Useful websites
For the young person
National Careers Service
icould.com
Start Profile
Careers - BBC Bitesize
Steps to Success | Student Ladder
Success at School: Careers advice for schools and students
First Careers, careers advice school children | First Careers
TARGETcareers UK | careers help and advice for school leavers
Careermag - Students & Teachers
Careers Guidance Platform | MyCareerSpringboard
School Leaver Jobs | AllAboutSchoolLeavers
Your Game Plan
CV Maker by LiveCareer UK
Skills assessment, explore careers, find a course. 16+ and 18+ options
Large selection of careers videos and broad range of articles including a fun personality test
All-inclusive career planning tool. Can upgrade with payment. Includes teachers’ area.
Careers information on BBC Bitesize. Includes series of videos on relevant career/life topics
Wide range of resources including school leaver schemes and sponsored degrees; mainly Y11+
Explore career zones, top employers and jobs, courses and advice
General careers information including subject links and videos
A comprehensive information site on sectors, pathways and LMI
Free subscription magazine as part of the Careermap website
Register for an account and start your own career journey
Register for an account and find information on options, industries and job-seeking
Online career planning modules
Online CV writer for job seekers with a choice of twenty prominent CV designs available
Educator-toolkit-Gatsby-Talking-Futures
Careers Advice for Parents - Youth Employment UK
for parents and carers
Career Guidance | Career Options | Advice For Parents (parentadviser.co.uk) Advice
Parental Guidance from The Careers Writers Association - Home Guidance
Careers resources for parents (neonfutures.org.uk)
A parent's guide to STEM (ingeniousscience.eu)
Mumsnet | The UK's most popular website for parents
Parents’ guide to engineering careers
Parents’ guide to science careers – including job suggestions
Do a search on aspects of education, training and work and read the discussions
The Mix - Essential support for under 25s
Youth Employment UK
More than just careers information for young people – health, wellbeing and support
Support site for young people including employability toolkit and advice to join LinkedIn
Help for young people | The Prince's Trust Resources to help young people start a business, write a CV or build confidence
Higher Education for young people
Helping you find the right career, degree or apprenticeship (sacu-student.com)
Prospects.ac.uk
Discoveruni.gov.uk
Which Degree Courses Do Your A-Levels Suit? - The Uni Guide
Browse Careers (ucas.com)
The Student Room
University events for schools and outreach opportunities | Uni Taster Days
Careers information for graduates/postgraduates and those researching HE opportunities
The new website to replace Unistats: compare courses and check student satisfaction
Interactive ‘A Level Explorer’ on the Uniguide website
Link job families-subjects-skills to find out how HE studies links to individual jobs and sectors
“The largest student community in the world”
A directory of university events including open days, lectures and tours
UniRise - Get Into Your Dream University Support from ex-Oxbridge students to help write the best personal statements
UK University Search
A step-by-step search tool to locate all UK university events for prospective students
StudentStream Video content featuring vital HE advice, help and expert knowledge
Aspire (upreach.org.uk)
Post-18 guidance on HE and other options, as well as CV, budgeting and career advice
BUBBLE – Digital and tech
TASTYCAREERS – food and drink
https://www.bubble-jobs.co.uk/cm/career_zones https://www.bubble-jobs.co.uk/cm/career_zones
www.thetechpartnership.com/techfuture/TechFuturecareers
https://tastycareers.org.uk/https://tastycareers.org.uk/ www.careerscope.uk.net
HEALTHCAREERS
MATHS CAREERS
TOMORROWS ENGINEERS
ELECTRICAL CAREERS
SCIENCE
TEACHING
https://explorehealthcareers.org/career-explorer/typeshealth-careers/https://explorehealthcareers.org/careerexplorer/types-health-careers/ www.healthcareers.nhs.uk
www.mathscareers.org.uk
Future Morph (Science and Maths where they can take you (STEM videos)
www.futuremorph.org/wp-content/uploads/games/ scienceandmaths/index.html#/intro
https://www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk/https:// www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk/ www.engineeringuk.com
www.electricalcareers.co.uk
Royal Society of Biology www.rsb.org.uk/careersand-cpd/careers
Royal of Chemistry www.rsc.org/careers/future
Physics www.iop.org/careers
Future Morph (STEM) www.futuremorph.org
https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk
CIVIL SERVICE www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-service/ about/recruitment
SOCIAL CARE
SPORT
CONSTRUCTION
www.skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk
www.careers-in-sport.co.uk
www.goconstruct.org
http://www.citb.co.uk/research/construction-skillsnetwork/
TRAVEL and TRANSPORT www.careersthatmove.co.uk
LAW www.lawcareers.net
ARTS and MEDIA
MARKETING
www.creativeskillset.org
www.cim.co.uk/more/get-into-marketing
BOOKS www.bookcareers.com
Corporate Careers Programmes
LifeSkills | Developing work and life skills (barclayslifeskills.com)
Skills to Succeed Academy (s2sacademy.com)
Careers Advice Toolkit | Educator Resources | WorldSkills UK
Jobsearch programme with self-help exercises and opportunities for work experience
Job preparation programme developed by Accenture
Four key sections with lesson plan, power point and reflection sheet. Find out about skills here
Careers Support - Teaching Resources - BBC Teach Careers duties, responsibilities and resources as presented by the BBC
Employability Skills Toolkit - PwC UK
BASE - British Army Jobs (mod.uk)
McDonald's Education - Free Teacher Resources
Preparing For Your Future - Free Online Course - Youth Employment UK
Journey To Work - Free Online Course - Youth Employment UK
CareerSense (mycareersense.com)
An employability skills toolkit with lesson plans mapped against the Benchmarks. See also the wider New World, New Skills resource for schools
Engaging careers content brought to schools by the British Army
An insight into the world of business, food technology and careers with McDonalds
Ahead of the game: A free online course to help 14-16 year olds build career confidence
Ahead of the game: A free online course to help those aged 17+ build career confidence.
Resources produced by Natwest divided into key stages from KS3-5