Food Science
Job Profiles
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- Job Description and Typical Role Activities
- Salary and Conditions
- Entry Requirements
- Further Training or Professional Study Required
- Career Development Paths and Opportunities
- Typical Employers and Vacancy Sources
- Related Jobs
- Graduate Case Studies
- Useful Contacts and Further Resources
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Discover career options relevant to your degree subject on the Prospects website. Don't forget - a wide variety of career options are open to students with 'any degree' subject! Find out:
- What skills you have developed by studying your particular subject area
- What your job options are with your degree
- Which career areas do most graduates with your degree go into
- What further study options are open to you
- Useful contacts and further resources
Graduate Job Sites
Careers in Food and Drink
Has several vacancy search tools including (use non-hospitality ones for technical jobs) plus careers limited careers advice. Free careers magazine available
Food Manufacturing
Contains careers advice, a directory of companies as well as having a vacancy section (many jobs featured require experience but not all).
Food Recruitment
Online agency with jobs posting including a graduate section. Has an online CV hosting facility.
Just Food
Good for industry news and has job postings.
The Grocer
The UK’s main food periodical. Good for up-to-date news and opinions and has a job section though jobs are mainly non-technical (retail etc).
Management Development Services
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a graduate training programme for graduates wishing to enter the food industry.
Useful Links
The Right Info
Searchable online directory of food companies. Useful to search websites fro vacancies or to make speculative applications.
Scottish Food & Drink
Useful listings of Scottish companies plus industry news and events
Foodtechcareers
IIncludes information and case studies of careers in food
Fresh info
Iincludes food industry news and small jobs bulleting board
Institute of Food Science and Technology
Leading independent qualifying body for food professionals in Europe and the only professional body in the UK concerned with all aspects of food science and technology.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Main Government ministry for food with industry news and reports.
Food Production Daily
Iindustry news and RSS feeds. Useful links section for international searches and news.
UK's Institute of Food Research (IFR))
Independent research institute for food and health. Has jobs section.
The Right Info
Industry news plus a useful food company directory.
South Wales Food Laboratory
Independent Laboratory,specialising in Food Microbiology and Food Quality Control.
Improve
The sector skills council for the food industry.
Food Manufacture
Industry news and searchable food suppliers database.
Scottish Food and Drink Federation (SFDF)
Representational body for Scottish Food industry.
Food and Drink Federation
UK version of above
Food Standards Agency Scotland
Does what it says on the tin!