Slightly off of the consulting topic but...
https://jobs.eastmidlandsrailway.co....x?ref=2020-223
East Midlands Railway are doing an online open day about the train driver roles that they'll likely advertise at some point. I know it's something that I've banged on about a bit on this thread but this is an opportunity for those who are interested to found out more about the career directly from a major employer without having to leave the front room. When the franchise was run by the previous operator, EMT, pretty much all externals started out as depot drivers. I don't know if it's still the case at EMR but that was pretty much unique to EMT, it's possible to straight into mainline work pretty much everywhere else.