National Careers Week (NCW) promotes careers guidance across the UK. It happens in early March each year, with this year's event running from 2-7 March 2026.

Head to Bitesize Careers' tips and inspiration page for our NCW content.

Scroll down for a handy guide to what's coming up.

• What is your perfect job?
• Which apprenticeship would suit you best?
• How do your job choices compare to the crowd?
• Can you guess the job? (Which school subjects can lead to which careers?)
• How could AI affect your job?
• How much do you know about apprenticeships?
• Can you beat our tricky games industry quiz?

• Join Radio 1 presenter Katie Thistleton for the latest series 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.

• Get prepped for applications with our new CV toolkit and cover letter toolkit.

• 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 this year's big Bitesize Careers survey.

• Careers 'how to guides' – seven animated guides on how to get into some of the top careers on the Bitesize Careers Survey 2026.
• Sara Davies Career Talk 2026 – Entrepreneur and former Dragons' Den star Sara Davies talks about her career, AI, and apprenticeships.
• Job Detective – watch Emma-Louise Amanshia try and guess the jobs of people in the gaming and AI healthcare industry.
• Job swap – watch Dr Ranj swaps jobs with Radio 1 DJ Charlie Tee – can they smash it in a totally different role?
• From hobby to career – meet three young people who turned their passions and interests into jobs.

We’ve got themed days from Monday-Friday during NCW but the content can be explored at any day or time that suits you. Click the link below for teacher notes offering short, pre-planned activity suggestions for use in tutor time or subject lessons, with the following themes:

• Matchday Monday – Careers in sport and football.
• Justice Tuesday – Careers in law.
• Wisdom Wednesday – Careers in education.
• Tech Tactics Thursday – Careers in engineering.
• Medical Marvels Friday – Careers in healthcare and medicine.