

Career Refinery Portal & App

Practical, results-driven career support that helps employees navigate change, develop new skills and prepare for their next opportunity.

Career Refinery portal and mobile app

11+ tools
Career resources in one place
Live jobs
Support for active job searches
E-learning
Interactive courses and expert guidance
All levels
Support for employees across your organisation

Practical support during career change

In times of uncertainty such as redundancy, it is essential to support your employees in a practical, results-driven way.

As specialists in career consultancy, we’ve created an intuitive portal and app that makes it easy to engage, educate and empower employees at every level about their choices.

Blending e-learning, personal branding, live jobs and transition support, the Career Refinery combines interactive tools and valuable resources that equip your employees for the next stage of their career.

Enhancing and developing vital skills

With insights on the latest tools and techniques to promote self-development, the Career Refinery is a robust and sustainable way to build knowledge and self-awareness. Above all, it maximises opportunities to secure a new role swiftly.

Cope with change

  • Career and self-awareness assessments: Understand strengths and motivations to inform career decisions.
  • Change and career options: Explore sectors, different types of career, self-employment and retirement.
  • Developing resilience: Boost the ability to recover from setbacks, improve confidence and find support.

Secure a new role

  • Hunt for jobs: Discover the hidden job market, search job boards and access 25,000 recruitment consultants in one location.
  • CV Builder: Follow practical guidance for creating a standout CV.
  • Cover Letter Builder: Add energy and personality to applications with guidance for making a strong first impression.
  • Interview Simulator: Practise for important interviews using valuable mock interview scenarios.
  • Aptitude and psychometric tests: Practise commonly used assessments and improve the chance of being hired.

Learn new skills

  • Career e-learning: Master job hunting with expert advice, videos, interactive courses and articles.
  • Business skills: Develop presentation, numeracy, finance, networking, leadership and time management skills.
  • IT skills: Improve technical capability through Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook courses.

Career Refinery introduction

What users say

“I am absolutely loving City CV’s app, ‘Career Refinery’! I am using it as a practically full-time component of my job hunt, and everything I read, watch or complete on this app is adding value to my knowledge, my confidence and my job search.

I am working my way through the programmes at the moment and have not missed out a single task, as they have all been so useful. I truly believe that I will come out of this whole process of finding a new job or career in a much better position, thanks to the Career Refinery.

Definitely money well spent. Thank you!”

Jenny Ball
Google Review

Support your employees through career change

Talk to our expert team in confidence about how the Career Refinery Portal & App can support your employees.