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USEFUL WEBSITES
Job boards
www.noras.co.uk
The National Online Recruitment Survey (NORAS) profiles the major UK job boards, segmenting the data by more than 40 categories including industry sector, location, seniority and experience. The site contains a free online tool which helps you to select job boards.
www.alljobsuk.com/
Job board portal listing the major and specialist job board sites and a list of the top UK job boards.
www.indeed.co.uk/
An aggregator site that collects jobs from newspapers and other sources including employer job boards.
www.simplyhired.co.uk/
Consolidates jobs from the top job boards, content sites, newspapers, organizations and company career sites.
www.whatjobsite.com/
A job board directory you can search by job role, industry sector and location.
www.workhound.co.uk/
Offers an aggregated vertical search of more than 700,000 UK job listings sourced from job boards, employment services and company job postings.
www.gumtree.com/jobs
A site that offers an alternative local community approach and carries a wide range of job ads.
www.cv-library.co.uk/
Covers jobs from a 90 industries from a range of recruitment agencies and employers.
Careers information and exploration
The links below give you information on the types of careers that will help to explore potential careers.
www.careerhorizons.net
Career Horizons contains a wide range of tools for career development – reader discounts available.
www.careermotivation.co.uk
Your chance to take the Career Motivation Indicator, a tool which builds on John Lees’ Career Hot Buttons – again, reader discounts available.
www.w3-therapist.co.uk/ques-intro.php
‘What Do You Enjoy?’ is free online profile of what a person enjoys doing, particularly useful during a period of job loss or enforced career transition.
www.prospects.ac.uk
Site aimed at graduates but a useful resource for all job seekers. Allows you to explore types of jobs, how you get into them, typical pay, training and promotion routes.
www.workingforacharity.com
Promotes the voluntary sector as a positive career option for those seeking paid employment in the sector.
4talent.channel4.com/4talent-opportunities/index.shtml
Information on careers in the media
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk
Information on careers in the NHS
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Jobseekers/JobsAndCareers/DG_4003112
Links and information on the different types of public sector careers.
careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/
The Direct.Gov website contains a wide variety of careers information.
www.careersa-z.co.uk/type0.asp
A-Z of careers provided by Learn Direct which list careers information.
www.careershifters.org
An exciting site for career changers.
www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/lrnanddev/careermand
CIPD site on career management which includes best practice for career and outplacement consultants
http://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/media/media,170548,en.pdf
Good example of an In-Tray exercise.
Social Media
www.linkedin.com
LinkedIn is an interconnected network of business professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries and 200 countries. The LinkedIn help pages contain useful tips on how to use LinkedIn as a job searcher.
www.facebook.com
A social network of over 400 million users worldwide, often also used as a business networking tool.
www.twitter.com
A free social networking site that enables its users to send and read messages. Twitter can be a useful way of communicating to an audience and building a following.
www.zoominfo.com
Gathers publicly-available business information which is then compiled into profiles. You can search caches – earlier versions of the site – which is useful when looking up people’s backgrounds.
www.youtube.com
Contains a wide variety of video clips from organisations, experts and enthusiasts and a huge range of free material on interview preparation and using social media.
www.123people.com
A people search tool that extracts from the web images, videos, email addresses, social networking and Wikipedia profiles.
www.xing.com/
A business networking site with over 8 million members from 200 countries. Its job portal boasts 30,000 expert groups and international networking events.
www.naymz.com/
A professional networking platform which scores professionals according to their reputations.
mashable.com/2009/01/05/job-search-secrets
The secrets of using social media to conduct your job search.
www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1903083,00.html
How to use LinkedIn and Facebook to find a new position.
fly4change.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/your-facebook-professionalism-policy-balancing-your-relationships-on-and-off-the-clock/
Useful pointers on how to use Facebook within a work context.
www.bnet.com/2403-13070_23-219860.html
How to make the most of LinkedIn to build relationships.
www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com
Allows you to download a free PDF guide on getting the best out of LinkedIn.
www.twitjobsearch.com
A product from WorkDigital which also runs Work Hound.
www.jobsite.co.uk/twitter.html
How to receive personalised job tweets on Twitter.
Self Employment
See the free Self Employment Inventory in the members’ area of this website.
www.businesslink.gov.uk
Start up tips and links to further information.
www.springwise.com
A network of “spotters” that scan the globe for smart new business ideas, delivering inspiration to entrepreneurial minds.
www.peopleperhour.com/
Helps people with problems or work to be done connect with independent freelancers.
www.thebfa.org
British Franchise association - contains a list of members and a searchable directory for different types of franchising.
www.businessesforsale.com
Business for Sale from the UK searchable by location and type of business.
www.daltonsbusiness.com/BusinessListings.aspx
The online business website for Daltons Weekly.
www.top-consultant.com
Dedicated to consultancy work - contains headlines from the world of consulting, career opportunities, networking events and seminars.
www.interimmanagement.uk.com/pages/home.aspx
Links and information on Interim Management including links to agencies. Also provides a quarterly survey on the interim market.
www.london.edu/facultyandresearch/research/docs/TysonReport.pdf
Report on the recruitment and development of Non-Executive Directors.
Training
www.open.ac.uk
Open University.
www.learndirect.co.uk
Information and advice on courses nationwide.
www.vision2learn.com/
e–learning service which offers online courses leading to UK–recognised qualifications, which you can study from home or work.
Working Parents
www.womenlikeus.org.uk/home.aspx
Women Like Us is an award winning social enterprise set up to support women with children to find flexible, part-time work.
www.workingmums.co.uk
Dedicated to working mothers with home based jobs and careers information.
www.mumandworking.co.uk/index.asp
Online job directory of part-time jobs for working parents.
www.jobs4mothers.com
Online Job board for flexible work.
childcarefinder.direct.gov.uk/
Directory of childcare resources containing information on schools and childcare.
www.netmums.com/home/home/
A unique local network for parents, offering a wealth of information on a wide range of issues on both a national and local level.
Other useful websites
www.moneysavingexpert.com
Dedicated to saving consumers money on products and services which contains one of the UK's largest web communities.
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Customers/WorkingAgeBenefits/Jobseekerallowance/index.html
Detailed information on Job Seekers Allowance.
www.volunteering.org.uk/
Contains information on volunteering in different sectors.
graduatetalentpool.direct.gov.uk
Ways of finding an internship for graduates.
www.adviceguide.org.uk/
Online help from the Citizens’ advice bureau covering a whole range of topics
www.hays.co.uk/salary-guides.aspx
Salary comparison guide from Hays recruitment.
www.rec.uk.com/membersarea/directory/default.asp?dir=1
A directory of recruitment agencies from The Recruitment & Employment Confederation.
www.mya4e.com/Home.aspx
A4E delivers frontline public services such as Flexible New Deal, Connect to Work and Train to Gain. Their website contains useful information on job seeking and claiming benefits.
www.myexecutivecareer.com
www.newlifenetwork.co.uk
www.mygraduatecareer.com
Rich sources of advice and resources for redundant executives, life changers and new graduates.
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