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Career Sectors

The links below will provide further information about possible career options by sector

Accountancy, Banking and Finance

  • Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI) – Professional body for the securities and investments industry, with information on careers and apprenticeships
  • Association for Accounting Technicians (AAT) – Organisation which runs a range of courses for developing skills and knowledge in accountancy and how to to gain a qualification to be an accounting technician
  • Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) – Professional body with information about careers in accountancy and how to gain a qualification to be a chartered certified accountant
  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) – Professional body with information about careers in accountancy and how to gain a qualification to be a chartered management accountant
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) – Professional body with information about careers in accountancy and how to gain a qualification to be a chartered accountant
  • BPP – Organisation which offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in aspects of business and accountancy

Business Consulting and Management

  • Institute of Consulting – Professional body for Consultants
  • Chartered Management Institute – Professional body for chartered management and leadership

Childcare

  • parenta – Childcare employer specialist

Creative Arts and Design

  • Creative Skills Set – Information and support for all aspects of creative arts
  • Go Think Big – Tips and tools to explore creative careers and advice on getting placements
  • Creative Industries – Information on all different types of creative industries in the UK
  • Creative and Cultural Skills – Information, help and advice on a career using creative skills
  • The Design Trust – Resources and information about business within the design sector
  • Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) – Academy which offers a wide range of courses
  • Guildhall School of Music and Drama – Offers a wide range of courses in music and drama
  • Conservatoire for Dance and Drama – Gateway courses including circus, dance and drama
  • Royal Central School of Speech and Drama – Undergraduate and postgraduate degrees
  • British Old Vic Theatre School – Full time professional training courses
  • My First Job in Film – Online community for graduate of creative arts
  • Council for Dance Education and Training (CDET) – Information about education and training in dance in the UK
  • Careers in Music – Information and advice on a career in Music
  • Future Talent – Charity which provides financial support and guidance to young musicians age 5 – 18 years
  • UCAS Conservatories – Apply through UCAS Conservatories for Birmingham Conservatoire, Leeds College of Music, Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

Engineering and Manufacturing

  • Engineering Construction Industry Training Board – Advice, information and skills development in Engineering Construction, and information on career routes
  • EDT – Largest provider of STEM enrichment activities for UK youth
  • Babcock – Engineering support service with information on careers and apprenticeships
  • Semta: Apprenticeships– Company which helps find apprenticeship opportunities in the engineering sector

Entrepreneurs

  • Start ups – Useful information into how to set up a business
  • Shell Live WIRE – UL’s biggest online community for young Entrepreneurs
  • Prince’s Trust: The Enterprise Programme – Enterprise programme to help develop entrepreneur skills with applications for financial assistance

Environment and Agriculture

  • LANTRA – Information and advice on jobs when working within the agriculture and environment sector
  • Institute of Agricultural Management – Professional body for people working within the agricultural sector
  • Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) – Professional body for people working within the environment and sustainability sector, with information and advice about careers
  • Talking Jobs – Module about living and working in the countryside

Fashion

  • Go Think Big – Tips and tools to explore careers in the fashion industry and advice on getting work placements

Hair and Beauty

  • Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) – Company which offers a wide range of make-up, hair and beauty courses

Healthcare

  • NHS Careers – Detail about the wide range of careers within the NHS
  • Step into the NHS – Videos, case studies and a way to map your career in the NHS
  • Care UK – Company offering training while working, from diplomas to apprenticeships
  • Biomedical Admissions Test (BMAT) – Subject specific admissions test for applicants to medicine, veterinary medicine and similar courses at university
  • UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) – UK clinical aptitude test used by universities to make more informed choices about applicants to medical and dental programmes
  • Skills for Care – Company offering apprenticeships within the healthcare sector

Hospitality

  • H Careers – Information and advice about jobs and a career within hospitality
  • Hospitality Guild – Information and advice about jobs and a career within hospitality
  • Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality – Professional body for people with careers within the tourism or hospitality industry

Information Technology

  • Big Ambition – Information and advice on digital careers
  • CW Jobs – Careers advice and information about IT careers
  • Gamester – Information, job profiles and advice on jobs in the gaming sector
  • Girls Who Code – Programme for girls to develop their coding skills

Law

  • The Bar Council – Represents barristers in England and Wales and has information on how to become a barrister
  • The Law Society – Independent professional body for solicitors and has information on how to become a solicitor
  • Directions Legal – Information on careers in the legal sector with video case studies
  • Law National Aptitude Test (LNAT) – Used by universities to assess your aptitude for the skills required to study law

Law Enforcement and Security

  • Police Information – Detailed information on all aspects of what it is like to work for the police
  • NHS Ambulance Careers – Information and advice about working for the ambulance service within the NHS
  • Fire Service – Information and advice on how to work for the fire service
  • British Army – Information and advice on the wide range of jobs in the British Army
  • Royal Navy – Information and advice on the wide range of jobs in the Royal Navy
  • RAF Careers – Information and advice on the wide range of jobs in the RAF
  • How2Become – Information on how to have a career in law enforcement and emergency services

Leisure, Sport and Tourism

  • Careers in Sport – Information and advice about getting a job in sport
  • TUI Group – Information and advice about the wide range of jobs available within the YUI Group which includes First Choice and Thomson Holidays with traineeships and apprenticeships available
  • Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality – Professional body for people with careers within the tourism or hospitality industry
  • Sports Coach UK – Information and advice on how to become a sports coach

Marketing, Advertising and PR

  • Get in 2 Marketing – Information and advice about getting a career in marketing
  • About Money Marketing – More information about starting a career in marketing, brand management and PR
  • Go Think Big – Tips and tools to explore careers in marketing, and advice on getting work placements
  • Chartered Institute for Marketing – The Chartered Institute for Marketing has lots of information about training and further qualifications in Marketing

Media, Publishing and Internet

  • Working in TV – Information and advice on getting a job in the TV industry
  • ITV Careers – Information and advice on getting a job working for ITV
  • Mediargh – Gateway for media jobs and internships
  • Sky Academy – Sky has programmes for young people to get experience and develop skills in a range of media
  • BookCareers – A great place to look for jobs in the book industry, including information about the different jobs available, and hints and tips of how to get in

Public Services and Administration

  • Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) – Information about working for the Foreign Commonwealth Office
  • Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) – Information and advice on the recruitment process for working for GCHQ – there are student schemes and apprenticeships available
  • HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) – Information about working for the HMRC
  • HM Treasury (HMT) – Information about working for the HM Treasury
  • MI5 – Information and advice on the recruitment process for working for MI5
  • MI6 – Information and advice on the recruitment process for working for MI6 – there are technical higher apprenticeships available

Recruitment and HR

  • PM Jobs – Careers advice and jobs in human resources
  • Personnel Today – Careers advice and jobs working with managing people
  • Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPD) – Professional body for HR and people management and development

Science and Pharmaceuticals

  • New Scientist Jobs – Information on the wide range of careers within science
  • Nature Jobs – Jobs within the natural sciences sector
  • NHS Healthcare Science – Information and advice about a career in healthcare
  • British Pharmaceuticals Society – Professional body for pharmacologists, with lots of information the sector, including careers advice
  • GSK – Glaxo Smith Kline is a science-led global healthcare company, which has information and videos about careers within the company
  • 3M – A global company which uses research to tackle real-life problems. Lots of information on the wide range of careers available

Social Care

  • Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) – Regulator for health care professionals, with information about education and training
  • British Psychological Society (BPS) – Professional body for psychologists, with information and advice about careers
  • British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) – Professional body for all counsellors and psychotherapists. Further information about careers in counselling
  • Skills for Care – Information about apprenticeships within the health and social care sector

Teaching and Education

  • Getting into Teaching – Information and advice from the government about a career in teaching
  • Becoming a Teacher – Information on becoming a teacher or a teaching assistant
  • Teach First – Information on becoming a teacher and sponsored route

Transport and Logistics

  • CAE Oxford – Information and advice about a career within the aviation industry
  • Transport for London (TFL) – TFL offer traineeships, apprenticeships and placements within their operations
  • Skillsnets – Company offering automotive, transport and logistics and non-technical apprenticeships

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