Useful links

Employment legislation sites

• www.croner.co.uk
• www.dti.gov.uk
• www.bizhelp24.com - Useful advice for SME's

Market statistics / info for IT

• www.jobstats.co.uk
• www.computerweekly.com

Managers Tips

• www.bizhelp24.com/personal_development/body_language.shtml - what does your body language say about you?
• www.businessballs.com - this site is a mine of really useful information for managers; from advise on interview techniques to suggested formal letter layouts.

Profile Tools

• free quick Maslow hierarchy of needs self-test
  (based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs)
• free Skill Set and Behaviour self-assessment test
  (primarily for sales/commercial/business roles)
• free Personal Business Strengths Profile self-assessment
  (for self-awareness, interview and appraisal preparation)
• free handwriting (graphology) self-assessment quick-test
  (for graphology training, self-awareness, interview and appraisal preparation)
• www.haleonline.com
  offers a free personality test based on Myers Briggs theory
• www.businessballs.com
  Free team building exercise suggestions. This site also has a section on Kolbs learning styles.
• www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/aboutyourlearning/whatlearning.htm
  more information on learning styles.
• www.theworkingmanager.com/articles/detail.asp?ArticleNo=494
  detailed article on learning styles.

Associated Professional Bodies

• www.iap.org.uk - The Institution of Analysts and Programmers
• www.imis.org.uk- - The institute for the Management of Information Systems
• www.bcs.org/bcs - The British Computer Society
• www.pcg.org.uk  - The Professional Contractors Group
• www.rec.uk.com- The Recruitment & Employment Confederation