Employment & Training
www.recruitforspouses.co.uk - Recruit For Spouses has been set up to bridge the gap between national employers and a growing band of service spouses who are seeking to re-enter the workplace, after subjugating their careers due to their partners’ numerous postings and frequent deployment.
www.followtheflag.com - A website established by two army wives to enable Forces families to promote their businesses on a smart, easy to navigate website. The content is updated weekly, featuring interviews with members, offers, and items of general interest.
www.womensbritishlegion.org.uk/content/welfare/#The_Presidents_Award_Scheme - The President's Award Scheme provides Educational Sponsorship by way of educational grants and scholarships to Ex-Service personnel and their dependants, Spouses of Ex-Service personnel and their dependants up to the age of 25 which includes a gap year.
www.rfea.org.uk - The RFEA's simple aim, since 1885, has been to help those leaving the Armed Forces to find and to remain in employment throughout their working lives. This is done as part of the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) for up to two years after discharge and thereafter is done on behalf of the Service Benevolence Funds.
www.careersiteadvisor.com - CareerSiteAdvisor allows job seekers to locate companies and their associated Careers page readily, through their searchable database of thousands of career and job sites.
www.jobhits.co.uk - JobHits is Job Search Engine which allows job seekers to search through many job boards in the UK with a single search.
www.civvystreet.org - The Service Families Employment scheme is a service offered by Civvy Street in partnership with the Defence Career Partnership. As a partner or working age dependant of someone who is serving in the UK Armed Forces, you can apply for vacancies from this site.
www.whichfranchise.com/armedforces - for free and impartial information and advice for starting a franchise in the UK, as well as a directory of franchise opportunities ideal for those leaving the armed forces. whichfranchise.com is the official online partner of the British Franchise Association.
www.allthetopbananas.com - AllTheTopBananas is like a search engine - the results are an index of companies' and agencies' own websites and therefore link directly to them for viewing of job details.
www.careerjet.co.uk - In one simple search, Careerjet gives the job seeker access to a massive selection of jobs that are compiled from various internet sources, saving the trouble of having to visit each site individually.
www.enterprisenation.com - a free resource to help you start and grow your business at home. You'll find all the information you need to get started and get growing.
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk - Advice and help on job hunting plus extra support.
www.guardian.co.uk - This covers a huge range of jobs, but is especially good for charities and secretarial positions.
www.jobs.ac.uk - For jobs in Adult and Further Education, not just as a tutor but all admin, finance and other support staff.
www.worktrain.gov.uk - This is the government site for jobs. You can also look for government jobs based abroad, which may prove useful if you have been posted overseas.
www.jobsworld.co.uk - This is an unusual site, as it doesn’t have any jobs itself, but is a list of all the other job sites around, so you can find out if there is a special place to look for your type of work e.g. working with children, working in languages, working for banks etc. It’s very useful as a specific site for your industry is likely to have the best choice of jobs than a more general one.
www.jobability.com - This is a site especially for disabled people; it has vacancies with companies that meet a variety of needs.
www.learndirect.co.uk - How to make best use of your computer by learning online.
www.nec.ac.uk - National Extension College is a distance learning college offering courses and resources in GCSEs and A levels through to professional and vocational qualifications.
www.thinkproductive.co.uk - Think Productive provides fun workshops with practical at-desk coaching to help employees increase productivity, beat stress, feel more in control of their work and develop playful, productive momentum.