Careers information officer : Employers and vacancy sources

Employment may be in any organisation with a careers information service or unit, particularly:

• university and college careers services;
• private careers services;
• careers consultancies;
• recruitment and employment agencies;
• careers software houses and website providers;
• government departments;
• careers publishers.

The size of the organisation may have an impact on certain aspects of the job, such as the amount of routine 'housekeeping' tasks, supervision of information staff and the potential for specialisation. In services where there is more than one information officer, the post holders may be responsible for specific sections of the information individually and the entire unit jointly. Equally, small services' facilities may require the information officer to complete basic administrative tasks, such as booking appointments, photocopying or dealing with vacancy information.

In organisations where there are several information points, such as some private careers services, information officers may have little contact with service customers. Instead, they may fulfil a more consultancy-type role, supporting the initial contact staff within individual units and working with external organisations, such as schools, to offer advice on the contents of their careers libraries.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• AGCAS Jobs  
• CILIP Graduate Training Opportunities  
• Portico  
• Jobs.ac.uk  
• Lisjobnet  
• Jobs in Information  
• Times Higher Education (THE)  
• Times Educational Supplement (TES)  
• Guardian Jobs  
• Individual university and college websites.
• Local and regional press.

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