Training and development officer : Employers and vacancy sources

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There are opportunities for training and development officers/managers in a wide range of private and public employment sectors as well as in organisations of all sizes. These include:

• retail companies;
• leisure organisations;
• commercial firms;
• manufacturing organisations;
• central and local government;
• the health service;
• law firms;
• financial institutions;
• educational institutions.

Opportunities also exist in commercial training organisations, such as information technology training providers and personal development training organisations.

The job varies from organisation to organisation: in some large retail organisations or training consultancies you could be working in a large team of training professionals and be responsible for a team of trainers. In smaller organisations, you might combine the training role with personnel functions and deliver more of the training courses.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• People Management
• Personnel Today
• TrainingZONE
• Guardian Jobs  
• Independent Jobs  
• The Times Jobs  

People Management and Personnel Today mainly advertise higher-level jobs. Recruitment agencies also advertise in these publications.

It is also worth writing speculatively to training departments and organisations. Details can be found on the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)  website and in publications such as The Personnel Manager's Yearbook .

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