General
Careers A-Z
UK careers site with information on courses, careers, job vacancies, books and useful links.
Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Job Centre Plus
Tel: 0845 606 0234 (local rate, weekdays 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-1pm)
Learn Direct
Tel: 0800 100 900 (helpline, Mon-Fri 9am-9pm, Sat 9am-12 noon)
My Future in Hampshire and Portsmouth
Online prospectus of learning opportunities for 14 - 19 year olds in Portsmouth and Hampshire.
Information for young people, parents, advisers and learning providers on the learning opportunities and support available to 14 - 19 year olds in Portsmouth.NHS On Line Recruitment Service
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
The Virtual Careers Library
London University site is a good portal for use by jobseekers and recruiters.
Agencies
Adecco
5,000 offices in 60 countries.
Army Careers
Your decisions could affect lives
Brook Street
Specialising in the supply of secretarial, office and light industrial staff.
Charity People
If you're not in it for the money, find out about careers in UK charities.
Crewseekers
For a life at sea check out this yacht crew introduction agency.
EURES
European employment services website, with job listings and information on working in Europe.
Index Pharmaceutical
UK, Europe and World-wide recruitment
Manpower
The UK's largest employment agency.
Office Angels
One of the UK's leading secretarial and office support recruitment consultancy. Tel: 020 8741 4000
Prestige Nursing
A national nursing agency.
Price Jamieson
National recruitment agency
Prime Time
Recruitment company with contact numbers for their offices around England and Wales and an on-line CV registration service.
Reed Online
Find a job in accountancy, banking, computing, health, insurance or new media
Help with careers, college and apprenticeships with a chat forum to share ideas and opinions in your area.
Planet Recruit
Employment directory.
Labour Market
City Growth Portsmouth Strategy
Neighbourhood Statistics on-line
Portsmouth City Council on-line statistics Opens an Adobe Acrobat pdf file. 
Graduates
Graduate Careerline
Tel: 020 7564 4515 (Tues, 3pm-8pm)
Tel: 0141 553 4177 (Wed, 3pm-8pm)
Tel: 0117 928 8149 (Thurs, 3pm-8pm)
Prospects
Detailed descriptions of thousands of jobs. Aimed at graduate jobseekers.
The Disabled Graduates Careers Information Service (Skill)
Tel: 0800 328 5050
Skill in England
Tel/Minicom: 0800 068 2422
Email: Info@skill.org.uk
Address: Chapter House, 18-20 Crucifix Lane, London, SE1 3JW
Journals & Magazines
Construction News
Construction-related jobs for all areas of the industry. Email alerts.
E&P Directory of Online Newspapers
Overseas Jobs Express
Current vacancies and employment resources world-wide.
New Scientist
Scientific jobs updated every Thursday. Email alerts.
The British Medical Journal
Medical vacancies in the UK and elsewhere
The Caterer and Hotelkeeper
Hospitality jobs in the UK and overseas. The site has all jobs from the magazine over the past three weeks.
The Times Educational Supplement (TES)
Education jobs in schools, colleges and related areas such as youth work, careers guidance, educational psychology and teaching English as a foreign language. Email alerts
Newsgroups
Professional & Trade Body
Just about every career has a national body representing it. These organisations set and maintain standards and are interested in attracting the right people.
They produce lots of detailed information about the jobs they cover, but they're not as independent as general careers advice sites. Here's some examples:
British Artist Blacksmiths Association
National Training Organisation (NTO)
The National Training Organisation looks after the training needs of every industrial and occupational sector in the UK. They can help you find companies that run Apprenticeships.
Individual NTOs with sites that have good careers information include:
Construction Industry Training Board
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
Oil & Gas Extraction NTO (OPITO)
Skillset
Training in broadcasting, film, video and multimedia.
The British Psychological Society
Royal Institute of British Architects
Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
The British Cartographic Society
Search under the 'jobs' section.
The Incorporated Society of Musicians
The National Centre for Languages
The Nursing Board for Scotland
Special Needs
Information on financial support and assistance.
Further education opportunities and accessibility
