Job Profiles

Are you a wannabe sea dog? Do you want to spend your professional life aboard a boat? Are you looking...

Are you fascinated by film? Do you find the television industry totally tantalising? Do you want to be the next...

There is common misconception that legal executives are not actually lawyers. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth! In...

Geographical information systems officers carry out the collection and analysis of geographical data generated by geographical information systems (GIS). GIS...

If the sight of blood makes you squeamish, this probably isn’t the career for you. Haematology is all about blood,...

Ofsted stands for the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. As an Ofsted inspector you would spend...

Sports administrators are responsible for carrying out administrative tasks across a wide range of functions within sports clubs and organisations....

Does your voice shatter windows when you belt out a high note? Can you “play the guitar just like ringing...

Compensation and benefits managers (a.k.a. payroll managers or rewards managers) are the human resource specialists that hold the purse strings....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In a nutshell, radio broadcast assistants are the dynamic, enthusiastic people that provide crucial assistance to radio producers and presenters...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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