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 will return from March 6-10, 2023 for its second year.

An Introduction to the Business World

This year, over 85 of the city’s major employers joined forces to build a bridge from the city’s classrooms to the world of business. Since its launch, Career Discovery Week has given more than 9,000 tenth graders the chance to gain a better understanding of the future job opportunities available to them as they spend a day at company worksites, learning about the city’s varied industries and wide-ranging career possibilities.

Examples of Career Discovery Week activities include:

Hearst – Students tour the Good Housekeeping Institute, decorate cupcakes with Food Network Magazine, write their own headlines and learn about careers and life at Hearst from colleagues across the organization.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. – Students participate in technology themed career development programs, join a build-a-thon with employee volunteers and meet with the data and analytics team to learn about their work.

NBA/WNBA – Students learn about a career in sports, how to build their personal and professional brand, and what the business of basketball looks like.

New York City Transit – Students ride in the MTA’s new EV bus to tour the Zerega Bus Maintenance and Training Facility.

NYSE – Students tour the historic stock exchange, and present mock company pitches.

PwC – The PwC team give a creative computing and technology demonstration followed by a career readiness workshop and panel.

The Howard Hughes Corporation – Students visit the brand-new Tin Building & Pier, and work on a “build your own city” project.

Tishman Speyer – Students get a behind the scenes tour of Rockefeller Center and Radio Park.

About Career Discovery Week

Career Discovery Week is part of NYC Public Schools Student Pathways, an expansion of career-connected learning that provides work-based learning opportunities and career exposure. Tenth grade students are selected for Career Discovery Week from participating schools, focusing on students whose exposure to careers is limited.

Schools have been matched with public and private 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 Peloton; students from the Theatre Arts Production Company School participated in programming by the Shubert Organization.

Career Discovery Week is a major collaborative effort by a pan-industry group of companies from the city’s public and private sectors that builds on a 2018 research report developed by the Partnership and Oliver Wyman. It demonstrates the commitment of the business community and employee volunteers to help young people in New York City take the first step toward building a career path.

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2023 Participating Companies

Accenture

Allen & Company LLC

Altice USA

Arup

Barclays Capital Inc

Bloomberg

Boston Properties

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Capital One Bank

Centerbridge Partners

Con Edison

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Deloitte

Deutsche Bank Americas

Edelman

Eisner Advisory Group LLC

EmblemHealth Services LLC

Ernst & Young

First Republic Bank

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

General Atlantic LLC

GLG

Google Inc.

Hearst

HSBC Bank USA

Jamestown Properties LLC

JetBlue Airways Corporation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

KPMG LLP

Kyndryl Inc.

Lafayette 148 New York

LaGuardia Gateway Partners

Latham & Watkins LLP

Lightyear Capital

Macquarie Group

Mastercard

McGraw-Hill

McKinsey & Company

Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)

Mizuho Americas

National Grid

NBA/WNBA

Neuberger Berman Group LLC

News Corporation

New York City Transit

New York Life Insurance

Northwell

NYSE

Oak Hill Advisors

Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Oxford Properties Group

Paramount

Pfizer Inc.

PwC

Rockefeller Group International, Inc.

Rudin Management Company, Inc.

S&P Global

Saks

Sidley Austin LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SL Green Realty Corp.

SS&C Technologies, Inc.

Standard Chartered Bank

Steiner Studios

Swiss Re Americas

Tapestry, Inc.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

The Howard Hughes Corporation

The John Gore Organization Inc.

The Related Companies, L.P.

The Shubert Organization, Inc.

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Tishman Speyer

U.S. News & World Report

UBS

Verizon Communications, Inc.

Via

VMLY&R

Vornado Realty Trust

Webster Bank N.A.

Wells Fargo & Company

Willis Towers Watson PLC

WilmerHale

ZMC/Take-Two

Zurich Insurance Group Ltd