Job Profiles

TV Presenters are the hosts of television programmes, and work on a huge range of subjects from history to news...

Do you want to be the next Frankie Boyle, Meera Syal, Mark Watson, Sarah Millican or Tom Rosenthal? Are you...

Nuclear chemists dedicate their professional lives to researching and understanding radioactive substances and nuclear processes, and then applying that expert...

An I.T. consultant is a technical specialist who works with clients across all kinds of businesses and industries. The consultant...

Drilling engineers are responsible for planning and executing drilling operations to extract minerals, metal ores, oil and natural gas across...

Ok, it may sound a tad obvious, but advice workers’ careers are all about providing neutral and dependable advice. These...

Is green your favourite colour? Do you have a keen interest in protecting the environment for current and future generations?...

If you fantasise about becoming the next Ari Gold (Vincent Chase’s agent in Entourage), you’re in the right place! Get ready...

There’s another way to work in television and it isn’t in front of the camera. Aside from the production crews...

District nursing is all about providing care in the community. These hardy souls venture out of the hospital setting and...

Paediatric nurses provide specialist nursing care for children. The majority of the UK’s paediatric nurses are employed by the NHS,...

A dispensing optician deals with the technical and retail aspect of the business. Simply put, a dispensing optician is the...

Bus Drivers are the people who transport Britain’s passengers around the country’s roads, offering a huge public service in the...

The clue is in the word “occupational”: these nurses specialise in providing healthcare in a workplace setting. An occupational health...

Basically, a writer is someone who writes for a living, creating fiction (e.g. novels, short stories, scripts for films, theatre...

Are you a veritable wordsmith of sorts? Can you produce good quality written pieces in a limited time frame? You...

A choreographer is like the director and the screenwriter of a film, all rolled in to one, but for dancers...

A stonemason doesn’t go at it hammer and tongs (or should that be hammer and chisel?), smashing away at bits...

Museum/gallery conservators are involved in the care, maintenance and conservation of historical and cultural artefacts which are owned by, and...

Do you want to be the next Alexander Fleming (the man who discovered penicillin)? Well then, you need to get...

Lighting technicians are often called ‘sparks’. These guys work in the film, TV and video production industries and are specially...

Do you want to be the next Richard Price (The Wire), John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator and Rango) or Sam Bain and Jesse...

Early years teachers (a.k.a. nursery teachers or pre-school teachers) are responsible for teaching pupils between the ages of three and...

Art therapists provide advice and counselling services for patients using various art disciplines as a medium of expression, healing and...

Animation is the art of creating moving images. This line of work is all about creating a series of individual...

Information scientists are the people who deal with the database of knowledge at any given organisation, and make sure that...

A cruise ship steward, or cabin steward, is a key part of the housekeeping staff on board a cruise ship,...

You’ve probably heard about the famous ‘mind-games’ used by Sir Alex Ferguson to rattle Kevin Keegan in 1996, thus enabling...

Hydrogeologists are expert scientists who specialise in the study of groundwater. These clever people monitor and analyse the movement, distribution...

Do you want to be the next Michael Phelps, Rebecca Adlington, or Ian ‘Thorpedo’ Thorpe? Well, you’re in the right...

(To the tune of the Ghostbusters theme song)  If you’ve pulled a muscle doing a slide tackle, who ya gonna...

Political research is not just about surrounding yourself with books in a stuffy library, brushing up on a bit of...

Do you love big, scary, twisty, turny, upside-downy rides? Is Thorpe Park your favourite place on the planet? Do you...

An economist applies specialist knowledge to real-world events and developments, providing vital insights into their financial, political and social impact....

Funnily enough, commodity brokers deal in physical commodities. Essentially, these expert traders broker commodity contracts on behalf of companies. Typically...

Visual merchandisers are in charge of creating attractive visual displays in retail outlets. These guys make shops look the way...

At its very core, the job of a medical sales representative is to advertise, market and distribute a specific pharmaceutical...

Social science researchers are the maestros of research into (yes, you’ve guessed it) social science areas. They spend their days...

As a chartered tax adviser (CTA), your role within the company is to keep the company abreast of all legal...

There’s no denying it; some people are nutty about trains. There’s something about chugging engines that can get even the...

Training and development (T&D) officers fall under the umbrella of human resources. They design, conduct and initiate relevant T&D programmes...

When companies are building new offices, or even just modernising their existing ones, a vast amount of architectural design and...

Press sub-editors are the kings and queens of readability. Working in the world of print (newspapers and magazines) and online...

The creative departments of advertising agencies tend to be split into two core teams: the art workers and the copywriters....

This role is pretty much as complicated as it sounds. Cytogenetics involves the study of cells, cellular systems, and genetics....

Stagehands, who are also known as stage technicians, are the people who help out on set for TV shows, film...

Building surveyors are professionally qualified specialists in different aspects of building construction, including: - The safety and condition of existing...

Scientific sales consultants work in a specialist area of B2B (business-to-business) sales, which involves selling scientific products, such as industrial...

Consulting civil engineers provide expert advice on the design, planning and management of civil construction projects, covering all types of...

Primary school teachers are responsible for teaching approved national curriculum subjects to pupils aged 5-11, guiding them through what is...