Finding Work & Careers Advice
If you're looking for work, or thinking of training for a career change, there is a host of organisations waiting to help you...
Worktrain, operated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), and the Emplyoment Service, provides information on job vacancies and training courses across the country. Whether you're staying close to home, or are preparing to spread your wings, there's bound to be something for you on the Worktrain website. Search by occupation or location, or by training course qualification level. Job application tips and interview advice are also available, along with details of benefit entitlement, support for those with a disability, and ways of finding local careers advice and childcare.
Click the Worktrain logo to access the website, or email worktrain-team@dwp.gsi.gov.uk.
Finding a flexible training course that you can complete at your own pace is easy with Learndirect. Hundreds of courses cover topics such as IT, business and management, languages, literacy and numeracy, and work-based learning.
There are around 2,000 Learndirect centres in the UK, including those at Newton Aycliffe, Shildon and Spennymoor. You can try out courses using the website's 'taster' facility, and upon registering on a course, are allocated a personal tutor.
For more info, click the Learndirect logo, or email enquiries@learndirect.net.
Job Centre Plus provides jobhunters with online help and support, with thousands of jobs listed online.
The website also includes details of work-based qualifications, Modern Apprenticeships, and career development loans. Specialist support is given to those with a disability and lone parents.
Click on the logo or contact your local Job Centre to find out more:
Bishop Auckland Job Centre, 35 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham DL14 7NX; Tel. 01388 646420
Newton Aycliffe Job Centre, 2nd Floor, Churchill House, Beveridge Way, Newton Aycliffe DL5 4LE; Tel. 01325 554333
Spennymoor Job Centre, Barnfield Road, Spennymoor, Co. Durham DL16 6ND; Tel. 01388 644446
If you're aged 19 or under, why not give Connexions a call? Confidential advice, available on a freephone number between 8am and 2am, covers everything from careers and learning to healthy living, relationships, and preparing to move away from home. You can also find more info on societies and organisations that you can join, such as St. John Ambulance, and there are tips on travelling safely at home and abroad.
If all this isn't enough, you can also apply for a Connexions card, entitling you to discounts in many high profile shops...
Find out more by clicking the logo, or emailing info@connexions-durham.org.
Other Employment Links
Jobs in the Northeast ( icnewcastle ) icnetwork.co.uk
Academic Jobs (research, science and academic jobs) jobs.ac.uk
Charity Jobs charityjob.co.uk
Chemical Industry Jobs chemjobs.net
Durham Careers Advicefor young people connexions-durham.org
Department for Education and Skills dfes.gov.uk
Department for Works and Pensions dwp.gov.uk
Education Jobs education-jobs.co.uk
Employment Service employmentservice.gov.uk
Fish4Jobs.co.uk fish4jobs.co.uk
Guardian Newspaper Jobsite jobs.guardian.co.uk
Jobsite gojobsite.co.uk
Monster.co.uk (job vacancies in the UK and abroad) monster.co.uk
NEREO (North East Regional Employers' Organisation) nereo.gov.uk
Prospects (graduate careers website) prospects.ac.uk
Reed Employment Agency reed.co.uk
Sector1.net (public sector jobs) sector1.net
Top Jobs topjobs.co.uk
Total Jobs totaljobs.com
If there is any additional information you would like to see included in this section, please email: info@sedgefield.gov.uk