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CV and vacancy matching
Help a person see where they fit, what is missing and what practical step could improve an application.
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Career Access Hackathon
Build a useful route into work.
One in-person day to build a working tool for people trying to understand vacancies, applications and employment information in the UK.
The brief
Make something a jobseeker can actually use.
The target is a working web prototype for a later Career Access pilot, not a clever slide deck.
02Understand
Employment information
Make the UK employment system less of a maze, with clear signposting to useful support.
03Keep it safe
Official legal sources only
For rights and obligations, the tool must use current GOV.UK or ACAS sources, show the source and never guess.
How the day works
Turn up. Build. Show what works.
- 01
Form a mixed team
Teams of 3–5. Developers, designers, HR professionals, community organisers, students and practical problem-solvers are all welcome.
- 02
Use the safe data pack
CulturaLinks provides anonymised CVs, vacancies, user questions and official source links. No real personal data is needed.
- 03
Pitch the working route
Show the panel what the user can do, why it helps and what needs testing before a pilot.
Take part in the hackathon
Bring funding, practical help or a fresh pair of eyes.
Choose the role that feels useful. You do not need a Nexus account to send your interest, and there is no fee to mentor or judge.
Sponsor
Back the practical work.
Help with the prize, venue, food, running costs or a useful service.
Offer sponsorshipMentor
Help a team get unstuck.
Share practical product, design, AI, HR or employment experience during the day.
Become a mentorJudge
Join the live pitch panel.
Help assess working prototypes at the end of the day and give grounded feedback.
Join the judging panelExpress interest
Tell us how you would like to help.
Career Access is free for participants. We are looking for people and organisations who can make the day more useful, whether through support, experience or a thoughtful challenge.
There is no fixed package. Tell us what feels useful and we will agree the practical next step with you.
01 Express interest02 Short conversation03 Agree support and acknowledgement
Before you reserve
Bring your laptop and a willingness to build.
Participation is free. The event is for adults aged 18 and over. Work created during the hackathon is for the Career Access pilot led by CulturaLinks Community CIC.
Reserve my free place