Careers and guidance organisations and resources for advisers

Organisations

• ADSET (Association for Database Services) - resources for promoting the effective use of information related to career opportunities, site includes interesting links and information on publications.
  
• AGCAS (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services - professional association of careers services in Higher Education, includes information on higher education careers, services, the mutual aid scheme, best practice on graduate recruitment, links to discussion lists, publications, training, quality.
  
• Association of Learning Providers - represents training organisations in the UK.
  
• British Psychological Society - includes FAQs, careers information, find a psychologist, online information sheets including information on psychological testing and psychometrics, BPS review of Ability and Aptitude Tests in Occupational settings, useful contacts.
  
• Careers Service National Association (CSNA) - includes links to UK careers services.
  
• CASCAiD Connect - career and international news, links to careers advice sites for young people and adults.
  
• Centre for Guidance Studies - at the University of Derby.
  
• CIPD - Institute of Personnel and Development - includes best practice guidelines, policies and standards, factsheets on training and human resources.
  
• CRAC (Careers Research and Advisory Centre) - includes information on their publications, news, events and NICEC.
  
• Education and Learning Wales - the joint name for the National Council for Education and Training for Wales and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, for information on post-16 education and training.
  
• Federation of Professional Associations in Guidance - ethical principles, news, consultations, events, links.
  
• Fedora - in English and German, association for those involved in student guidance in institutions of higher education in Europe, including student counselling, vocational and educational guidance in universities, guidance professionals working in national or international organisations and employers. Site includes information on working groups, publications, meetings and addresses.
  
• FEDPAG (Federation of Professional Associations in Guidance) - includes ethical principles, news, consultations, events, links.
  
• The Guidance Council (NACCEG) - information on the Council's activities including the national project on guidance standards, quality standards and guidelines for all guidance sectors, code of practice, research reports and links to guidance organisations who are members.
  
• Guidanceforum.net - a network for discussion, documentation, research and training in careers and educational guidance for adults, via the Internet, available in Catalan, Czeck, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian. Site includes articles, books and websites, projects, meetings, advice, theory, online survey, mailing list.
  
• ICG - Institute of Careers Guidance - includes information on working in careers guidance and the code of ethics.
  
• Industrial Careers Foundation - education/industry links for schools and colleges.
  
• Institute for Employment Studies - research and consultancy in the public and private sectors, site includes current project information, press releases on research results and publications.
  
• JIIG-CAL Progressions - information on the software and tools available.
  
• learndirect - information on learning opportunities, funding, childcare, careers, qualifications, business advice, including online factsheets, information on your local career and educational advice centre. Free Tel: 0800 100 900.
  
• Learning Network - for assessors and verifiers, requires membership for information online.
  
• Learning Partnerships - reports, good practice guides, links to regional partnerships, evaluation issues, links.
  
• Learning and Skills Council - policies, links, find local LSCs.
  
• matrix - a national quality standard for organisations delivering information, advice and guidance services for learning and work, developed by The Guidance Council, 10 elements of best practice. Register of advisers and assessors, newsletter by post or e-mail.
  
• NACGT (National Association of Careers and Guidance Teachers) - includes news and resources, also CareersRing WebRing.
  
• NACAB (National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux) - includes press releases and other information on advice issues.
  
• NACCEG (The Guidance Council) - information on the Council's activities including the national project on guidance standards, also an online forum and links.
  
• NAEGA (National Association for Educational Guidance for Adults) - news, publications, links, information for members.
  
• National Centre for Guidance in Education - in Ireland, includes directory of guidance and support services for young people, factsheets, projects across all education sectors including non-formal education, training courses, Euroguidance factsheets, useful links.
  
• NICEC (The National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling ) and CRAC - information on publications, briefing papers, reports.
  
• Online Recruitment Marketing Council - information for employers, jobseekers and the media, includes jobsearch advice, information about the different elements of online recruitment, links to some agencies, comparison of costs and visitor numbers for employers, case studies on online recruitment issues.
  
• Recruitment and Employment Confederation - a business resource on recruitment issues.
  
• Sector Skills Development Agency - with links to Sector Skills Councils and network (replacing National Training Organisations - NTOs) Some NTOs are still operating and can be found from the NTO site.
  
• SKILL (The National Bureau for Students with Disabilities) - excellent factsheets and answers to Frequently Asked Questions on student finance and jobsearch and lists of organisations and contacts.
  
• TechDis - providing large range of information and resources to support the further and higher education community in all aspects of technology and inclusive approaches for disabled people, including news, resources, tools and exercises to help design accessible materials, database of resources and organisations.
  
• UKCOSA (The Council for International Education) - a key membership organisation which provides information, advice and training on the recruitment and support of international students. UKCOSA also provides advice and information directly to students by telephone, on +44 (0)171 354 5210 between 1.00 - 4.00 pm (UK time) on Mondays to Fridays only, contact by e-mail at enquiries@ukcosa.org.uk

Other Resources

• Adult Information, Advice and Guidance - Working Together: Connexions and AIAG Services - principles and examples of joint working.
  
• Assessing the quality of advice: A model for technical audit - generic advice standards, piloted in different guidance settings, involves auditing of case files to identify elements of good practice and assess quality in particular instances, currently in development to meet the CLS Quality Mark and advice sector quality assurance systems - more information from lasa.
  
• British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
  
• Career Learning Cafe - packed with ideas, practical resources including Game for a Career, careers stories, guides for principles and practice including ideas for using narrative, developing portfolios, theories for Connexions work, conference papers and articles, reviews of professional material, other materials added regularly, for all advisers working with careers and guidance.
  
• Career Development - from National Grid for Learning, includes news, key documents and information for careers practitioners, adults, parents, young people, employers and trade unions, find information mainly through site search engine.
  
• Careers education and guidance - from BECTA, information and resources in the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to support careers education and guidance work, also designed to support "Connecting Careers and ICT", a publication funded by the DfES and produced by Becta (very small size of font on website).
  
• Careers Europe - including information on projects in the field of careers guidance and information, grants for UK careers advisors to attend one week training placements in Europe, newsletter by email, study placements for UK university students, publications, basic information for students on studying abroad.
  
• Careers Fairs UK- information about careers fairs in the UK, including specialist fairs on graduate, post-graduate, law, work experience, teaching, information technology and other fairs.
  
• Careers Guidance Catalogue - publications, including CD Roms, from the DfES
  
• CEGNET - website of the national support programme for careers education, includes sections on careers resources, managing CEG, professional development, news, discussions and links.
  
• DfES Careers Guidance Catalogue - key careers publications from the DfES, including Newscheck online.
  
• Connexions - Connexions service information for young people and advisers, families and employers.
  
• Criteria for Career Information Internet Sites 4th Version, April 3, 1997 - from the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance.
  
• ENIC-NARIC - recognition of national qualifications, European Network of Information Centres, National Academic Recognition Information Centres.
  
• Global Careers-Work Cafe - online meeting place for practitioners, including the International Careers Journal, briefing papers, reviews, career planning materials, articles.
  
• Information, Advice and Guidance Pilot schemes - general information from the DfES on adult guidance, including regular newsletter, review, conference report, good practice, IAG documents.
  
• International Careers Journal - includes key articles on careers information and guidance, with an international perspective, the noticeboard section also includes useful Japanese and Asian career related sites.
  
• learndirect - information on learning opportunities, funding, childcare, careers, qualifications, business advice, including online factsheets, information on your local career and educational advice centre. Free Tel: 0800 100 900,
  for information on learndirect courses and centres Tel: 0800 101 901
  
• learndirect Scotland - information on learning opportunities, funding, childcare, careers, qualifications, business advice, including online factsheets, information on your local career and educational advice centre Free Tel: 0808 100 9000
  
• LMI Matters! - a practical and informative DfES site for advisers and teachers to help give advice and guidance on the labour market, includes strategies and tools for using labour market information, worksheet generator, slideshow builder, online conference area
  
• MAA Statement of Good Practice for Money Advisers
  
• matrix - national quality standard for organisations delivering information, advice and guidance services for learning and work, developed by The Guidance Council, 10 elements of best practice. Register of advisers and assessors, newsletter by post or e-mail.
  
• National Framework for Careers Education and Guidance in England - including learning outcomes for each stage, implementing framework, inspection frameworks, links with curriculum activities, placed within the Teaching and Learning section, implemented from September 2003, for pre-16 and post-16 students.
  
• National Statistics - includes labour market statistics and the economy.
  
• Radical Statistics Group - promotes use of statistics to inform not to drive policies, online articles and information on publications, search by subjects and by journal date, news, links and discussion group.
  
• Sector Skills Alliance Scotland - includes all the Sector Skills Bodies in Scotland, with news, information, publications and events
  
• Skills Strategy White Paper - government strategies for learning, from the DfES, 2003
  
• Skills Dialogue Reports - consultations with all major industrial and business sectors, leading to the production of high quality authoritative skills assessments for each of these broad sectors, from the DfES
  
• Standard Occupational Classification 2000 (UK)
  
• Success For All - government strategies for learning, from the DfES, 2003
  
• Third Age Employment Network - network with briefings and links on issues relating to mature people.
  
• Vocational Guidance for low paid workers and social partners- international studies and projects on guidance issues, multi-lingual sites.

  • CAMPAG - training and standards for advice and guidance staff

• CESI (Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion) - formed in June 2001 by the merger of two well-established organisations: Unemployment Unit and Youthaid and Centre for Social Inclusion.

• Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)

• Disability Alliance - advice, publications and training

• FEDPAG (Federation of Professional Associations in Guidance) - includes ethical principles, news, consultations, events, links

• Greater Manchester Welfare Rights Advisors Group - information on training, articles online, events, useful links

• lasa - London Advice Services Alliance - excellent resources for advisers

• Legal Action Group - provides information and training on welfare benefits and range of other social action legal issues

• Manchester Advice - as well as offering a series of advice services, also have some leaflets and factsheets

• Money Advice Association - key organisation for money advisers mainly in the public sector, voluntary sector and education

• Money Advice Scotland - the national voluntary organisation for money advice in Scotland. Membership information, information on training including self-study and distance learning options and SVQ in Advice, research reports, including difficulties faced by homeless people, publications, conferences, links.

• NACAB (National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux) - resources, training and local networks

• NMATU (National Money Advice Training Unit) - provides money advice training and publications

Organisations

• ACPA - American College Personnel Association
• American Counseling Association
• Euroguidance Network - information for information network for individuals & guidance professionals to provide quality information about the opportunities available for work, study & training throughout Europe
• Institute of Guidance Counsellors - professional organisation in Ireland, includes link to Qualifax information on the national courses database, links to other Irish guidance organisations.
• National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) - US organisation, site includes professional standards & resources & activities and links to other advising resources
• NACEWeb - National Association of Colleges & Employers, includes careers advice policies & good practice, includes resources for students in college and leaving college, also international employment information
• NACAC - National Association for Admission Counseling - US organisation
• NCDA (National Career Development Association) - US organisation, a division of the American Counseling Association
• NRWA (The National Resume Writers' Association) - includes code of ethics (US organisation)
• Professional Association of Resume Writers - (US organisation)
• Vocational Training in Europe - The Electronic Training Village - CEDEFOP site, includes news, research, information, European project funding, conference areas & opportunities for linking up with European colleagues

Other Resources

• ENIC - NARIC - Academic Recognition Information Centres around the world, including ECCTIS, the UK academic recognition service
• Europe Open for Professions provides information about the recognition of vocational & professional qualifications across Europe
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (ERIC/ACVE) - US site, covering publications, journals, databases, abstracts & resources, online chat help with ERIC expert
• European Training Village - wide variety of resources on vocational education & guidance in Europe
• Guidanceforum.net - a network for discussion, documentation, research & training in careers & educational guidance for adults, via the Internet, available in Catalan, Czeck, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian. Site includes articles, books & websites, projects, meetings, advice, theory, online survey, mailing list
• International Careers Journal - newly redesigned with new editorial approach to international career information, includes personal information & useful exercises & advice on career planning
• Personal Construct Psychology - major theoretical resource for counsellors & careers advisers using this system, includes online methods for modelling and visualizing the relations between your constructs & comparing your constructs with those of other people. Facilities are also included for using your conceptual model as an expert system. Also links to mailing lists, related wesbsites & organisations
• Personal Construct Psychology Research Group - information, newsletter, database & links to other sites, including those relating the use of personal construct theory to careers guidance
• Student Affairs - US based student affairs site, with links to key student affairs & specialist sites
• Vocational Guidance for low paid workers and social partners - international studies & projects on guidance issues, multi-lingual sites

• Adult Learning Yearbook 2002-2003 - National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), 2002
  
• BFI Film and Television Handbook: 2003 - Eddy Dyja, BFI Publishing, 2002
  
• British Qualifications: A Complete Guide to Educational, Technical, Professional and Academic Qualifications in Britain - Kogan Page, 2003
  
• British Vocational Qualifications: A Directory of Vocational Qualifications Available in the UK - Kogan Page, 2002
  
• Build Your Own Rainbow - Hopson Barrie, Mike Scally, Management Books 2000, 1999
  
• CIOLA Directory - Roger Shepherd, Editor, Hobsons, 2002
  
• Degree Course Guides 2002- 2003 - Hobsons, June 2002
  
• Degree Course Offers 2003 Entry - Brian Heap, Trotman, 2002
  
• Degree Course Offers 2004 Entry - Brian Heap, Trotman, 2003
  
• Directory of Guidance Provision for Adults in the UK, 2002 - Hazel B Edmunds, Paperback, ADSET, 2002
  
• Directory of UK Universities, Colleges and Schools 2002/2003 - Hobsons, 2002
  
• Directory of Vocational and Further Education 2002/2003 - Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002
  
• The Educational Grants Directory - Alan French, Dave Griffiths, Tom Traynor, Sarah Wiggins, Directory of Social Change, 2002
  
• The Gap-year Guidebook: 2002/03 - Susannah Hecht, John Catt Educational, 2002
  
• The Gap-year Guidebook: 2003/04 - Susannah Hecht, John Catt Educational, 2003
  
• Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions - Martin John Yate, Kogan Page, 2001
  
• "The Guardian" Media Guide: 2003 - Steve Peake, Editor, Atlantic Books, 2002
  
• Hobsons Guide to UK Boarding Schools: 2002 - 2003 - Alistair Cook, Hobsons, 2002
  
• Hobsons Graduate Career Directory 2003 - Hobsons, 2002
  
• How to complete your UCAS Form for 2003 entry - Tony Higgins, Trotman, 2002
  
• Internships USA 2003 - Vacation Work Publications, 2002
  
• Job Book 2003 - Hobsons, 2002
  
• Killer CVs & Hidden Approaches: Give Yourself an Unfair Advantage in the Executive Job Market - Graham Perkins, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2000
  
• Mature Students Guide - Liz Maynard, Trotman, 2001
  
• Media Courses UK 2002 - Lavinia Orton, BFI Publishing, 2002
  
• Occupations 2003 - Peter Turvey, Careers and Occupational Information Centre, 2002
  
• The Perfect Interview: All You Need to Get It Right First Time - Max Eggert, Random House Business Books, 1999
  
• The Potter Guide to Higher Education: 2002-2003 - S Potter, H Cowley, P Clare, Dalebank Books, 2001
  
• The Push Guide to Which University 2002 - Johnny Rich, The Stationery Office Books, 2001
  
• The Push Guide to Money - Johnny Rich, The Stationery Office Books, 2002
  
• Sponsorship and Funding Directory 2003 - Hobsons, 2002
  
• Springboard Which Degree Set 2002 vols 1 & 2 - Hobsons, 2001
  
• Students' Money Matters - Gwenda Thomas, Trotman, 2002
  
• Taking a Year Out - Nick Vandome, How to Books, 2002
  
• "The Times" Good University Guide 2003 - John O'Leary, editor, Collins, 2002
  
• University Scholarships and Awards 2003 - Brian Heap, Trotman, 2002
  
• What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career-Changers 2003- Richard Nelson Bolles, Ten Speed Press, 2002
  
• Which Degree 2003 - Hobsons, 2002
  
• Which MBA?: A Critical Guide to the World's Best MBAs (14th Edition) - George Bickerstaffe, Economist Intelligence Unit, 2002
  
• Working for Yourself - 22nd edition- Godfrey Golzen, Kogan Page, 2003