Top 10 places to look for jobs online
- TotalJobs – totaljobs.co.uk
- Reed – reed.co.uk
- Indeed – indeed.co.uk
- Monster – monster.co.uk
- JobSite UK – jobsite.co.uk
- Job Centre - www.gov.uk/jobsearch
- Manpower – manpower.co.uk
- Guardian Jobs – jobs.theguardian.com
- CV Library – cv-library.co.uk
- LinkedIn Jobs – linkedin.com/jobs
Top 10 places to find volunteering opportunities
- V-Inspired – vinspired.com
- Reach Skills – reachskills.org.uk
- Volunteering Matters – volunteeringmatters.org.uk
- EnvironmentJob – environmentjob.co.uk/volunteering
- NCVO – ncvo.org.uk/ncvo-volunteering
- Join In UK - joininuk.org
- Do-it – do-it.org
- Princes Trust – princes-trust.org.uk/support-our-work/volunteer
- The Community Volunteering Charity – tcv.org.uk
- International Voluntary Service – ivsgb.org
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.
- LinkedIn – https://linkedin.com
- Twitter – https://twitter.com
- Facebook – https://facebook.com
- Instagram – https://instagram.com
- Pinterest – https://uk.pinterest.com
- Google+ - https://google.co.uk
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 Industry – www.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.
- Unilever
- Capgemini
- National Grid
- BAE Systems
- Leonardo
- GSK
- Siemens
- J.P. Morgan
- Savers
- PwC
- Nomura
- Sky
- Thales
- Boots
- Superdrug
- RBS
- Transport for London
- Costain
- Deloitte
- EDF Energy
