Resources for parents of teenagers

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Top 10 places to look for jobs online

Top 10 places to find volunteering opportunities

Places to research companies

Once you’ve located a potential employer then, apart from their own website, follow them on these prime social media sites. Pick up their latest news items, look at their ‘careers’ section and then check out any contacts you find using LinkedIn. Don’t forget to also run a web-search.

45 Sectors to consider for a career

Use these different sectors or industries, listed below, as prompts to think about the various careers. Any links provided point to one or more of the leading institutes for that field. Membership institutes commonly provide relatively unbiased careers information. Where we haven’t posted a link yet, try a web-search.

  • Accounting - www.icaew.com www.cimaglobal.com/
  • Administration
  • Advertising
  • Agriculture
  • Architecture
  • Arts
  • Banking
  • Charity
  • Computer
  • Construction
  • Consulting
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Facilities
  • Finance
  • Food Service
  • Healthcare
  • Hospitality
  • Human Resources (HR)
  • Insurance
  • IT
  • Legal
  • Leisure
  • Loans
  • Logistics
  • Management
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing
  • Motor Industrywww.theimi.org.uk/
  • NHS - www.jobs.nhs.uk/
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Public Relations (PR)
  • Publishing
  • Real Estate
  • Restaurant
  • Retail
  • Sales
  • Scientific
  • Security
  • Social Care
  • Training
  • Transportation
  • Travel

Top 20 school-leaver employers

The top 20 school leaver employers, based on 3,300 written reviews from young people, (collated from a survey by RateMyApprenticeship), are shown below. They incorporate ratings from a variety of schemes, such as: apprenticeships; degree apprenticeships; traineeships; gap year programs and work experience opportunities.

  1. Unilever
  2. Capgemini
  3. National Grid
  4. BAE Systems
  5. Leonardo
  6. GSK
  7. Siemens
  8. J.P. Morgan
  9. Savers
  10. PwC
  11. Nomura
  12. Sky
  13. Thales
  14. Boots
  15. Superdrug
  16. RBS
  17. Transport for London
  18. Costain
  19. Deloitte
  20. EDF Energy