The future of careers and enterprise? 23rd March, Careers Live, Leeds Tristram Hooley
What we are trying to bring about… Work readiness Employers report improvements in the work-readiness of young people ... Employment … and are more likely to hire them, resulting in reduced youth unemployment / NEETs. Skills alignment Employers report fewer skills gaps and shortages, particularly in relation to STEM … Productivity … which results in improved productivity …. Earnings … and increased earnings for young people. Equity The life chances created by the new system are available to all and lead to increased social mobility.
Impacts on young people Personal effectiveness Educational engagement Career readiness Employability Social capital Career outcomes
Career guidance is both part of an effectively functioning education and employment system; and a safeguard against ineffective and imperfect systems.
This requires changes from… Young people Schools Careers providers Employers It also requires changes in the way that they relate to each other
Lifelong guidance policy cycle
Good career guidance (Gatsby) A stable careers programme… Learning from career and labour market information Linking curriculum learning to careers Encounters with employers and employees Experienced of workplaces Encounters with further and higher education Addressing the needs of each pupil Personal guidance
From careers co-ordination to careers leadership
4 or more…
References Gatsby Charitable Foundation. (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Mann, A., and Kashefpakdel, E.T. (2014). The views of young Britons (aged 19—24) on their teenage experiences of school-mediated employer engagement’. In Mann, A., Stanley, J. and Archer, L. Understanding Employer Engagement in Education: Theories and Evidence. London: Routledge, 143-162. Mann, A and Percy. C. (2013). Employer Engagement in British Secondary Education: Wage Earning Outcomes Experienced by Young Adults. Journal of Education and Work. The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2016). What Works in Careers and Enterprise? London: The Careers & Enterprise Company.
Contact details Tristram Hooley Director of Research, The Careers & Enterprise Company thooley@careersandenterprise.co.uk Also at http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com @pigironjoe