We are thrilled to report that this year’s OB Careers Fair was once again a resounding success. Now in its sixteenth year, the event was held online, for the second year running, and spread over the course of three evenings (Tuesday 1st March – Thursday 3rd March).
The evenings were open to all boys in the Upper School and OBs looking for careers advice. This year, we decided to extend the invitation to pupils from other local schools across the borough, enabling them to have equal access to this valuable opportunity. With over 1,200 bookings across 64 sessions and participants from ten schools across the borough, our goal of making this the largest, most inclusive OB Careers Fair to date was realised. Horizons were broadened as participants spoke with professionals across the globe, from a variety of careers (47 in total!) – ranging from Investment Banking and Scientific Researchers to Aviation, Law, Engineering, Medicine and many more.
“We are extremely grateful to everyone who gave up their time to support this event. This year, we were particularly pleased to be able to use our community network to help support students from other local schools as well as Bedford School.”
We have received excellent feedback from both the attendees and the career representatives, who were very impressed with the participants.
“I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the Careers Fair and was really impressed with the questions I received from the participants. The 30 minutes just seemed to fly by!”
We would like to thank all our fantastic representatives (OBs, parents, past parents and friends of the school) who gave their time and shared their expertise – without them, we wouldn’t have been able to run the event.
If you are interested in helping at next year’s Careers Fair, we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch with us at obclub@bedfordschool.org.uk and help inspire young people who might be considering your profession.