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Work & Employment > Get work experience (the links below will take you online)
Contact a local business
	CountyWeb A good way to locate businesses and services in your local area. Type in what type of business you wish to locate and where you want to look and you will be presented with a useful list of matching companies. You can also browse by region or county.
	Scoot This is one of the best online directories in the UK. Finding businesses and services all over the country is simple and easy and the results of your searches are usually presented really quickly. They also have a good cinema finder.
	Thomson Directories The online version of the Thomson Directory. Here you can search for contact details for all sorts of businesses up and down the UK. You can also access the local version of each of the directories.
	Yell The online yellow pages allows you to search millions of businesses across the UK to find the services you need in your local area.
Find work experience
	Doctor Job - Work Experience A graduate work experience site that offers information about work experience placements, the opportunity to read about other peoples experiences and the facility to search for a placement that suits your personal requirements.
	National Centre For Work Experience Come here to learn all about work experience. How to get it, what it involves and why you should bother with it all in the first place. There is also information for employers about the benefits of providing work experience opportunities.
	Support 4 Learning - Work Experience A good place to find information about work experience placements, internships and international exchanges. Full of lots of advice and links to a variety of organisations catering for everyone from school pupils to job seekers.
	Trans-National Consortium for Work Experience As its name suggests, this organisation was set up to act as a one-stop shop of expertise and advice on all aspects of work experience in seven European countries and encourage work placements abroad for undergraduates. A valuable resource.
Get careers advice
	BBC Education - Job Advice Well organised and written advice about lots of different aspects of employment, from picking your first job to starting your own business. It is not a very in depth site but can point you in the right direction and provide some interesting ideas.
	Careers-UK This is the website of the Careers Service National Association website. On this site you can find out the contact details of your nearest careers office, so you can contact them for advice. Some careers services are now part of the Connexions Service.
	Doctor Job A good graduate careers site that provides careers advice and information about most different industries and types of employment. The site is easy to use and there are some good features like an experts forum and employers directories.
	Learn - Careers Advice A good directory of some very good places on the web to find careers advice. Lots of sites that are aimed at all sorts of different people, from graduates or school leavers to anyone who is thinking of changing their existing job. A good resource.
	Monster Careers Centre Monster is a well known source of employment information. It is packed with useful resources and advice about finding a new job, changing careers and other important employment issues. You can also find expert advice on specific topics.

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