Career Options
This page contains a rang of useful links for students to explore their career options, including Post 16 Options, Post 18 Options and researching different careers sectors. You can also use your Unifrog account to explore everything from studying abroad to apprenticeships.
Choosing your GCSE options
Post 16 options
Post 18 Options
Apprenticeships
- Amazing Apprenticeships
- Gradcracker
- Not going to Uni
- Get my first job
- Rate My Apprenticeship – Industry Guides
Accountancy & Finance
- Institute of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Association of International Accountants (AIA)
- The Association of Accounting Technicians
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
- Specialists in finance careers
Aeronautical Careers
- The UK Specialist Aviation regulator
- A one stop shop for enquiries relating to aerospace industry
- Association of International Accountants (AIA)
- The National Air Traffic Services Recruitment
Architecture
Armed Forces
Business
Construction
- Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
- Construction Industry Training Board
- The prinicipal training provider to the building service industry
Civil Service
Creative / Arts / Media
- Find out about career opportunities with the BBC
- Screenskills is the skills council for audio visual industries
- Independent Society of Musicians
- The British Record Industry’s trade association
- Channel 4 web site with numerous ideas for careers in creative areas
- Loads of useful information in Arts, Design, Fashion and Media. Sponsored by government agencies
- The Advertising Association
- Information about all types of journalism
- National Council for the training of journalists
Computing and IT
Engineering
- Discover more about chemical engineering as a career option
- The Engineering Construction industry training board.
- The Institute of Civil Engineers
- An excellent website for future engineers
- The Engineering Council
Environment
Forensics
Law
- The Law Careers Advice Network
- The Bar Council
- The Law Society
- Information for future lawyers
- Law Careers including information on the apprenticeship route
Medicine & Health Professions
- The British Medical Association web site
- Information about dental careers
- NHS Careers
- Opportunities in the National Health Service
- The Institute of Biomedical Science
- Information for future doctors
- The British Psychological Society
- British Association of Occupational Therapists
- The Royal College of Speech & Language Therapy
- Medicine & Dentistry in Europe
- Information about lots of different healthcare courses
Science
- Provides an important gateway to science career resources
- The Biochemical Society click on the ‘education’ link for careers information
- Careers and information for Chemical Engineering
- Careers for STEM students