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Sector Skills Councils: Each industry sector has its own skills council.

Labour Market Information

This link will take you to the recent LMI reports prepared by each of the sector skills councils.It covers in detail the sector / employment trends and forecasts by job role and region together with information on pay, skills shortages, emerging jobs etc.

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PROFESSIONAL BODIES

The Association for Information Management.

The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) recognises that counsellors and psychotherapists wished to belong to a united profession that could meet the commonality of interests for both counselling and psychotherapy.

The British Computer Society (BCS) is the industry body for IT professionals and a Chartered Engineering Institution for Information Technology (IT).

British Psychological Society With over 40,000 members, The British Psychological Society (BPS) is the representative body for psychologists and psychology in the UK.

Chartered Institute of Marketing - The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is the world's largest professional marketing body. They aim to develop the marketing profession, maintain professional standards and improve the skills of marketing practitioners. http://www.cim.co.uk/cim/index.cfm

ifs School of Finance - The ifs School of Finance is a registered charity and one of the leading bodies for the provision of both education and life-long career support services to the financial services industry. http://www.ifslearning.ac.uk/home/default.cfm

Chartered Insurance Institute - The CII is the professional organisation for those working in the insurance and financial services industry. http://www.cii.co.uk/cii.aspx

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants is a leading membership body that offers an internationally recognised professional qualification in management accountancy. http://www.cimaglobal.com/cps/rde/xchg/live/root.xsl/index.htm

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy - CIPFA is one of the leading professional accountancy bodies in the UK and the only one which specialises in the public sector. http://www.cipfa.org.uk/

The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is the leading professional and examining body for scientists, engineers, other environmental professionals, students and those committed to the sustainable management and development of water and the environment. http://www.ciwem.org/

Engineering Council - The Engineering Council is responsible for regulating the engineering profession in the UK. http://www.engc.org.uk/

Institute of Chartered Accountants - The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales is the largest professional accountancy body in Europe, with over 127,000 members. http://www.icaew.co.uk/

Institution of Chemical Engineers - The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) is the professional body for chemical and process engineers. http://www.icheme.org.uk/

Institution of Civil Engineers - The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is a charity that exists to promote and progress civil engineering. http://www.ice.org.uk/homepage/index.asp

Institution of Electrical Engineers - The IEE is an innovative international organisation for electronics, electrical, manufacturing and IT professionals. http://www.theiet.org/

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining - Official website from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. http://www.iom3.org/

Faculty/Institute of Actuaries - The Institute of Actuaries in represents the actuarial profession in the UK and its members worldwide. http://www.actuaries.org.uk/Display_Page.cgi?url=/index.html

Forensic Science Society - The Forensic Science Society is an international professional body with members in over 60 countries. http://www.forensic-science-society.org.uk/

Institute of Personnel and Development - The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is the professional body for those involved in the management and development of people. http://www.forensic-science-society.org.uk/

Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE are an independent registered charity that works with people and organisations throughout the social care sector to identify useful information, research and examples of good practice. http://www.scie.org.uk/

Society of Manufacturing Engineers - The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is dedicated to bringing people and information together to advance manufacturing knowledge. http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/getsmepg.pl?/new-sme.html&&&SME&

Law Society - The Law Society is the regulatory and representative body for 116,000 solicitors in England and Wales. http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/home.law

Library Association - CILIP is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers working in all sectors. http://www.cilip.org.uk/default.cilip

Training and Development Agency for Schools - The Training and Development Agency for Schools (the TDA) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Education and Skills www.tda.gov.uk