Career Discovery Week
Introducing public high school students to the world of work and the extraordinary range of career choices that New York City employers offer.

About Career Discovery Week
Launched in 2020 as a joint initiative between the Partnership for New York City and New York City Public Schools, Career Discovery Week brings high school students into some of the city’s most vibrant and important workplaces for exciting hands-on career exploration.
To date, more than 280 of the city’s major employers have joined forces to build a bridge from the city’s classrooms to its workplaces. More than 14,000 public high school students have had the chance to gain a better understanding of the future job opportunities available to them as they spend a day at worksites, learning about varied industries and wide-ranging career possibilities.
Career-Connected Learning
Career Discovery Week is part of FutureReadyNYC, a NYC Public Schools Student Pathways initiative that focuses on career-connected learning, and provides work-based learning opportunities and career exposure to high school students.
Schools have been matched with public and private sector employers based on alignment between curricula and industry sector: students from the Bronx Academy of Letters visited Hearst to learn about the world of publishing; students from the Business of Sports School visited the NBA; students from the Theatre Arts Production Company School participated in programming by the Shubert Organization.
Career Discovery Week builds on a 2018 research report developed by the Partnership and Oliver Wyman. It demonstrates the impact that the business community and employee volunteers can have on young people in New York City by exposing them to career paths.


Career Discovery Week Activities
The organizations hosting students come from a broad cross-section of New York City’s diverse and dynamic industry base in the public and private sector, including financial services, transportation, technology, media, aviation, consumer goods, real estate, health care, government, and entertainment.
Past hosts and activities include:
Amazon: Students participated in a speed networking activity, followed by workplace tours and an AI resume-building workshop.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.: Students participated in technology-themed career development programs, joined a build-a-thon with employee volunteers, and met with the data and analytics team to learn about their work.
NYSE: Students toured the historic stock exchange and presented mock company pitches.
Paramount: Students participated in a mobile phone filmmaking workshop and storyboarding activity, along with a career path panel and tours of the Paramount offices.
Pfizer: Students learned about scientific topics offered at Pfizer School of Science, toured the office, and met colleagues from across the company during a career exploration conversation.
Tapestry: Students toured the Hudson Yards Workshop and Atelier, learned about career paths across the organization, and participated in an interactive activity to map out their future careers.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority: Students participated in interactive career panels with employees from Metro North Railroad, NYC Transit, LIRR, and MTA Police Department, followed by a tour of Grand Central Terminal and a Canine Unit demonstration by the MTA Police Department.
Tishman Speyer – Students got a behind the scenes tour of Rockefeller Center and Radio Park, learned best practices for interviewing, and heard from employees with a range of career pathways during a panel and Q&A.
CAREER DISCOVERY WEEK IMPACT
280
Employers
14k
Public High School Students
5
Boroughs Reached
2026 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS
AB
Accenture
Allen & Company LLC
Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, LLC
Amazon
American International Group, Inc.
Barclays PLC
Brooklyn Navy Yard
BXP
Capital One
Cheil Agency Network
Citi
City Year New York
Coinbase
Con Edison
Condé Nast
Crowe LLP
Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Davis Polk
Deloitte
Deutsche Bank AG
Dow Jones
Early Warning Services
Eisner Advisory Group LLC
EmblemHealth Services LLC
EY
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
FGS Global
Fiserv
Fisher Brothers
Freshfields
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
General Atlantic
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Great Performances
Guggenheim Museum
Hearst
Heidrick & Struggles, Inc.
Hornblower/NYC Ferry
HSBC Bank USA
iMentor
Jamestown Properties LLC
JCDecaux North America
JetBlue Airways Corporation
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Kearney
KKR
KPMG LLP
Kyndryl Inc.
Lafayette 148 New York
LaGuardia Gateway Partners
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lazard
Legal Aid Society
Lightyear Capital
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.
M&T Bank Corporation
Macquarie Group
Mammoth Brands (Harry’s)
Mastercard
Material
McGraw Hill
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Meta
Metropolitan Transportation Authority HQ
Moelis & Company
Mount Sinai
Nagarro
National Grid
Neuberger Berman
New Visions for Public Schools
New York Aquarium (Wildlife Conservation Society)
New York Edge
New York Hall of Science
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Public Library
New York Waterways
Newmark
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Northwell
NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services
NYC Health + Hospitals
NYC Office of Emergency Management
NYC Police Department
NYC Transit
NYSE
NYU School of Professional Studies
Oak Hill Advisors L.P.
Office of the Brooklyn Borough President
Ogilvy
Oliver Wyman
Pfizer Inc.
PJT Partners Inc.
PwC
RAL Companies & Affiliates LLC
Rockefeller Group International, Inc.
Ropes & Gray LLP
Rudin Management Company, Inc.
Santander US
ServiceNow
SESAC Music Group
Situation Group
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
SL Green Realty Corp.
SOCOTEC Engineering, Inc.
Standard Chartered Bank
SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
SUNY Downstate
Take2 Games/ZMC
Teach for America New York
The Charles Hayden Foundation
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
The John Gore Organization Inc.
The New York Historical Society
The Pinkerton Foundation
The Related Companies, L.P.
The Shubert Organization, Inc.
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
The Wallace Foundation
Tishman Speyer
U.S. News & World Report
UBS
United Airlines, Inc.
Verizon Communications, Inc.
Via
Vornado Realty Trust
Vox Media
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
West Monroe
WilmerHale
WNBA & NBA
WTW
Zurich Insurance Group Ltd













