National Careers Week 2026 with Skills Launchpad Plymouth

National Careers Week (Monday 2 to Saturday 7 March) will see organisations across the country working to increase awareness and excitement around career opportunities, inspiring people of all ages on their journeys. 

Here in Plymouth, our workforce of over 110,000 people continues to grow. Throughout the week, Skills Launchpad Plymouth will be championing careers digitally as well as through themed events, and support sessions focusing on the city’s growth sectors. 

Localised digital resources 

The Skills Launchpad Plymouth website hosts localised resources based on age – click here for the Youth Hub and here for the Adult Hub – as well as resources for key sectors (click here), including business services, construction and the built environment, creative industries, digital, education and childcare, engineering and manufacturing, the green economy, health and social care, marine and defence, public services, and tourism, hospitality and retail. 

In addition to these pages, the news and events page and social media channels will have a Careers Week takeover as the team showcases key sectors and highlights priority skills and roles within the city. 

National Careers Week activities 

Based on the first floor of Cobourg House on Mayflower Street, Skills Launchpad Plymouth will be hosting sector drop-in sessions from Monday to Friday between 10am and 3pm. Additional activities including sessions from Monday to Friday between 10am and 3pm. Additional activities include: 

• Monday: Caring Plymouth careers in health and social care drop-in session 

• Tuesday: Building Plymouth careers drop-in session with Clarion Futures 

• Wednesday: Youth Hub careers drop-in session for 16 to 24-year-olds 

• Thursday: Adult Hub careers appointments specifically for adults aged 25+ (email to book) 

• Friday: Welcoming Plymouth 'meet the employers' drop-in session 

See the calendar below for more details. 

Alongside the support available at Skills

Launchpad Plymouth, the weeklong Building Plymouth Open Sites Week is also taking place, enabling school groups, university students, military service leavers and job seekers to explore the fantastic careers available in construction and the built environment. This action-packed week is now fully booked but do keep an eye on the Building Plymouth Facebook page for a flavour of what participants got up to.   

For more information on National Careers Week, visit our dedicated page: www.skillslaunchpadplym.co.uk/national-careers-week