The following two sites include detailed profiles for a very wide range of job types with links to contacts and further resources.

Occupations section of the Graduate Prospects website – the key UK site for graduate careers information.  This offers in-depth profiles on a wide range of graduate job types and advice on how to get into them.

TotalProfessions.com :  This site brings together information that Professional Bodies provide on professional careers, routes of entry, internships, graduate schemes and professional qualifications as well as available funding to gain professional qualifications.

Most graduate employers are interested in the broad range of skills you have gained during your time at university, not just your subject.  So you will most probably find there are many more options open to you than you may have imagined.

Some further sites to help you get started:

http://targetjobs.co.uk/graduate-jobs/ - TARGET Job

http://www.insidecareers.co.uk - Inside Careers 

The JobCrowd offers reviews of many different jobs written by employees at top companies.  Short of doing a job yourself, this is a great way to find out what's really involved on a day to day basis.

See our online guidance page with links to Internet-based tools that enable you to:

• build a profile of your interests, skills, qualifications and work values,
• match your profile with possible career options that you could explore further,
• develop your career  ideas.

Career Unlocker is another online tool to help you unlock your career ideas and make decisions.

Our Ethical Careers page offers information that can help you explore the types of careers and organisations that relate to your work values.

While you are exploring different types of work, you may wish to think about how you want to work - e.g.

Flexible working:  Options to help fit your work around other commitments and create a better work/life balance - see information on the Graduate Prospects website.

Self employment:  If you are interested in working for yourself, see the Entrepreneurship section of our site.

You might be interested in finding out how to use time out or a gap year for personal and career development.