icanbea... is a free careers inspiration tool, focussed on helping 12-25 year olds in Norfolk and Suffolk.  It's aimed directly at students and job seekers but we encourage teachers, careers leads, employment advisors and parents / guardians to introduce it to - and use it - with young people that they wish to support into work or training.

We have registrations from 147 schools and colleges across Norfolk & Suffolk and welcome about 45,000 visitors annually.

Check out our no-nonsense site map here, to see our main offerings or use our search facility, up there at the top of the page.

In some ways the site is similar to an online careers fair - we explain employment sectors and profile the local organisations and employers within them who can offer work or training related opportunities and jobs.

But we go further: Providing tools such as our CV builder, careers wizard and job ideas database to help those who haven't yet picked a career path to investigate.  We also provide resources such as virtual tours, employee case-study videos and tips and tools for things such as CV building and interview preparation, both through the website and in person through our charitable remit.

icanbea... works best when you optionally create a free account - which allows you to save your preferences and results.  Registered accounts also really, really help us prove impact and make it much easier for us to obtain investment and invest ourselves in the evolution and improvement of this free resource.

For a quick primer on how to use the site, take a look at our video guide page.

The CV Wizard was developed with support and funding from a number of partners and the European Social Fund.

icanbea... is owned and operated by The Mason Trust, working with and supported by organisations such as schools and colleges, industry bodies, the DWP, and the County Councils & districts.

If you or your organisation would like to help us improve or enhance the offering we provide or If you work for an educational establishment and are looking for us to provide resources or instruction on how to best use the site, please get in touch.

If you're an employer or organisation that would like to feature on icanbea... then take a look at this!

Funding and Donations:  icanbea... is free to everyone - students, parents, teachers, job seekers, work coaches, careers leads and employers.  We look to funding initiatives and aligned organisations to help finance specific new features, though the The Mason Trust currently covers the cost of hosting, technical support, domain registration, mailboxes, system administration, general development and content design and creation. The website’s continued development can be assured by collaboration with and support from those who share our commitment to social responsibility, youth empowerment, and regional skills development.

If you're interested in funding a new feature or helping in other ways, please get in touch.