Career Opportunities - sorted by topics

• Job Vacancies (Industry and Academia)
• Companies: Recruitment
• Companies: Consultancies
• Companies: High Tech
• Companies: Other
• Information Technology
• Engineering
• Life Sciences
• Geosciences
• Human and Social Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Mathematics
• Patent offices and related information
• Grants and funding opportunities
• UK Career Offices
• Various other links

Job Vacancies on the Web (Industry and Academia)

• Academic jobs in the EU
• antiphon: jobs
• BiomedNet Jobs - free membership required
• Campus Voice - "Campus Voice is the first European Internet site which unites European universities, European students and European businesses"
• Career Builder, an interesting site with information of how to manage your career, suceed at work, find jobs
• Career Magazine
• CareerMosaic
• Career Path
• CareerWeb
• CFD Jobs, for people interested in mechanical engineering - fluid mechanics jobs (contains loads of links).
• City IT Jobs
• COS - Community of Science. A collaborative network of scientists and their institutions where you can post your job profile.
• Eures: EC jobserver with jobsearches in English, French or German 
• Eurojobs
• European Chemical Society 
• exec-appointments.com, jobsite for career, interim and contract positions
• FASEB Career Resources
• European Patent Office
• Financial Aid Search Through the Web - search for scholarships
• HR Careers - Job Seekers Home Page
• GlobalEnergyJobs energy industry
• JobLine (worldwide)
• JobPilot (mainly Western Europe and USA, also Asia)
• Jobsite - Jobs in Computing, Engineering, Marketing, Accountancy, Sales, Banking. 
• Job Universe .Com - IT jobs worldwide, mainly Western europe and USA
• Jobware International (worldwide)
• JobWeb - Linking jobs, job seekers, and job-search information
• MCFA - jobs on the internet
• Monster.com (Western europe - North America - Pacific Rim)
• Nature Scientific Recruitment - Scientific vacancies around the world 
• Nature Jobs
• newmonday.com
• Net-Temps
• Overseas Jobs - a comprehensive guide to work abroad, overseas employment and international careers
• PhDs.org - Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources
• PhysicsJobs, from the Institute of Physics 
• Response Centre, UK and international links to job adverts, i.e. some sort of "external" job opportunities pages.
• Science Careers
• Science's Next Wave program - "an electronic network for the next generation of scientists"
• Jobs adverts in Science Magazine
• Stepstone (mainly Western Europe, also India, a little bit worldwide)
• Totaljobs
• Topjobs 
• www.worldwideworker.com
• www.lesliecorp.com
• Vacancies in International Organisations
• Yahoo! Business and Economy jobs
• Zebrafish, post doc positions on the Web

 

Companies: Recruitment

• Careers in Europe

 

Companies: Consultancies

• Andersen Consulting
• Arthur D. Little
• Bain and Company
• Booz·Allen & Hamilton
• International Staffing Consultants, Inc.
• The Boston Consulting Group - management consultancy
• EDS - an IT consultancy
• Gemini Consulting - management consultancy
• KPMG
• McKinsey & Company

 

Companies: High Tech

• Ericsson
• Microsoft
• Nokia
• Philips

Companies: Other

• Procter&Gamble Worldwide
• Procter&Gamble Western Europe
• Unilever

 

Engineering

• JustEngineers.Net - mainly engineering jobs (obviously) - 90% in the UK
• www.thecareerengineer.com - Leading recruitment website dedicated to the UK engineering industry

 

Information Technology

• ACM - Career Opportunities
• The ComputerJobs Store, Inc.
• Information Technology Employment Opportunities (USA)
• IT & Accountancy Jobs Ltd - Specialists in recruitment consultancy
• JobEngine
• JobServe - The largest source of IT vacancies in the UK
• Job Universe .Com - IT jobs worldwide, mainly Western europe and USA

 

Human and Social Sciences

• Social Service Jobs,Social Work Jobs;SocialService.Com
• Links to Job Search Resources for Social Workers
• Social Science Research Grapevine
• Human Services Career Network

 

Life Sciences

• BiomedNet Jobs
• Biomedscientist Jobs
• Biotechfind - Biotech Industry Search Engine and Career Center
• Biotech Europe
• Experimental Medicine Job Listing (EMJL)
European Bioinformatics Institute
• Vacant positions at the European Molecular Biology Organisation
• Futurebiojobs
• HUM-MOLGEN Positions in Biosciences and Medicine
• Life Sciences
• LifeSciencesWorld
• mobility.embo.org - databases of grants, jobs, and scientific partners in Life Sciences
• Pharmajobs, a job market for the global biotech, chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
• Pharmiweb, Careers in pharmaceutical industries.
• SciDocs
• Science Solutions

 

GeoSciences

• Geosciences Employment Opportunities
• GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote Sensing
• Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Employment Opportunities

 

Chemistry

• Careers page of the Chemical Society
• ChemCenter Home Page
• Chemistry & Industry Magazine

 

Physics

• PhysicsJobs, from the Institute of Physics 
• Physics Job Announcements

 

Mathematics

• Math jobs, Math Jobs worldwide
• European Women in Mathematics

Patent offices and related information

• European Patent Office 
• List of European Patent offices (note: some of these patent offices provide useful information on fees and patent filing)
• The IBM Patent Server with all US patents since 1971 
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• Other patent related links

 

Grants and funding opportunities

• The Daphne Jackson Memorial Fellowship Trust; for women or men who have had to take a substantial career break for family commitments, there are UK-based Daphne Jackson Fellowships enabling a return to an active appropriate career in science, engineering and technology. 
• Die Forschungsfibel, German/European grants 
• Science NextWave's GrantsNet, a database with more than 350 funding opportunities!

 

Various other links

• Campus Voice - "Campus Voice is the first European Internet site which unites European universities, European students and European businesses in a single media." - recently launched by Edith Cresson
Financial Aid Search Through the Web - search for scholarships
• Career Builder, an interesting site with information of how to manage your career, suceed at work, find jobs
• International wage and job centre
• PhDs.org - Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources
• EU recruitment - EU recruitment site
• Science's Next Wave program - "an electronic network for the next generation of scientists"
• Jobpilot (mainly Western Europe and USA, also Asia)
• Stepstone (mainly Western Europe, also India, a little bit worldwide)
• Jobware International (worldwide)
• Materials Sciences Jobs Page