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Career planning information
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UK careers and career planning sites
- Ahead 4 health - 2 online self-help workbooks on problem solving and being assertive, also uses scenarios to look at problems faced by young people and students, summary of symptoms, help with common problems, including putting things off and anxiety.
- Becoming an active career manager - making use of internet technology, especially job agents and general agents online.
- Brilliant Careers - career and jobsearch advice, including choose a career from your interests, priorities and skills, online personality test, work experience information, video profiles, also articles, events, competitions and links to other career sites from Channel 4.
- Careers Advice - wide range of resources and advice from the BBC, including business starter kit and articles on working life.
- Careers Gateway - A-Z of careers and job links - some with more information than others, from Careersoft.
- Career Planning "Health Check" - aimed at graduates, series of questions to help work out what your main need, is how far you've got with making a choice of career or further learning, what the next step is, and what resources might help. a useful self-help process from Prospects.
- Cascaid - careers information database "CareerSphere", (small cost to use) articles on careers, guide to qualifications and training, sections for school leavers and for adults, some email advice, links to advice for younger people and information for advisers from CASCAID.
- Careers Europe - including news, information on education in the UK in different languages, links to UK professional bodies and other links.
- Career Management Advice - from ASE, good career planning information and advice including large section on psychometric testing, with guides and sample questions.
- Careers Portal - online clearing and careers information, also general student finance. Frequently Asked Questions and option to email advisers with your queries, from Trotman and publishers of careers books.
- Careers Services in the UK - including Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, publicly funded careers services. Some will have adult guidance services, although there may be fees for services other than an initial guidance interview. This list does not include Educational Guidance Services for Adults, college, community or other independent careers and educational advice services.
- Career Planning - a learners guide - useful career planning site from the Open University, includes offline activities to help with self-assessment, finding the best job ideas, applying for jobs and factsheets.
- Careersoft - range of jobsearch information, also their product information.
- Doctor Job - graduate recruitment, careers advice and jobs.
- Fish4Jobs - some useful careers information on careers and jobs in secretarial, sales, marketing, IT, engineering, construction and accounting.
- FT Career Point - news, advice, surveys, online tests, much of it focused on business and graduates, also includes jobsearch skills, international career moves, MBA and non-degree executive education, financial skills, mentoring, management resources and online career forums.
- Kings College London - Virtual Careers Library - good careers links on careers advice and information about careers.
- Institute for Employment Studies - research and consultancy in the public and private sectors, site includes press releases on the DfES Skills Review Programme, an exploration of how skill requirements within occupations are changing, currently including care workers, secretaries, senior managers, engineers, sales assistants, sales and marketing professionals, process operatives and IT professionals.
- learndirect - information on learning opportunities, funding, childcare, careers, qualifications, business advice, including online factsheets, information on your local career and educational advice centre. (not comprehensive, so check also with your local college or career advisor) Free Tel: 0800 100 900
- learndirect Scotland - information on learning opportunities, funding, childcare, careers and qualifications. Free Tel: 0808 100 9000
- Monster Board UK - mainly jobsearch, also some links to other sites.
- Prospects Web - graduate careers website, with employers information, educational and employment opportunities, suggestions for careers and more careers resources, also links to UK University careers services.
- Reach for the Sky - general careers site for young people, from Sky TV.
- Reed - range of vacancies, but also huge range of jobsearch resources, including CV and Interview advice, employment and career research and reviews, information on working in the UK, some employer (client) profiles.
- The Site - key site with range of information on careers in the Work section, including organisations, publications, features on occupational sectors, also includes organisations without websites.
- University of Hull Careers and Appointments Service - advice on career choice and planning, including evaluating job offers and useful advice on interviews.
- University of London - helpsheets on (graduate) career choice and jobsearch information and skills - also links to other university career helpsheets, including " how to start your career thinking" from Queen Mary and Westfield College and "Getting Started" from Kings College.
- University of North London - Careers Information - useful resources and links for graduates.
- UCAS - information on university and college courses.
- Your Life, Your Work, Your Future - online self-assessment material for people in work to think about their where they are, their current skills and abilities and help with making decisions about career planning and education and training. Also a facilitators' guide and a shortened self-assessment exercise, from NIACE. Best used offline and in printed version.
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International careers and career planning sites
- Career Consulting Corner - includes interesting interviewing tips and questions to ask, CV information not really appropriate for the UK, American occupational information and career articles.
- Career Development e-Manual - one of the best career planning sites, includes exercises and information on self-assessment, research, decision making, networks and contacts, work issues, life, work and career planning, from University of Waterloo.
- Career Exploration links - American and general occupational information.
- Career and Job-related Tutorials - Quintessential Careers - very comprehensive US site with tutorials on cover letters, guide to Internet jobsearch, informational interviewing, interviews, CV and resume writing, salary negotiations.
- CareerLab - wide range of career management articles, links, examples of cover letters (US site).
- CareerPlanit - career news and articles, featured employers, database of internship and work experience opportunities, career profile search, career interest assessment tools, online discussions, from NACE.
- CareersNet - career development site, assess skills, marketing and networking, interview and negotiate, (US site).
- Careers OnLine - large Australian site, includes career planning and guidance and jobsearch information.
- Eurograduate - Graduate careers, career planning and jobs database for European opportunities, can search by industry, occupation, qualification, country of employment. Also useful sections on finding and applying for jobs and preparing CVs for invidual countries in Scandinavia, Western Europe, Southern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe.
- JobSmart - useful US site with jobsearch information, career guides, CVs/resumes, hidden job market and US salary surveys.
- JobWeb - key US site with resources, guides and information for students and staff (National Association of Colleges and Employers - US).
- Online Career Center - US career and jobsearch resources and articles.
- Science's Next Wave - US site for scientists which includes large number of useful general articles on career and jobhunting advice, career transition, family and career issues.
- What Color is Your Parachute - JobHuntersBible.com - supplement to the annual publication, includes good links, articles, many of them US based.
- WetFeet - good careers, company and country information including articles, information and tests on job hunting strategies, self-assessment, career and industry profiles, comparisons, career newsletters, US and international salaries, interviewing, CVs and resumes, managing your career, including information for freelance workers.
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