There’s a whole world of jobs out there. Jobs you know. Jobs you don’t. And jobs your teachers and other adults have never heard of either.

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  • Links to the National Careers Service, so you can find summaries of hundreds of jobs we haven’t featured yet.

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Youth offending team officer

Youth offending team officers work to prevent children and young people under 18 from offending and reoffending.

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Child protection officer

Child protection officers promote children's wellbeing and protect them from harm or abuse.

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Play therapist

Play therapists help children to make sense of difficult life experiences, or complex psychological issues through play.

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Residential support worker

Residential support workers look after the physical and mental wellbeing of children or vulnerable adults in care.

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Senior care worker

Senior care workers provide physical and emotional support to individuals and supervise teams of care assistants.

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Marketing executive

Marketing executives promote a company's products, services or brand.

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Project Engagement Lead

Say hello to Yele, a 25-year-old project engagement lead at The Eve Appeal — a charity that spreads awareness around and funds research into gynaecological cancer. Here, she tells us about her role, how she got there and why it’s so important.

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Social Media Community Manager

Meet Demitri, a social media community manager. He spoke to us about figuring out life after uni, breaking into his industry and the perks of his job.

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Line Producer

Meet Katherine, a line producer on TV productions. Here she tells us all about life working on a TV set, how to get your foot in the door and the importance of asking questions.

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Almost 2 million people in the UK are freelancers, or freelance workers. In a world of 9-to-5s and office-based jobs, they march to the beat of their own business drum. 🤔 But what does it mean to be a freelancer? And should you become one?

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The Girl Boss is dead. Make way for the ✨ Lazy Girl ✨. Almost ten years on from peak #girlboss era, the popularity of the #lazygirljob hashtag on TikTok (over 17 million views) suggests that young people are now happy doing the bare minimum at work. But there’s a bit more to it. We explored the trend and spoke to a careers coach to get to the bottom of whether Gen Z really are lazy.

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🧑‍💻 Hybrid work. It’s a phrase you might have seen or heard. But what actually is it? Why do people do it? And is it the right style of work for you?

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