Careers

• Have you tested out career options by doing work experience, voluntary work or a part time job?
• Have you researched your career options?
• Have you had a guidance interview with a Connexions personal adviser?

You can use Connexions online resource centre to research different careers. Take a look at the Connexions Direct jobs4u website (link opens in a new window). If you're stuck for ideas, try the advanced search. Here, you can explore job families or search for careers by your favourite subject or your interests.

If you would like to find out more about current jobs for young people in London, visit Jobs on this site.

Graduate Careers

The Greater London Assembly (GLA) have a website to support graduates into work: http://www.london.gov.uk/graduates/ (link opens in a new window).

Further Careers Information

There are Sector Skills Councils which also have information about careers in specific industries and sectors. The Alliance of Sector Skills Councils has a page of links to each Sector Skills Council: http://www.sscalliance.org/SSCs/LinkstoSSCs.aspx (link opens in a new window)

ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council for Construction

Construction is one of Britain’s biggest industries and offers a wide range of challenging, exciting and rewarding careers. What you get out of a career depends on you. You may enjoy the hands-on satisfaction of actually building things, or you may be more interested in the design or management of projects. There's a massive range of training available at all levels and there are lots of opportunities to progress within the industry. So, if you want to make a real difference to the environment, enjoy a huge variety of work and get complete job satisfaction in the knowledge that you helped build something that will last a lifetime or longer please log on to our website www.bconstructive.co.uk (link opens in a new window) to find out more about careers, qualifications and training in Construction and Built Environment.