Building a Tip Sheet for Laid Off Journalists (and others)

As part of the report on the #laidoff study, we’re compiling a list of online resources where you can find guides and advice about how to get back into the work force, re-tool your career and shift directions, or keep your current journalism jobs.

If you have suggestions for other sites or links we should include, please add those below or send them to me a FPNel @ uclan.ac.uk . Thanks.

Job Search Engines, Articles & Guides:

• Journalism.co.uk – tips on CV writing, preparing for an interview and more – as well as daily updates on jobs across the broader communications sector
• HoldtheFrontPage – jobs listings in the local and regional press.
• Jobs4journalists.co.uk – journalism jobs across the sector, across the UK
• Guardian Media Jobs - national and even international jobs
• How-Do – creative industry jobs in the Northwest
• UCLAN’s Andy Dickinson’s guide to digital job hunting.

What support is on offer for graduates of the University of Central Lancashire, home to the UK's oldest journalism programme?

• Careers advice and guidance by email, telephone or face-to-face
• Search for job opportunities and internships at 'myfutures'
• Careers resources to download
• Help with gaining relevant work-experience
• Events & workshops to help develop your skills
• Business start-up, freelance and self-employment advice , including office space

Training Sessions:

• Vision + Media - provide a range of activities to support media professionals in the Northwest.
• News University - training and courses for journalists, many of them free (project by the Poynter Institute)

How to Keep Your Job if You Still Have One:

• Keeping your Job in Journalism (from the Knight Digital Media Center)
• Tips on Keeping Your Print Journalism Job – some sober advice from a politically-incorrect hack.