The best career websites by sector
26th August 2022
When you get, or have, a job idea for the future, it is often hard to know where to turn if you want to read up on it in more depth. Here is a carefully chosen selection of CareerWave’s favourite career websites by sector (or industry).
If it’s a large database of sectors and jobs you are after this is where you need to be; National Careers Service.
Accountancy, Business and Finance
London Institute of Banking and Finance (My Financial Career)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (Careers Hub)
The Association of Accounts Technicians (Career in Finance)
Association of Taxing Technicians (Careers in Tax)
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (Become an Actuary)
Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (Careers in Finance)
Discover Economics (What Economists Do)
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (Get into Marketing)
Association of Event Organising (Talent Hub)
Chartered Institute of Professional Development (Careers in the People Profession)
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (Careers Page)
Construction
Go Construct (Careers in Construction)
House Building Careers (from the House Building Federation)
The Royal Institute of British Architects (How to Become an Architect)
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveying (Surveyor Careers)
The Survey Association (Become a Surveyor)
Royal Town Planning Institute (Become a Planner)
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (Careers in Engineering Construction)
Creative Arts, Media and Culture
Discover Creative Careers (a directory that pulls in career information from lots of other creative websites including some of those below)
Into Games (Career in Games)
ScreenSkills (TV, Film, VFX, Games, Animation)
Design Business Association (Careers in Design)
The Association of Photographers (Careers in Photography and the Creative Industries)
Crafts Council (Craft Careers)
The Publishers Association (Work in Publishing)
One Dance UK (Careers Hub)
Indepenedent Society of Musicians (Careers)
Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre (List of accredited professional schools)
UK Fashion and Textiles Association (UKFT Futures)
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (Careers in Advertising)
National Council for the Training of Journalists (Life as a Journalist)
Digital and IT
Discover Creative Careers (a directory that pulls in career information from lots of other creative websites including some of those below)
Into Games (Career in Games)
ScreenSkills (VFX, Games, Animation)
TechSkills (Tech Skills careers)
Cyber Security Challenge UK (Cyber Security Industry)
AIXR (Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR) industry)
Energy, Engineering & Manufacturing
Neon Futures (case studies of people working in engineering sector)
Institution of Chemical Engineers (Discover Chemical Engineering)
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Discover Mechanical Engineering)
Institution of Civil Engineers (What is Civil Engineering)
Institution of Structural Engineers (How to Become a Structural Engineer)
Electrical Careers (Career in Electrical Engineering, Design or Installation)
Auto City (Institute of the Motor Industry)
Careers in Aerospace (Aerospace and Aviation opportunities)
My Energy Future (Energy Careers)
Landbased Engineering (Engineering in Agriculture, Arboriculture, Horticulture, Turf, Plant Machinery)
Fantastic Fridges (‘Cool Careers’ from the Institute of Refrigeration)
Institute of Acoustics (A career in Sound)
Food and Drink
Choose Hospitality (A Career in the Hospitality sector)
Tasty Careers (A Career in Food and Drink)
Food Matters Live Opportunities in the Food Industry)
Seafish (Careers in Sea Food- see World is your Oyster video clip)
Health, Social Care, Teaching, Childcare
NHS Health Careers (Your Future in the NHS)
Step into the NHS (same as above but targeted at young people and schools)
The Medic Portal (Get into Medicine- advice and support)
Medical Schools Council (Making an application for Medicine including detailed comparative entry requirements)
Think Care Careers (Skills for Care’s website for a career in Social Care including the ‘A Question of Care’ quiz)
British Association of Social Workers (How to become a Social Worker)
Get into Teaching (How to become a Teacher)
Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) (Working in Childcare)
National Youth Agency (Becoming a Youth Worker)
The British Psychological Society (Find Your Career in Psychology)
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (Careers in Counselling)
British Dental Association (How Do I Become a Dentist)
The College of Optometrists (A Career in Optometry)
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (How Do I Become a Pharmacist)
Land-based (including Animal Care, Agriculture, Conservation & Countryside)
The College of Animal Welfare (A-Z of Animal Career Profiles)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) (A Career Working with Animals)
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Veterinary Careers)
British Veterinary Nursing Association (Veterinary Nursing Career Advice)
British Horse Society (A Guide to Equestrian Careers)
British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Download a free guide to Careers in Zoos and Aquariums)
Royal Horticultural Society (Careers in Horticulture)
Chartered Institute of Horticulture (Grow Careers)
Royal Forestry Society (Careers in Forestry)
Conservation Careers (Roles in Conservation)
Law
CILEX – Chartered Instuture of Legal Executives
Science and Pharmaceuticals
ABPI (Pharmaceutical)
Met Office (Meteorology)
Royal Astronomical Society (Careers booklet)
Sport, Leisure and Tourism
BASES (British Association of Sport and Exercise Science)
Careerscope (Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism)
Transport and Logistics
Nats Aero (Air Traffic Control)
Network Rail (Careers with Network Rail)
CILT UK (Logistics and Transport)
UKWA (Warehousing)
Uniformed and Public Services
NEAS (North East Ambulance Service)