Useful Links
Research your ideas and find out more information.
General Websites
Use the websites below to look at jobs profiles, research what industry sectors are doing including routes in and salaries and much more:
Services for Young People – Recruitment Hub > HERE
Go to the Government website and search sections for ‘careers’ and ‘apprenticeships’ > HERE
The National Careers Service is useful > HERE
This website is for students who are thinking about studying higher level qualifications. You can take a quiz to find our more about yourself or you can have a look under ‘careers’ and then ‘what can I do with my degree?’. You can also search under ‘jobs and work experience’ and find out more about job sectors > HERE
For researching Colleges head > HERE
This site has great resources and an interests quiz. Register yourself for free >HERE
Labour Market Information
Explore and compare key information about a range of occupations to help identify potential careers.
Find the career for you > HERE
Explore potential careers > HERE
Thinking about yourself
Head to ‘icould’ and take the ‘buzz quiz’. This is fun way to think about your personality type and natural preferences in how you like to behave. There are also fun career videos where you can listen to people talking about what it is like to do their job > HERE
Post 18 Options with websites
Finding Work and Apprenticeships
This website is the main database for ALL apprenticeships > HERE
- Ensure you enter your postcode and select a large enough mileage distance to include London.
- Select your level of apprenticeship. Intermediate Level = no GCSE’s, Advanced Level = GCSE’s, Higher Level & Degree Level = A Levels and equivalents.
- Please note that leaving the level blank will ensure a broader sweep of opportunities to ensure you don’t miss anything.
- The apprenticeship vacancy will tell you how to apply. Some you apply directly to the employer, others you apply to the training provider who delivers the theoretical component of the qualification.
- You can search by keyword. For example ‘creative’ or ‘digital’ or ‘marketing’. This will search all apprenticeships advertised with this word.
This website lists apprenticeship opportunities > HERE
This website offers local apprenticeship and job opportunities as well as school leaver programmes to research > HERE
This website gives great career advice and advertises school leaver vacancies and apprenticeships > HERE
Another good website for advice and information for those who are not planning on going to Uni > HERE
A general job and apprenticeships vacancy website > HERE
This website shows employers by sector and apprenticeships that are available by school subject > HERE
Student Finance
Visit Save the Student for explanations of all things Student Finance > HERE
Enhance your employability and soft skills
Volunteering is a great way to develop your confidence and the skills that employers look for.
Visit The National Council for Voluntary Organisations > HERE
Visit the Government website for volunteering opportunities and to learn about volunteer rights > HERE
Visit the Volunteering Matters website > HERE
Volunteer at a local hospital > HERE
Researching Colleges
Find a vocational course > HERE
