P655 Teletext 655 May26 08:11:02 ADVICE —————————————————————————————— — GOING FOR RETAIL Dear Mike I am taking a BTEC National in Business and Finance, and am interested in joining the retail trade when I finish as a trainee store manager. I am undertaking a project for the course on "Opportunities in Retail" and would bj grateful if you could screen where I could get information for both my course and my ambition. Carla, Leeds ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— Have you got a careers query? Write to: MIKE DRUMMOND, Teletext, PO Box 297, London SW6 1XT Unemployed? Training Vacancies GamesP655 Teletext 655 May26 08:12:18 ADVICE —————————————————————————————— — GOING FOR RETAIL Mike replies Ask your Careers Service for free information leaflets on retail opportunities. Your Careers Service can also give you information about possible training opportunities when you leave. See two Kogan Page publications: "Careers in Retailing" and "Running Our Own Shop". Both should be available at bookshops. ——————————————————————————————————2/4—— Have you got a careers query? Write to: MIKE DRUMMOND, Teletext, PO Box 297, London SW6 1XT Unemployed? Training Vacancies GamesP655 Teletext 655 May26 08:11:44 ADVICE —————————————————————————————— — GOING FOR RETAIL Mike replies Hobsons publish the "Marketing Retailing and Sales Casebook" - again available to order from book sellers. You can write for information on opportunities in retail to the British Shops and Stores Association (BSSA), Middleton House, 2 Main Road, Middleton Chjrnjy, Oxfordshire, OX17 2TN and The National Retail Training Council (NRTC), Bedford House, 69-79 Fulham High Street, London, SW6 3JQ. ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— Have you got a careers query? Write to: MIKE DRUMMOND, Teletext, PO Box 297, London SW6 1XT Unemployed? Training Vacancies GamesP655 Teletext 655 May26 08:15:54 ADVICE —————————————————————————————— — GOING FOR RETAIL Mike replies The Distributive Industries Training Trust (DIRT* publish "A Guide to Careers, Retailing and Wholesaling." Write to the DIRT for a copy, at 5 Bridge Street, Bishops, Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2JU. Also write for information to the Institute of Grocery Distribution, Grange Lane, Ljtchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD2 8DQ. ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— Have you got a careers query? Write to: MIKE DRUMMOND, Teletext, PO Box 297, London SW6 1XT Unemployed? Training Vacancies Games