Posted By Sean Fraser Ryan, Don't think you could be doing much more than you already do. Lack of experience is only something that can be solved by getting experience through suitable positions, hence the seemingly Catch-22 position. Just keep perservering and be prepared to consider anything and everything. If you haven't already done so, put the same details on the Careers forum but to be honest, I doubt there is anyone who reads that board who hasn't already seen your post here on this one, but just in case it has been overlooked . . . Find out who your nearest employment agencies are - you might hit paydirt and find one who specialises in H&S personnel who you can visit and discuss your career aspirations. Try the national specialists as well - a scroll through any search engine will reveal who they are, or even a troll through back-posts on the fourms here will reveal useful URLs to follow up. If you have a particular industry in mind, find out who the main players are and who is close to you, then visit their websites for any vacancies. Note that some may not take CVs direct - for example, Shell use a careers website called oilcareers.com as their preferred route for "screening" candidates. One way to find possible organisations is to look up trade associations and look at their memebership list - this could give you some ideas and some even provide email links direct to the member. If you do apply for jobs direct, follow up on rejections and ask why, with a view to improving your presentability. Hopefully they will be progressive enough to tell you if it was presentational (e.g. CV too wordy / too sparse etc.) or criterion based (e.g. not enough experience!). At least it gives you something to work on. And remember that current advice these days is to tailor the CV for each position applied for - relatively simple in these days of computers and word processing packages. Finally, if you aren't a member of IOSH - apply! The association with this august organisation goes a long way to supporting your application and will eventually guarantee your competence level to prosepctive employers. Stand by for an IOSH campaign to raise awareness in this particular area and improve on the recognition profile of members to all employers. Hope that helps and I wish you well in your endeavours.