The Perfect Storm and The ccEngage Solution

Agenda About Career Cruising The Perfect Storm ccEngage Whole Community Approach

Our Mission “To engage and inspire individuals of all ages to achieve their full potential in school, career and life.”

All-Canadian success story Founded in Toronto 15 years ago Leader in career development software Over 20,000 active schools 5 million page views per day 7 Province/Territory licenses 70% of schools – 76% of librairies About Career Cruising

Storm Warnings GreatRecession Aging Population Population UnpreparedWorkforce Upskilling of Jobs

1 | The Great Recession Global economy in throes of worst economic storm in century Jobs in jeopardy Slow, faltering recovery Governments in record debt

2 | Aging Population Declining birth rate since 1967 Later marriage & fewer children Boomers retiring ( in 2012) Growing concern: dependency ratio Immigration cannot offset natural decline

Percent of Canadians Aged Source: Russell Barnett, Bank of Canada Review, Summer 2007, p.7

Dependency Ratio Rick Miner, PhD, 2012, Jobs of the Future: Options and Opportunities

3 | Upskilling of Jobs Rick Miner, 2012, Jobs of the Future: Options and Opportunities Vast majority of 2031 work force has been born Immigration – 280,000 Under-represented - poor, aboriginals, women, disabled Vast majority of 2031 work force has been born Immigration – 280,000 Under-represented - poor, aboriginals, women, disabled

The Gallup World Poll was started in 2005, covers virtually every demographic and socioeconomic group in every country in the world, and will go on for 100 years. Biggest discovery so far: More than anything else, the whole world wants a good job! The countries with enough cities that pull together to ensure their citizens have good jobs and their employers have engaged employees will be the winners in The Coming Jobs War.

Agriculture: 90,000 additional workers required by 2013 Construction: 219,000 retiring workers 2012 – 2020 ECO Canada: 100,483 environmental workers in the next 10 years to replace retiring workers Electricity: 45,000 new skilled workers required by 2016 (almost half of the existing workforce) Food Processing: 13% (32,500) of workers in this industry will be retiring by At least 21,500 needed in the period Information & Communications Technology: 106,000 in the next 5 years Mining: About 81,000 needed in the next decade Petroleum: At least 15,000 new workers over the next four years ( ) Printing: 41% of the industry’s labour force is nearing, or has passed, the age of early retirement Supply Chain: 27,000 current vacancies, with an additional need for 60,000employees annually Tourism: 114,000 unfilled jobs in 2020 and by 2030, 10.7% of labour demand (228,000 jobs) could go unfilled Trucking: ; projected workforce growth will be 199,800 Talent Shortages TASC - The Alliance for Sector Councils, November 2012

4 | Unprepared Workforce Talent Pipeline

Leaking Pipeline National HS graduation rate 79% 60% of HS grads (47%) register immediately for post- secondary programs 25% of post-secondary students dropout by the end of the first year. A similar percent change programs or majors (King, 2009, Who Doesn’t Go To Post-Secondary Education?) (Miner, 2010, People Without Jobs, Jobs Without People) (Education Indicators 2011, Statistics Canada & Council of Ministers of Education Canada)

End of Pipeline 100 Grade 9 Students: 29 will graduate on schedule with post- secondary degree, diploma, certificate 14-20% youth unemployment (Statistics Canada) 39% mal-employed or underemployed (Sun Life Financial Canada Poll of year olds, November, 2012) 90% of Youth feel Excessive Stress. Why? Economic instability and underemployment (Sun Life Financial Canada, Nov 2012) 2012 summer jobs at lowest level since 1977 (C.D. Howe Institute) “The linear path from school to career, home ownership, and family has disappeared.” Community Foundations of Canada, October 2012

Entry Fee for 21 st Century Jobs By 2031 approximately 77% of the workforce will require a post-secondary education or training Jobs of the Future: Options and Opportunities, Rick Miner, PhD, March 2012)

Entry Fee for 21 st Century Jobs “Over the past third of a century all net job growth has been generated by positions requiring some post-secondary education.” Pathways to Prosperity, 2011, Harvard Graduate School of Education By 2031 approximately 77% of the workforce will require a post-secondary education or training Jobs of the Future: Options and Opportunities, Rick Miner, PhD, March 2012)

“But what if Canadian universities were the root cause of the skills gap, rather than the solution? There’s considerable evidence to support this conclusion.”

The Perfect Storm makes a harmonized, whole-community commitment to career and workforce development an economic imperative. Whole Community

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ccSpringboard Engaging and Inspiring Foundation for achievement World renowned assessments Multi-media career profiles Industry’s best post-secondary database Communication tools Living portfolio

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ccPathfinder December school boards 23 states, 5 provinces 952 high schools 1,961 middle schools 40+ SIS systems Over 1 million students submitted their course requests using Career Cruising

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