- Apprenticeships
- gov.uk/apprenticeships – The government’s official website where you will see apprenticeships advertised. You will need to register and create a profile and apply for apprenticeships online.
- Apprenticeship Guide – A user friendly site that gives information about Apprenticeships and a search feature.
- PM Training – PM Training are the largest Apprenticeship provider in the area.
- Equality Training – Another Apprenticeships provider, focusing on Learning, Childcare, Beauty and Hair.
- National Apprenticeship Service – Apprenticeships is useful for researching vocational career pathways and searching and applying for vacancies
- Find an Apprenticeship – Search and apply for apprenticeships in England
- Amazing Apprenticeships – Useful resources from films/webinars to application advice
- Get My First Job – Search and apply for apprenticeships
- All About School Leavers – Apprenticeship and work information
- Future Talent – Apprenticeship and work information
- Not Going to Uni-Explore apprenticeships and other possible alternatives including Gap Year options
- Student Ladder – Information on school leaver programmes, work placements and application advice
- Rate My Apprenticeship -Explore options, search for opportunities and read apprenticeship reviews
- UCAS Career Finder – Sign up for job alerts and search for Post-18 work and training opportunities
- Careers
- How2Become – The UK’s Leading Careers Specialists, who help you pass your career selection process the easy way. Lots of online resources and information from experts in their professions.
- Adzuna – Great job search and comparison site.
- All About Careers – An information website for young people aged 16-24 with detailed information across 24 industry sectors.
- Brightside – The Bright Knowledge Bank has lots of useful articles about Career Pathways, as well as practical advice and information about work experience.
- NHS England – The UK’s Largest Employer. Work experience, apprenticeships and jobs within the NHS are listed on here.
- The National Careers service – Great for job profiles and researching careers.
- Icould – Careers videos, articles and a five minute career quiz.
- Success at School – Includes useful information about work experience, employability skills and vocational skills
- Job hunting
- Universal Jobmatch – The national free job search site. You will need to create a profile for Universal Jobmatch.
- Reed The largest recruitment agency and independent job search site
- TotalJobs – Another popular job search website
- Monster – Another popular job search website
- Indeed – A job search comparison site, it searches a number of websites for you.
- Linkedin – The world’s largest professional social media site, great for networking, it also has a job search feature.
- Find a job – Search and apply for full-time and part-time jobs in Great Britain
- Agency Central: Useful for finding a recruitment agency in the local area and those specialising in specific sectors.
- Volunteering / gap year
- National Citizens Service – Community schemes for students to join over the summer.
- Do-it – The largest volunteering site, it helps to find a good volunteering opportunity to improve your CV.
- Gap Year – Online and printed directory of Gap Year organisations and opportunities
- Year Out Group – Explore volunteering, culture, languages, expeditions, courses and work placements at home and abroad
- Gapforce – Includes useful advice on taking a gap year and the benefits of volunteering abroad
