Careers in transport and logistics

General overviews

• Moving stuff - an introduction to the field by a Bristol careers adviser
  
  
• Transport sector - overview of the whole sector by AGCAS (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services)
• Targetjobs overview of careers in logistics & transport
• Inside Careers provides career information and graduate jobs for your career in logistics and transport management
• Goskills - Sector Skills Council for passenger transport, useful for background and careers information
• Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Comprehensive information on careers and qualifications.
• Jobs in Transport - recruitment website with jobs across the transport sector

There are profiles of individual roles within storage & distribution and transport on the Graduate Prospects website.

Air transport

• British Airline Pilots Association - Download guide to becoming a pilot. Also some sponsorship information
• Royal Aeronautical Society - job profiles of a range of air-related careers, including aerospace engineering and air traffic control
• PPRUNE (Professional Pilots' Rumour Network) - lots of discussion lists, including one on Interviews, jobs and sponsorship.
• Detailed profiles of air cabin crew , airline pilot and air traffic controller.

Road & rail transport

• Institution of Highways and Transportation - Professional information on qualifications, jobsearch facility. 'Student lounge' gives access to lists of graduate schemes and placement/vacation opportunities, case studies etc.
• Transport for London Careers
• Careers in rail - everything from train drivers and engineering to management
• Detailed profiles of transport planner and transport manager, passenger services.

Shipping

• The Chamber of Shipping - Training & careers info, links to useful sites
• Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers - No careers info but useful background on courses, contacts etc

• Search for relevant employers using our Employer Links database. This lists employers who have contacted the Careers Service to advertise vacancies in the past 18 months.
• Search our graduate case studies by job sector. Recent Bristol graduates reveal what it's really like in the world of employment, as well as providing some great hints and tips for job hunting.