Really useful websites
Apprenticeships
Apprentices earn as they learn, work towards recognised qualifications and gain practical skills from the workplace.
There are over 190 job roles available, ranging from accountancy to floristry, engineering to veterinary nursing.
www.apprenticeships.org.uk
Vacancies, CV templates and builders, job hunting skills
Online help to get you back to work.
www.direct.gov.uk/backtowork
Help with your CV and a CV builder
http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/writecv
Net yourself a job
www.fish4jobs.co.uk
Lots of CV templates, online CV builder, plenty of job vacancies and interview skills videos.
www.monster.co.uk
Temporary and permanent positions with UK employers, CV and job seeker advice including an interview simulator.
www.reed.co.uk
Careers advice, CV sins, active job hunting, how to make yourself more employable plus loads of vacancies.
www.workthing.com
Selection tests
Examples of tests used by leading employers.
www.shldirect.com
South West Recruitment
Bath Chronicle
http://jobs.thisisbath.co.uk/?referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisisbath.co.uk
Connexions West – go to the jobs section on the website.
www.connexionswest.org.uk
Somerset County Gazette
http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/jobs/
This is Bristol – go to the Jobsite section.
http://jobs.thisisbristol.co.uk/?referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisisbristol.co.uk
This is Gloucestershire (includes a virtual jobs fair)
http://jobs.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/?referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk
This is Somerset
http://jobs.thisissomerset.co.uk/?referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisissomerset.co.uk
Venue
http://www.venue.co.uk/smallads/jobs.html
West at Work – covers all the major development sites in the West.
www.westatwork.co.uk
West of England industries
Work Matters – what’s happening in local industries.
http://workmatters.connexionswest.org.uk/
Recruitment Agencies
National and local agencies
www.agencycentral.co.uk
Business Directories
Applegate – industry, technology and manufacturing companies.
www.applegate.co.uk
BT Business
www.thephonebook.bt.com
Europages – European business directory.
www.europages.com
Thomson Local
www.thomsonlocal.com
UK Small Business Directory
www.uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk
Yellow Pages
www.yell.com
Now you’ve got the job!
Citizens Advice Bureau – advice on employment issues.
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_money/employment.htm
Equality and Human Rights Commission – raising awareness of young people’s rights.
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/your-rights/young-people-know-your-rights/index.html
National Minimum Wage
www.hmrc.gov.uk/nmw