FIND OUT ABOUT APPRENTICESHIPS
www.connexions-direct.com
www.careers-scotland.org.uk
www.careerswales.com
These sites offer advice and guidance about apprenticeships for young people in England, Scotland and Wales. The search can be a bit clunky and slow but the information is useful.

CONNECT TO ENGINEERING
www.apprentices.co.uk
EEF West Midlands has information here for recruiters and would-be apprentices. Despite the group’s name, the site offers details of engineering apprenticeships across the United Kingdom. Its handy regional menu allows users to search for opportunities at firms based in their local areas.

ONE STEP TECH JOBS
www.techxtra.ac.uk
More engineering, computing and mathematical jobs than you can shake a hypotenuse at. There were no jobs for trainees or apprentices on the day that Career checked, but there were plenty listed for graduates and qualified professionals. The site’s design is basic to the point of ugly but it does a handy job of pulling together jobs advertised on a number of other job boards.

YOUNG ENGINEERS
www.imeche.org/ye
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has a group devoted to the needs of the discipline’s young professionals. Find out how – and why – to get involved with what’s going on.

ENGINEEERING E-JOURNALS
www.eevl.ac.uk/eese
Keep in touch with the latest research in engineering and related fields with access to more than 250 academic, trade and professional publications. It’s an interesting way to learn more about specific topics and a handy way to gain a broader understanding of the uses to which engineering can be put as the site searches journals devoted to mathematics and computing as well as engineering.

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