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.

"Sometimes you have to see things to know that they’re possible."

Icema Gibbs, hosting students at JetBlue, 2024

"Sometimes you have to see things to know that they’re possible."

Icema Gibbs, hosting students at JetBlue, 2024

"Sometimes you have to see things to know that they’re possible."

Icema Gibbs, hosting students at JetBlue, 2024

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

Google

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

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