Hirst AcademyYour Career: Plan It, Prove It, Present It
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Free · Self-paced · 2026

Plan it, prove it, present it: your career.

A short, practical careers course built around Andrew Hirst's Career Planning Canvas: know what you offer, find the people and roles that fit, get through selection, and present yourself with confidence. For students, graduates, career changers and returners.

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5
Modules
22
Lessons
~24
Hours
5
Interactive tools
The 5 modules
Each module includes full lessons, a worked example, a knowledge check, curated resources, and an interactive tool.
01

Career Development: Plan It, Prove It, Present It

Plan your career with the Career Planning Canvas, prove what you offer with evidence, and present it on your CV, LinkedIn and at interview.

6–7 hours
02

AI and Your Career: Work, Recruitment and What to Do

See how AI is changing the work you want and how employers use it to hire, know your rights, and plan how to use AI honestly and show you use it well.

3–4 hours
03

Networking: Building Professional Relationships

Map the network you already have, reach the people who can open doors, and turn a first conversation into a lasting professional relationship.

4–5 hours
04

Getting Through Selection: Tests and Assessment Centres

Know what each selection stage is testing, practise online tests and video interviews, and show assessors your best at an assessment centre.

4–5 hours
05

Presenting with Confidence: Structure, Voice and Nerves

Plan a short presentation around one message, use your voice and body to carry it, and turn nerves into energy, for interviews, assessment centres and work.

4–5 hours
Pick your pace
Same 5 modules — just a different weekly commitment.

Standard

~6 weeks

~4 hrs/week · About six weeks alongside work, study or job hunting.

Accelerated

~3 weeks

~8 hrs/week · About three weeks, before an application deadline or assessment centre.