Careers Advice & Guidance
Apprenticeship Vacancy Matching Service
Online directory for young people, parents & carers and professionals. Includes information on education & training and employment & volunteering.
Careers A-Z
UK careers site with information on courses, careers, job vacancies, books and useful links.
Watch real people talking about their jobs.
Connexions - GO FOR IT! Portsmouth
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
Department for Children, Schools & Families
Education Business Partnership
Help with overcoming barriers to getting work.
Interactive careers guidance and education for teenagers.
Informal social networking. Search for a mentor, be a mentor or browse inspirational profiles.
Integrated Youth Support Service
Youth Advisers, linking Connexions and the Youth Service
Jobcentre
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
Training and Consultancy Services
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
The
Virtual Careers Library
London University site is a good portal for use by jobseekers and recruiters.
Information for men and women who would like to work in a role not traditionally associated with their gender such as IT, plumbing, construction, engineering and childcare.
A TUC website to help today's working people to get the best out of the world of work
Courses & Training
Catch 22 - formerly Rainer City Training Solent
Vocational training for young people age 14-25
Search a wide range of full-time and part-time, day and evening courses
Search a wide range of full-time and part-time, day and evening courses
Learn Direct (Pride in Pompey)
Provide Level 2 English and Maths, NVQs and Skills for Life courses.
Search a wide range of full-time and part-time, day and evening courses
Advice, course information and a skills voucher which will show what funding may be available.
Search a wide range of full-time and part-time, day and evening courses
Search a wide range of full-time and part-time, day and evening courses
Explore the new qualification for 14-19 year olds
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
Job Vacancies
Adecco
5,000 offices in 60 countries.
Apprenticeship Vacancy Matching Service
Search vacancies for young and older people
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.
Search for local jobs and upload your CV
Council jobs as well as vacancies in Childcare, Hampshire Fire & Rescue and Local Authority Schools
Index
Pharmaceutical
UK, Europe and World-wide recruitment
General job vacancies
Public sector job vacancies
Manpower
The UK's largest employment agency.
Search jobs, create your own personalised page and get careers advice.
NHS On Line Recruitment Service
Healthcare job vacancies
Office
Angels
One of the UK's leading secretarial and office support recruitment consultancy.
Tel: 020 8741 4000
Part-time jobs online agency
Planet
Recruit
Employment directory.
Council jobs as well as vacancies in Local Authority Schools
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
Charity jobs, social enterprise jobs, voluntary jobs and communtiy jobs
Search local and national jobs.
The News, Portsmouth's local daily newspaper, has a jobs section on Thursdays and Saturdays.
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
Labour Market Information
City Growth Portsmouth Strategy
Neighbourhood Statistics on-line
Portsmouth City Council on-line statistics Opens an Adobe Acrobat pdf file.
Personal Development
Innovative motivation and life-skills training programmes.
For details of Goals courses in the Portsmouth area email Linda Hazzard: lindahazzard@goalsuk.org
Portsmouth Counselling Service
Counselling can help you overcome emotional and thought based barriers which are stopping you doing the kind of work you really want to be doing.
Public speaking club dedicated to help people become more confident communicators and leaders.
Professional & Trade Bodies
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.
Organic Farming Apprenticeship
Teacher Training & Development Agengy (TDA)
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
Additional Support
Free, confidential and independent legal advice.
Information on financial support and assistance.
Further education opportunities and accessibility
Volunteering
AIESEC is a 60 year-old global organisation that develops students and recent graduates into leaders by running and participating in an international exchange program.
Search over 1,000,000 opportunities to volunteer and apply online
Health Improvement & Development Service - Portsmouth City Council
Volunteer on one of many health related projects including Activities for older people, Adolescent Health, Mental Health or Healthy Eating.
Portsmouth Council of Community Service
Find out about Volunteer Job Opportunities in Portsmouth
Work Experience
National Council for Work Experience
Find out which companies are best for work experience
Work For Yourself
Comprehensive information, advice and support for those thinking of starting a business, or wanting to grow their business. Free start-up courses available.
Supports unemployed or socially excluded people to start up a business.
Support for women from all backgrounds to work for themselves.
