Selected careers internet resources
Your gateway to selected careers internet resources
- More detailed information resources are available from the Careers Catalogue, available from any University of Bristol networked computer.
- In addition, you may want to consult the I want to work in... careers guides.
Topics:
Careers advice and information
Charity and company information
Employer directories
Graduate recruitment
Postgraduate study and funding
South West regional resources
Please note: The 'Selected careers resources' section includes links to information provided by other providers, over whose content and availability University of Bristol Careers Service has no control. We do not assume liability for material provided by third parties. With the exception of Prospects.ac.uk resources, links are listed in alphabetical order.
Careers advice and information
- Prospects.ac.uk - the UK’s official graduate careers support service including:
- Job profiles - Explore over 400 different types of jobs, with details of entry requirements, salary ranges, typical employers and vacancy sources.
- Industry insights - Explore job sectors such as Accountancy and Business Services, Advertising, Marketing and PR, Sport and Leisure amongst many others
- Country profiles - details for working and studying in over 50 countries around the world
- Prospects job sectors - From Animals, plants and agriculture to Teaching and education
- Options with your subject - Ideas of what you can do with your subject of study, with details of skills gained, jobs related to your degree, further study and other options
- Prospects Jobs and courses - Online careers magazine with details of latest jobs, courses, advice and information
- Prospects Series - Online order form for Prospects publications. Note that most of these publications are available for free at the Careers Service, so check with us before you order!
- Careers advice - from Starting out to What do graduates do?
- Prospects Planner - a tool to help find the right kind of job for you
- Interview tests and exercises - Aptitude tests, personality assessments and career development self-assessment tools
- Starting out... - if you don't know where to start, this section may help
- International students in the UK
- TARGETjobs.co.uk - advice and information relating to thirty employment sectors including banking and investment, teaching, management consultancy, media & publishing, environment, property, amongst many others. 300+ profiles of individual occupations. There is also TARGETjobs Careers Report a online careers 'matching' program and the Employer Insights - reviews on graduate employers.
- Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services
- Guardian careers
- Inside Careers - in-depth career information on a range of professions including chartered accountants, management consultancy, chartered patent attorneys etc.
- Learndirect - details of career and course options
- Disability Rights UK - national pan-disability organisation led by disabled people, formed in 2012. They offer information and support for students with disabilities, including a helpline.
- National Careers Service (formerly Next Step) from Directgov - careers advice for all ages, including a telephone adult guidance service. Includes National Careers Service job profiles.
- Directgov Young People (formerly Connexions) (for people aged 13 - 19).
- Open University Careers Advisory Service
- Careers Tagged - The Careers Group, University of London
Charity and company information
- Vault Career Insider - including industry overviews, occupational profiles and insider company information written by employees
- Lexis Library - database subscription by the University Library allows you to search UK newspapers for reports on employers and occupations, with full text coverage from the mid-1980s. Access to Lexis Nexis is through MetaLib: your resource gateway and requires an Athens username and password.
- Intute - company information resources for education and research. NB: Following Intute's closure in July 2011, the website will remain available for three years. However the site will not be maintained or updated, and no additional resources will be added.
- Biz/ed - provider of Internet-based learning materials for the economics and business education community
- Companies House - the official UK government register of UK companies
- Financial Services Authority - the FSA Register is a public record of financial services firms, individuals and other bodies which fall or have come under our regulatory jurisdiction as defined in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
- Charity Commission - the regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales
Please note: Further links to company information resources are available from the University of Bristol's Research and Enterprise Development department.
The following employer directories are available in print and/or online format - limited free copies of print titles may be available to pick up from the Careers Service at 5 Tyndall Avenue:
- Best Companies Guide [online only]
- Graduate Elite [online and print]
- The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers [online and print]
- Guardian UK 300 [online and print]
- Gradsouthwest - the online job service for students and graduates in the South West
- Guardian Jobs
- Jobs.ac.uk- jobs in science, research, academic and related employment in the UK and abroad, including a Career Development section
- Milkround.com
- Prospects job vacancies
Please note: Further Jobhunting links to vacancies targeted at University of Bristol students, suggestions for alternative job sources and information to help you get started are available.
Postgraduate study and funding
- Hotcourses postgraduate UK study and funding guide
- Looking for a PhD?
- Looking for a Masters course?
- Prospects latest courses and research positions
- Prospects postgraduate database - Find postgraduate courses and research
- Prospects Postgraduate Funding Guide - guide to funding further study
- Vitae - national organisation championing the personal, professional and career development of doctoral researchers and research staff in higher education
Please note: Further Postgraduate study and funding links are available.