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Courses, Careers &
Employment Information
˜ Recruitment
Agencies and Guides ˜
˜ Employer and Employee
Information ˜
HotCourses.com
www.hotcourses.com
Looking for a course? Use hotcourses to browse or search for courses in
many cities in the UK. You can then contact the course provider to ask
about availability and apply. Hotcourses doesn't charge colleges to list
courses and currently holds information on over 174,000 courses.
Sussex Careers Services
www.sussexcareers.co.uk
www.sussexcourses.org.uk
Includes a list of agencies that provide advice on courses and careers
in the East Sussex area. Use the second website address to search for
adult education courses.
The Careers Research and Advisory Centre
www.crac.org.uk
The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) is a registered charity
with over 35 years of experience in helping to bring business and education
closer together. CRAC brings together key organisations from industry,
academic institutions, consultants and professional bodies into a network
of career development opportunities in the form of Insight and Graduate
Courses for Undergraduate and PhD students, postdoctoral courses, conferences,
publications, career related learning for all key stages within schools
and provides a wealth of career/training material through NICEC.
FiftyOn.co.uk
www.fiftyon.co.uk
FiftyOn aims to be:
• THE upbeat voice of authority for the over 50's in the areas of
diversity, anti-ageism and employment,
• THE preferred marketplace for jobs and career opportunities for
job seekers over or nearing 50, and for employers who recognise the value
of experience,
• THE provider of thought-provoking and entertaining content relating
to the lifestyle issues and choices facing us, all as well as a channel
for your own views and contributions to be aired.
The Career Centre is designed to provide the FiftyOn job seeker with a
range of tests and exercises to help: decide what type of career change
in sought, what skills and experience can be used to best advantage in
the future, and preparing for that important interview.
Can Do
cando.lancs.ac.uk
The Careers Advisory Network on Disability Opportunities is the UK's official
information service covering employment and careers issues for disabled
students and graduates.
National Bureau for Students with Disabilities
www.skill.org.uk
Skill promotes opportunities for young people and adults with any kind
of disability in post-16 education, training and employment across the
UK. The site includes information, news, answers to frequently asked questions,
conferences & workshops, and a recruitment section.
National Association of Volunteer Bureaux
www.navb.org.uk
Volunteering for a local organisation can be an invaluable way of gaining
work exerience and a 'foot in the door'. NAVB is the membership organisation
for a national network of over 400 Volunteer Bureaux throughout England.
Volunteer Bureaux assist people to become volunteers, work with organisations
seeking volunteers and act as local volunteering development agencies.
Search the Bureaux Listing for your closest local office.
National Centre for Volunteering
www.volunteering.org.uk
The National Centre for Volunteering offer a range of services designed
to support volunteer managers and organisations that involve volunteers.
They believe that increasing the quality, quantity, contribution and accessibility
of volunteering will benefit both individuals and the community at large.
The website includes news, information, training publications and networks
for volunteers, how to volunteer, campaigns and research.
Starting a new business
www.businesslink.org
This website is provided by the Small Business Service - an agency of
the UK Government. If you run a small business in the United Kingdom or
you are thinking about starting one up - then this website is for you.
Whatever stage your firm has reached, they have information and facilities
here that will help. You can also get advice and information from the
Contact Centre and from the network of local providers.
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˜ Recruitment
Agencies & Guides ˜
Government Employment Service
www.employmentservice.gov.uk
A recruitment based website from the Department for Work and Pensions.
Local Government Job Vacancies
www.jobsgopublic.co.uk
www.lgjobs.com
Start Date
www.startdate.co.uk
UK Recruitment Agency Guide, listings and links. Can search by location,
type of job or agency name.
Fish 4 Jobs
www.fish4jobs.co.uk
Monster.co.uk
www.monster.co.uk
StepStone
www.stepstone.co.uk
WorkThing.com
www.workthing.com
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˜ Employer &
Employee Information ˜
Equality Direct
www.equalitydirect.org.uk
Equality Direct is designed to give employers and business managers easy
access to advice on a wide range of equality issues. The site provides
general guidance on some of the main topics and includes a page dedicated
to exploding myths.
Department for Work and Pensions
www.dss.gov.uk/dfwp
This Department was formed on 8 June 2001 from parts of the former Department
of Social Security, parts of the former Department for Education and Employment
and the Employment Service. The Department for Work and Pensions is committed
to providing people of working age, pensioners and children with the advice
and help they need to achieve financial independence and make the most
of life. Their priorities are:
• a single point of delivery for jobs, benefits advice and support
through a modern nationwide service - Jobcentre Plus,
• to provide employers with a professional service for filling job
vacancies,
• a new Pension Service to provide information and support to today's
and tomorrow's pensioners,
• delivery of a simplified and efficient Child Support system,
• equality of opportunity and social inclusion for all.
Department of Trade and Industry - Employment Relations
www.dti.gov.uk/er/regs
Includes employment legislation and employment rights factsheets covering
everything from wages to taking time off.
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This list was compiled by the East Sussex Adult Learner
Forum, June 2001.
Please send any website links that you think should
be added to this list to info@learnerforum.net.
Disclaimer: Please note that many of the above website
summaries have been taken from the websites' own descriptions and no
responsibility can be taken by the Adult Learner Forum for any information
provided on any of these sites.
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