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 (London Institute of Banking and Finance)
ICAEW (Accountancy)
AAT (Accounting Technicians)
ATT (Careers in Tax)
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
CISI (Investment including stockbrokerage)
AEO (Events Management)
CIPD (Human Resources)
CIPS iBuy (Be a Buyer)
Construction
RTPI (Town Planning)
ECITB (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)
DBA (Careers in Design)
The AOP (Photography)
Crafts Council (Careers in Craft)
Incorporated Society of Musicians
CDMT (Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre)
UKFT (Fashion and Textiles)
IPA (Advertising)
NCTJ (Journalism)
Digital and IT
Discover Creative Careers (a directory that pulls in career information from lots of other creative websites including some of those below)
Techskills (cases studies about people in IT and Digital)
AIXR (emerging world of Extended Reality-XR)
Energy, Engineering & Manufacturing
IchemE (Chemical Engineering)
ImechE (Mechanical Engineering)
Institute of Civil Engineering
IstructE (Structural Engineering)
Auto City (Motor Vehicles)
Fantastic Fridges (Refrigeration, Air Conditioning)
IOA (Institute of Acoustics)
Food and Drink
Careerscope (Hospitality, leisure and tourism)
Food Matters Live (explore opportunities across food industry)
Chilled Education(Chilled food industry)
Health, Social Care, Teaching, Childcare
The Medic Portal (specifically for students applying to Medical Schools)
Med Schools (entry requirements for Medical Schools)
CACHE (Pathways into Early Years)
BPS (British Psychological Society)
BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy)
BDA (British Dental Association)
AOP (Association of Optometrists)
RPharmS (Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
Land-based (including Animal Care, Agriculture, Conservation & Countryside)
CAW (Animals)
BVNA – British Veterinary Nursing Association
British Horse Society – Equestrian
BIAZA (Zoos and Aquariums)
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)
CILT UK (Logistics and Transport)
UKWA (Warehousing)
Uniformed and Public Services
NEAS (North East Ambulance Service)