Take a look at the amazing guests we have joining us for Career Conversations this year!
From award-winning authors to sustainability managers, our Career Conversations are designed to create lightbulb moments for children and young people, opening their eyes to the world of work by listening to real career stories from inspirational people.
We are so grateful to the incredible guests that will be joining us this year to help raise aspirations and spark some lightbulb moments of the next generation!
In January, we were joined by Kay Crewsdon, a weather presenter on BBC News North West. Over 2200 pupils joined the Career Conversation online to listen to Kay speak about her career as a weather presenter and what her job entails. We also got an incredible behind the scenes tour of BBC Studios from Kay, showing us a true day in her life!
In February, we were joined by Hari Parekh, a Clinical Psychologist (Pre-Registration) who joined us for Children’s Mental Health Week, to tell us all about his career, working at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. It was great to hear all about resilience and his journey into the profession of clinical psychology.
We have an exciting range of different careers to showcase this year, and we can’t wait for you to join us. Our upcoming 2025 guests include:
Barbara Henderson – Author (5th March 2025)
Barbara is an award-winning author of Scottish historical and eco-fiction for children and has written eleven books. Barbara will be a guest on our #CareerConversation ahead of World Book Day, to tell us all about creative writing and her career as an author.
Ross MacKenzie – Author (6th March 2025)
For World Book Day, we will be joined by Ross, multi-award-winning Scottish author of fantasy and adventure books for children. Ross won the Blue Peter Book Award for his highly acclaimed fantasy novel The Nowhere Emporium and has been writing stories since he was 7 years old. We can’t wait to hear what he has to say!
Vicki and Alex – Perfumer and Marketer (1st April 2025)
Vicki and Alex work for Carvansons, a global perfume and fragrance manufacturer. Alex is a Techinical Perfumer and Vicki is the Marketing Manager for Carvansons. We’re looking forward to hearing all about their careers and what their job involves.
Megan – Sustainability Manager (12th June 2025)
Megan is a Sustainability Manager for Kier Construction, an infrastructure services and construction company. She will be telling us all about her job role, with a focus on sustainability and social value.
Rachael – Account Manager (8th July 2025)
As an account manager, Rachael works for No Isolation who provide AV1 robots that help students who are absent from school, due to illness or other reasons. The robots join lessons and socialise with the class and teachers as a live broadcast back to the child who can’t be there in person.
A robot will join us on the call and Rachael will talk about how it works – we can’t wait!
Get involved…
W️ant to help us support schools to help children learn more about careers? Be one of our guests on our Career Conversations and share insight into your job! We would love for you to share your career story to help inspire the next generation! Get in touch today: Contact us – Positive Footprints
Are you a primary school interested in lighting the path to brighter futures for children and young people? Book a chat with us to find out more information and join a talk for free. Get in touch today: Contact us – Positive Footprints