Skills that get you hired
Interviews, the STAR method, mindset, presence. The stuff job ads assume you already know.
Get real work experience before you graduate.
Most students leave uni with a degree and no proof they can actually do the job. You won't. Learn the skills employers test for, then do real, mentored project work for real businesses - and walk into final year with something to show.
Real businesses have run projects with our students
A programme from Consultico.
The catch nobody warns you about
You need experience to get the job. But you need a job to get the experience.
You've done the reading and sat the exams. You're on track for the degree. Then every job ad asks for experience you were never given the chance to get. The careers service is booked until next term. LinkedIn looks like everyone else has it sorted. And graduation is coming, fast.
Employers don't just want your degree. They want proof you can communicate, show up, and get real work done. Most students can't show that - not because they can't do it, but because nobody ever gave them the chance. That's the gap that gets good people overlooked. It's the whole reason ASF exists.
There's a better way in
Talent is everywhere. Opportunity isn't. We fix the opportunity bit.
ASF shows you the skills employers actually test for, then puts you in front of real work with real businesses. No lecture theatre. No unpaid coffee runs. Just a fair shot and someone in your corner showing you how.
How it works
Three steps from "no idea" to "hired".
Step 1
Get your free Employability Score.
Two minutes, seven questions. See exactly where you stand and the three gaps holding you back.
Step 2
Learn the skills that get you hired.
Free lessons on interviews, LinkedIn, communication, and the STAR method. The whole library, open from day one.
Step 3
Do real work for real businesses.
Earn your place on the Micro-Internship pathway - around 100 hours, fully mentored. Some students got hired by the company they worked with.
It already works
This isn't theory. Students are already getting placed.
We ran the pathway with our first small group. Real businesses signed up. Students were placed on real projects. Some were hired by the companies they worked with. Others took what they built and started their own thing. Named case studies are coming as these first cohorts finish - we'd rather show you the real ones than invent some.
What you get
Everything you need to stop guessing and start getting picked.
How to win on LinkedIn
From people who actually earn from it. Build your profile, find your voice, post with a plan that gets you noticed.
Build a real portfolio
Not a CV. A live portfolio site on your own domain, built right here, ready to send to employers.
Learn together
A proper community on Discord. Wins, honest feedback, live calls, and people going through exactly what you are.
Competitions and real work
Real projects with real businesses. Do the work, get it used, and put it straight in your portfolio.
Mentoring that's actually useful
Live calls with professionals we bring in - hiring managers, recruiters, people who've walked the path you're on.
The Micro-Internship pathway
Real work. Real businesses. Sometimes, a real job offer.
The pathway is where skills become proof. Around 100 hours of real project work with a real business, mentored the whole way. You apply when rounds open - places are limited, and it's earned, not automatic. It's how you leave university able to say "here's what I did", not just "here's what I studied". For some of our first students, it turned into a job. For others, a business.
- 1. Build the skills
- 2. Apply when a round opens
- 3. Do real, mentored work
- 4. Walk away with proof (and sometimes an offer)
What it costs
Nothing. There is no paid tier.
Every lesson, every quiz, the community, and the route into real project work - all of it is free. No card, no trial that expires, no upgrade waiting for you three lessons in.
Applied Skills Fellowship membership
£0
No card. No subscription.
- The full lesson library - interviews, STAR method, mindset, presence
- How to Win on LinkedIn, from people who actually earn from it
- The Portfolio Builder - your own live site
- Quizzes you can retake as often as you like
- Discord community, live calls and competitions
- Micro-Internship application routes when rounds open (limited places)
Your options, honestly.
| ASF | A free online course | Chasing an unpaid internship | Doing nothing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real, structured skills | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Real work with a real business | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Mentoring and feedback | ✓ | ✗ | maybe | ✗ |
| A portfolio you can show employers | ✓ | ✗ | maybe | ✗ |
| Costs you | £0 — all of it | £0 | unpaid time + luck | a year of silent rejections |
Is this you?
Built for students who want a real shot - not shortcuts.
This is for you if...
- You're an undergrad - second year is the sweet spot, but any year works
- You'll actually practise, not just watch
- You want skills that travel across any industry
- You're tired of vague careers advice that goes nowhere
Maybe not, if...
- You want a magic hack with no effort
- You won't touch a lesson, a quiz, or the community
Where this came from
Started by a founder who began young - for the students the system overlooks.
Applied Skills Fellowship was started by Paul Wilson, who built his own company, Consultico, while he was still at university. He built ASF as the leg-up he wished he'd had - a fair shot for talented students who don't need shortcuts, just someone to show them how. ASF stands on its own. Consultico is its home and heritage, and where a lot of the real client work behind the pathway comes from.
Picture final year.
One version: you're applying for the same jobs as everyone else, with the same empty CV, waiting on replies that don't come. The other: you walk in with real work behind you, a portfolio you can send, and people who'll vouch for you. Same you. Different year. The difference is what you start now.
The honest answers.
Yes, all of it. No card, no trial trap, nothing held back for a paid tier. Real lessons you keep.
Find out where you stand. It takes 2 minutes.
Get your free Employability Score, see your three biggest gaps, and get a plan to fix them. No card, and the portfolio you build is yours to keep.