What is National Careers Week?
promotes careers guidance across the UK. It happens in early March each year, with this year's event running from 4-9 March 2024.
Head to Bitesize Careers' tips and inspiration page to explore our NCW content and find out how we can help you decide on your next steps.
Scroll down for a handy guide to what's available.
NCW 2024: New content
We've launched a new series of content to coincide with National Careers Week:
- Videos
- Job swap 鈥 watch Dr Ranj swaps jobs with Radio 1 DJ Charlie Tee 鈥 can they smash it in a totally different role?
- From hobby to career 鈥 meet three young people who turned their passions and interests into jobs
- Video podcast 鈥 join Radio 1 presenter Katie Thistleton for three special episodes of The Bitesize Careers Podcast. Hear from young workers and award-winning careers experts to get inspired about what your future career could look like
- Quizzes 鈥 see if you can suss out which school subjects can lead to which careers with our Can you guess the job? quiz
- Top 10 jobs list 鈥 find out which jobs teenagers want to do the most, and loads of interesting insights about motivations, ambitions and worries, as we reveal the results of our big Bitesize Careers survey on Wednesday 28th February.
NCW 2024: Themed days
We鈥檒l have themed days from Monday-Friday during NCW. We'd love for you to join us each morning throughout the week, but if that's not possible the content can be explored at a day or time that suits you better. The themes will include the content mentioned above, and more. Here's what's planned for each day:
- Motivation Monday 鈥 exploring which jobs you may enjoy and why
- Talented Tuesday 鈥 linking your passions to possible future jobs
- Working World Wednesday 鈥 getting a glimpse behind the scenes of real jobs
- Throwback Thursday 鈥 hearing real-life stories of young people who've turned their long-loved hobbies and interests into jobs
- Your Future Friday 鈥 identifying your career goals and how to achieve them.
If you're a teacher, there is a new with activity ideas for how you could use the content in your lessons and form time.
Year-round content
There's lots of helpful content to explore all year on Bitesize Careers.
Not sure where to start? Check out the pages below for some inspiration.
- Jobs that use鈥 鈥 explore jobs by school subject. Where could your favourite subject take you?
- Careers in鈥 鈥 browse jobs by sector (job area), like "Education and childcare" and "Healthcare and frontline services"
- Careers A to Z 鈥 all our job profiles in one place. Each profile is a chance to hear from a young person doing that role
- Skills and qualities 鈥 find out more about skills for the work place and beyond. Get top tips for CVs, applications and interviews.
More from Bitesize Careers
Job inspiration: Careers in healthcare and frontline services. collectionJob inspiration: Careers in healthcare and frontline services
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Job inspiration: Careers in media collectionJob inspiration: Careers in media
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Jobs in sport: Working at Wimbledon. videoJobs in sport: Working at Wimbledon
Five young people talk about their roles at Wimbledon, showing just how many people takes 鈥 working across job sectors 鈥 to host a major sporting event.