Resources

Careers Coach is a new digital tool which can help you find out about local employment opportunities in the borough of Hounslow. Whether you are planning your future career or looking for your next job, you can access the web based tool via your laptop or phone to help you make decisions about your next steps.

Careers Coach is a Skills and Employability digital platform that allow you to:

• Find jobs that match your interests and strengths using the questionnaire feature
• Discover current and future demand for jobs, potential average earnings, skills employers are looking for, as well as current job vacancies
• Build a CV which captures the experience you have to offer Employers

NCS provide information, advice and guidance to help you make decisions on learning, training and work.  

Careers advice - job profiles, information and resources | National Careers Service

If you like to speak to a NCS Careers Advisor please contact 0800 100 900. 

Prospects are the experts in graduate careers. They help to guide students and graduates to a bright future with unrivalled information, advice and opportunities. 

Here are a few useful resources and tools.

Job Profiles:  Job profiles | Prospects.ac.uk

CV and Covering letters:  CVs and cover letters | Prospects.ac.uk

Career planner:  Career Planner | What job should I do? | Prospects.ac.uk

Career guidance for graduates – we provide detailed, trustworthy advice to help guide you through graduate jobs and schemes to choose a career that’s perfect for you.

Our advice ranges from CV and interview tips, the careers that best suit your degree, through to wellbeing and the top UK employers. Covering everything you need from start to finish on your graduate career journey.

Career advice | Milkround

For information on Graduate jobs, Internships, database of employers, Interview & CV techniques and much more.

Milkround | Graduate Jobs, Schemes & Internships

Career Coach - https://hounslow.lightcastcc.com/

Reed CV builder - Free CV builder | reed.co.uk

Prospects https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/cvs-and-cover-letters/example-cvs

Student job CV builder - Free CV Template | Online CV Maker | StudentJob UK

My Perfect CV - CV Builder: Free CV Builder: myPerfectCV.co.uk

CV maker - Create a professional cv - quick & easy with our cv builder - CVmaker.uk

Total jobs - How to write a personal statement for a job | Totaljobs

Reed - Personal statement examples | reed.co.uk

Prospects - Writing a personal statement for your CV | Prospects.ac.uk

Jobs.ac.uk - What You Should Include in a Personal Statement - career-advice.jobs.ac.uk

Stand out CV -14 CV personal statement examples | Get more interviews (standout-cv.com)

National Careers Advice - Interview advice | Careers advice | National Careers Service

Prospects - 7 good questions to ask at an interview | Prospects.ac.uk

Indeed - Job Interview Tips: How to Make a Great Impression | Indeed.com UK

Monster -  Interview Tips: Boost Your Job Interview Skills | Monster.com

Robert Walters - How to nail a job interview in the first 5 minutes (robertwalters.com.au)

We are working with providers that assist with clothing for interviews and also when you start a job.  If you require this support or to find out more please contact your advisor or Work Hounslow - work@hounslow.gov.uk or 0208 583 6174

if you are on benefits and have found work the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount is available with 50% discount valid for 3 months.

Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount - Transport for London (tfl.gov.uk)

Indeed - https://uk.indeed.com/

CV library - https://www.cv-library.co.uk/

Monster - https://www.monster.co.uk/

Totaljobs -  https://www.totaljobs.com/

Wikijob- https://www.wikijob.co.uk/uk/jobs

Reed - https://www.reed.co.uk/

Adzuna - https://www.adzuna.co.uk/

Glassdoor - https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/index.htm

CW Jobs - https://www.cwjobs.co.uk/

Prospects allows you to search for graduate jobs and filter your search based on salary, location, type of work and sector. 

Search graduate jobs | Prospects.ac.uk

Milkround allows you to browse through several graduate job vacancies including Design, Education, Marketing and Sports.  

Find graduate jobs, schemes & internships by location, keyword or company - Milkround.com

Graduate Coach Jobs advertises the latest graduate jobs and schemes. On our job board, you can search and apply for the latest entry-level jobs. If you need help with your job search, reach out to us.  Latest Graduate Jobs and schemes - 2021 - Graduate Coach

Target jobs advertise graduate job opportunities across a wide range of sectors including law, engineering, HR, Media FMCG and many more. 

Search | TARGETjobs

Graduate Recruitment Bureau (GRB) shares graduate recruitment advice and allows you to search for graduate jobs and internships.

Graduate Jobs, Schemes & Exclusive Graduate Job Search | GRB

GraduateLand advertises graduate jobs and career events. If you are looking for a graduate job in Europe, this site may be useful for you. 

Europe's largest career portal for students and graduates (graduateland.com)

Jobsgopublic - Find public sector jobs in local government, charity, education, housing & more.  Jobsgopublic - Public Sector Vacancies and Careers

Guardian - Find government jobs & jobs in politics on Guardian Jobs. Browse through our government & politics categories to find your ideal job in government.  Government jobs & Politics Jobs | Public Sector Jobs | Guardian Jobs (theguardian.com)

Civil service jobs - Search and apply for opportunities within the Civil Service. Find jobs in the Civil Service and central government organisations

Civil Service job search - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UK

Gov.uk - Find a job - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Local Government jobs - LG Jobs

At jobs.ac.uk you can browse 1000's of worldwide and UK public sector vacancies and other jobs in central government, local government, charities, research councils, NHS, healthcare, education and not for profit organisations.  Public Sector Jobs - Apply Online at jobs.ac.uk

Ealing and Hounslow community voluntary service - Volunteering - Ealing and Hounslow CVS (ehcvs.org.uk)

NCVO - NCVO - I want to volunteer

Reach Volunteering - Reach Volunteering

Do-it.org - Do IT | Connecting people to do good things

Team London volunteering - Welcome to Team London volunteering | Team London

Get volunteering - Greater London - Get Volunteering

The Adecco Group provides services covering temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition and talent development as well as business process outsourcing and consulting.   As for staffing, The Adecco Group covers many sectors, including office, industrial, technical, financial and legal, amongst others.

Adecco UK

160 The Centre, Feltham TW13 4BS

Tel:  020 8890 0286

Jobs Recruitment and Employment Agency | Adecco UK

Adecco Recruitment Solutions

9-11 New Square Park, Feltham TW14 8HA

Tel:  020 8824 4251

Adecco UK   

350 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5TA

Tel:  020 8994 5588adecco.co.uk

Reed also offers training, outsourcing and HR consultancy services. 

Reed Employment Solutions                                                      

178 High Street, Hounslow TW3 1HL                                         

52 Bath Road, : 020 8572 2661                                                                         

Tel:  020 8572 2661

Reed Hounslow West Reed Employment

352 Bath Road, Hounslow TW4 7HW

 Tel:  020 8572 2661

6 Broadstreet Place, (On Blomfield Street) London, EC2M 7JH

0207 256 6515

info@coyles.co.uk

Hygeia, First Floor, 66-68 College Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1BE

0208 861 3000

info@coyles.co.uk

Morgan Hunt is a nationwide recruitment business with a quality-assured reputation for staffing solutions that result in placing talented people into the UK public, private, and not for profit sectors. From managed service to contingent recruitment methods we deliver our clients value in nine key sectors including charity, education, finance, housing, government, professional services, property & construction, social care & health, and technology.

London site

Email: info@morganhunt.com

Tel: 0207 419 8900

Address: 9th Floor, 125 London Wall London, EC2Y 5AS

https://www.morganhunt.com/

Heathrow Airport,

D'Albiac House,

1st Floor 1035-1037, Cromer Rd, Longford,

Hounslow TW6 1SD

0208 8978851

UK jobs and recruitment (hays.co.uk)

Manpower agencies are companies that provide placement services. Their main objective is to help individuals who are seeking employment get placed in good organizations with suitable job profiles. In other words, these companies help organizations with their human resources

London Manpower Services

54 New Heston Rd, London TW5 0LJ

Tel:  020 8577 9944

Job search, Staffing and Recruitment - Manpower UK

Heathrow Airport

Aviation, Industrial, Commercial, Catering & Driving

Vista Business Centre

50 Salisbury RoadMiddlesexTW4 6JQ

Telephone: 020 8538 0121/Fax: 020 8538 0122

Email: heathrow@premierworksupport.co.uk

We are one of the leading providers of online benefit calculators in the UK today. We help people determine what they can claim from national and local government via our self-serve calculators.

Our calculators are authoritative and accurate and we are entirely independent of government. We provide a reliable estimate of benefit entitlements based on our in-depth knowledge of the UK's social security system. By using our online benefits calculators, users can determine whether they are receiving the right amount of money in their benefit claims, whether they are eligible for other types of benefits, as well as understand what their position will be as Government welfare reforms take effect.

For benefits calculation assessment.  click the link to start the assessment: Where you live (entitledto.co.uk)

Turn2us helps people in financial need gain access to welfare benefits, charitable grants and other financial help – online, by phone and face to face through our partner organisations.

Benefits calculator -  Use our free and confidential Benefits Calculator to find out what benefits you are entitled to claim.

Turn2us Benefits Calculator

Citizen Advice Bureau 

Universal Credit - Help to claim project

Help to Claim service can support you in the early stages of your Universal Credit claim. Call us free: 0800 144 8 444 (England)

Benefits information

These pages give you information on benefits and tax credits if you are working or unemployed, sick or disabled, a parent, a young person, an older person or a veteran. There is also information about council tax and housing costs, national insurance, payment of benefits and problems with benefits.

Get Advice - Citizens Advice Hounslow (hounslowcabs.org.uk)

Employment & Benefits Support - Universal Credit info

These pages provide information about the changes the government has brought in to support people who are already claiming benefits, need to claim benefits, or are at risk of losing their job as a result of coronavirus. Use the links at the top of this page to find the information you need about Universal Credit and other benefits.

Employment and benefits support - Understanding Universal Credit

Gingerbread Single Parent Helpline

Gingerbread provides advice and practical support for single parents, including advice on benefits and tax credits.

You can call free on 0808 802 0925 (Monday: 10am to 6pm, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10am to 4pm, Wednesday: 10am to 1pm and 5pm to 7pm). Or go to the Gingerbread website

Advice & support for single parents | Gingerbread

Welcome Welcome to the Citizens Advice Hounslow service. We provide free, confidential, impartial advice on welfare benefits, debt, housing, employment, consumer, relationship & family issues, immigration and other topics.

Free Legal Advice, Thursdays 5:00pm drop-in.  Housing: Free Legal Advice, Thursdays 5:00pm drop-in.  Family: Free Legal Advice, Drop In Thursdays 5:00pm.  Immigration: Free Legal Advice Drop In, Thursdays 5:00pm

Citizens Advice Hounslow                                         

Brentford & Chiswick Office                                       

Town Hall,                                                                      

Heathfield Terrace,                                                      

Chiswick W4 4JN     

Citizens Advice Hounslow       

Feltham Office     

2nd Floor, The Centre,                               

High Street,                                                                                       

Feltham TW13 4GU

Jobcentre Plus provides resources to enable job-searchers to find work, through Jobpoints (touch-screen computer terminals), Jobseeker Direct (telephone service) and the Jobcentre Plus website. They offer information about training opportunities for the chronically unemployed. They administer claims for benefits such as Income Support, Incapacity Benefit, and Jobseeker's Allowance (currently being phased out in favour of Universal Credit).

Here you can find your local job centre offices in and around Hounslow. Your local job centre can administer claims Jobseeker's Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance and Income Support. Hounslow Jobcentre Plus 10 Montague Road Hounslow Middlesex United Kingdom TW3 1LL Telephone: 0800 169 0190

Local authority’s services and information of the London Borough of Hounslow.

Benefits. HB, CTS, DHP, DLCP, Housing: Homelessness, Private Sector issues, Health & Community Care: Social Services

Age UK Hounslow - Befriending & activities for older people - Welcome to Age UK Hounslow

MInd - Mental health support - Home - Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind (hfehmind.org.uk)

Each - Counselling services, alcohol and drugs problems, difficulty coping with life. - EACH Counselling and Support - providers of culturally specific support for 26 years

Shelter - Advice on Housing Rights and Homelessness - Shelter - The housing and homelessness charity

St Mungos - Homelessness support and recovery - Homeless Charity - St Mungo's (mungos.org)

Step Change - Help with debt problems - StepChange Debt Charity - Free Expert Debt Advice.

Money Advice - Advice and help on money and finances, mortgage advice - Free and impartial help with money, backed by the government | MoneyHelper

Clinks - Ex offenders, criminal justice system and many more providers - Homepage | Clinks

Scope - We provide practical information and emotional support when it's most needed. - Home | Disability charity Scope UK

Nacro - Ex offenders, Justice; Education; Campaigns, policy & research; Service finder; Health; Housing; Quick guide; Criminal record advice; Courses and training 

A Social Justice Charity | Nacro

• Located in Brentford - Welcome to Hounslow Community FoodBox Hounslow Community FoodBox (hounslowfoodbox.org.uk)
• Feltham - Storehouse — Riverside Vineyard
• Hounslow West - Love Jesus, Love Hounslow West - https://www.hopehounslow.org.uk/foodbanks
• Feltham -  Feltham FoodBank | Helping Those In Need
• Richmond - https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-help/find-a-foodbank/richmond/ , https://richmond.foodbank.org.uk/

Service offered: Careers advice and guidance, and advice/signposting on a range of other issues (eg homelessness, health, benefits) for young people aged 14-19 years (up to 25 for young people with special needs) and their parents. Vacancy service for young people. Resource library with internet access open to the public. Limited service for people aged 20+.

Search for apprenticeship opportunities and filter by employer, location or interest. Learn more about apprenticeships.

Get free help and support. Call 08000 150 400 Email nationalhelpdesk@apprenticeships.gov.uk. 

As experts on youth employment and unemployment, we are ideally placed to understand the complex landscape facing young people, employers and policy makers.

We are actively tackling youth unemployment by:

• Giving young people a voice on the youth employment issues that affect them
• Supporting young people with the skills and careers support they need to progress
• Supporting employers to develop and be recognised for their youth friendly employment practice
• Connecting young people to Youth Friendly Employers
• Providing expert insight across all youth employment policy areas

Careers advice

All of our courses are geared towards equipping you with the skills and confidence you need to get into work. But, if you're looking for some extra careers advice, here's the place to start.

Careers advice | Who else can help | The Prince's Trust (princes-trust.org.uk)

London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham - H&F WorkZone service is here to support Hammersmith & Fulham residents back into work

Contact details at info@workzoneonline.co.uk or call 020 8753 6773.

WorkZone | LBHF

London borough of Brent - Find more information and advice, or to register for Keep Brent Working Employment Support Brent Works is the place to find your next Job.   Telephone: 0208 937 6295/Contact Us: brent.works@brent.gov.uk

Brent Portal

London borough of Hillingdon -  Employment services for the borough

Belina GRoW (getreadyforwork.org) 

Home | Pathway's LDN (pathwaysldnltd.com)

Work Hounslow requires One Proof of Address (valid within 3 months) and One Proof of ID.

1 Proof of Address – Bank Statement, Credit Card Statement, Utility bill, DWP letter, HMRC letter, Council tax and etc (3 months or less)

1 Proof of ID – Valid Passport/Drivers Licence/Full Birth Certificate/National ID card

Please check list for further details.  Proof of identity checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

No recourse to public funds (NRPF) is a standard condition applied to those staying here with a temporary immigration status to protect public funds.  This means they have no entitlement to the majority of welfare benefits, including income support, housing benefit and a range of allowances and tax credits.

• Once you have registered on the system. 
• One of the Admin team members will contact you within 1-2 days to complete the registration and to follow up any vacancy applied for. 
• After you have fully registered including providing 1 proof of address and ID. 
• Then you are allocated to adviser to support you with your journey into employment and training.

Work Hounslow is providing drop in services across the borough. Check out our latest news page for information on this weeks drop in services or visit one of the London Borough of Hounslow's social media feeds. 

Alternatively contact our team at Work Hounslow by email or telephone.