They're a fantastic company in the North East of England.

Clive Owen LLP are chartered accountants and business advisers and you can hear huge amounts of their careers wisdom on this episode that ties in with National Careers Week 2024.

Joe Vera-Sanso loves to be client focused and really enjoys grant work and finding the narrative of a business through its numbers.

Let him tell you his career story and give you advice on how to do what he does.

Incredibly knowledgable and with a great depth of experience, Bernie gives us the benefit of his insight into careers, the circumstances around our motivations and the choices we're faced with.

Calling on his book The Ladder, there's top advice at every turn and stuff that not only works for young people, but parents too.

Will Bagley is the Human Resources & Colleague Support Director for Richer Sounds, a High Street retailer with great ethics, vision and transparency amongst staff and customers.

LIsten in on Will's career story and some of the key attributes he recognises as being intrinsic to their line of business. Selling great home cinema and audio products means it's easy to be enthusiastic about the company - you can even holiday in one of their homes around the UK and Europe!

Then it's over to Nick Howes of LMI UK to pick up on the key points that will make a difference to you in your search for a great career.

It's just been the 2nd ever Green Careers Week and the Careers Podcast really wants to get under the skin of this fantastic event.

Nick Newman is on to talk about what it's achieved in schools in the UK and around the world and you'll also start to get a sense of where GCW could go in the future.

As ever, Nick Howes is on hand to do further into this growing sector and give you a clear sense of the job opportunities within it.

Nicky Sinker works for Auditel.

She'd worked in banking and law, but felt these roles weren't meeting with her sense of purpose.

Now Nicky works with other companies and agencies to reduce their carbon emissions and costs at the same time.

Hear her talk with passion about the way her organisation brings carbon solutions to the table - this is a master class in procurement and helping to save the planet.

It's the perfect scene setter to Green Careers Week.

Beam Development is the company formed by Dan Grimshaw.

With a wide range of specialisms, Dan and his team are at the vanguard of great design in house building.

Listen to Dan tell his career story, his thoughts and opinions on failure and hard work and what the opportunities are for a role like his.

Want to work in this sector?

Start with this podcast.

Tom Kivits-Murray works somewhere that's at the vanguard of virtual reality, augmented reality, visualisations and related fields.

Managing partner relations for Unity Technologies he's highly experienced in this tech and creativity led sector and is here to walk you through his career path.

From drama graduate to architectural fly throughs to VR for a castle that long disappeared from the Northamptonshire landscape, Tom is now involved in leading edge developments like the latest infotainment system for Mercedes Benz.

Maybe you'll be surprised at the parallels between dissecting a text or play and what it takes to do Tom's job!

Is this the job for you? Have a listen.

Encouraged by his parents to study for a joint honours degree, Richard Howe loved maps and could count geography as one of his strong subjects. Here, he picks over the kind of approach and attitude that really enhances your experience in higher education and guides you through his careers story.

Just what is a geographic information system and how can it show real world phenomena that will benefit ecology, organisations and society.

If you're choosing this career path, Richard is well worth a listen.

He directed Rowan Atkinson in both Johnny English Strikes Again and Man Vs Bee on Netflix and amongst other accolades has a BAFTA to his name for directing That Mitchell and Webb Look.

In a conversation suffused with his love of comedy, David Kerr runs the rule over the work of a director and imparts some standout advice for anyone considering this role.

Nick Howes from LMI UK highlights the qualities and attributes that need to be in place and you'll find out just how invaluable the Making of a Champion programme is.

Tom Palmer is a highly respected and acclaimed author of ( primarily ) children's books.

To date he's written 57 titles and that includes 6 award winning historical titles and 3 Puffin football series.

Listen as Tom lays out the steps he took to achieve his ambition.

If you aspire to be a writer, this is the episode for you.