Careers & Qualifications

Real People & Job Hunting

Case studies

Our Understanding the Future project will provide a significant number of graduate case studies featuring people with a variety of degree disciplines and roles in IT. Currently available case studies are of young graduates from varied disciplines and IT GNVQ students .

Case studies of young graduates

• Lisa , Accenture
• Lee , Accenture
• Peter , Accenture
• Nicola , Siemens

Case studies of IT GNVQ Students

• Adam Fox
• Darren Ashcroft
• Janine Peppiat
  Student's View / Employer's View
• Kate Woods
• Martin Dixon
• Nick Phillips
• Oliver James
• Tanya Gokcezade

Job-hunting

The British Computer Society website has a useful job-hunting section. The following sources are also suitable for anyone seeking a first job in the industry.

With GCSE, A level or equivalent qualifications

• Your local Careers Service company.
  Click here for your local contacts www.careers-uk.com
• JobCentres.
  Electronic terminals now give access to vacancies all over the country. For information, contact www.employmentservice.gov.uk
  
• Your local Learning and Skills Council (for England)
  Access through the following site: www.lsc.gov.uk
• The Council for Education and Training Wales
  Online at www.cetw.org.uk
• Your Local Enterprise Company (for Scotland) through Highlands & Islands Enterprise (at www.hie.co.uk ) or Scottish Enterprise (at www.scottish-enterprise.com )
• The Training & Employment Agency (for Northern Ireland) at at www.tea-ni.org.uk .
• Local newspapers.
  Click here for links to local papers - www.thepaperboy.com
• Recruitment consultancies.
  The Recruitment and Employment Federation website has a database searchable by job type and location at www.rec.uk.com .

With a degree (IT or non-IT) or a postgraduate qualification

• Your university Careers Service.
  www.prospects.csu.ac.uk has links to all UK universities
• Directories of graduate IT career opportunities such as:
  - Prospects Focus on IT - www.prospects.csu.ac.uk
  - Hobsons Guide to Careers in IT & Communications - www.hobsons.com
  - Inside Careers Information Technology - www.insidecareers.co.uk
  - Target IT - www.gti.co.uk
• National job vacancy bulletins.
  Prospects Today (if you have completed your course or are soon to do so) and Prospects Finalist (for current students) – both online at www.prospects.csu.ac.uk
• Your academic department if you are studying for an IT related degree
• Careers & IT Careers Fairs.
  The Prospects website lists dates and locations - www.prospects.csu.ac.uk
• Computer Weekly at www.cw360.com
• Computing at www.vnunet.com
• Recruitment consultancies.
  The Recruitment and Employment Federation website has a database searchable by job type and location at www.rec.uk.com .