1. Policy and evidence in careers and enterprise 21st March, Kent County Council, Hollingbourne, Kent
Tristram Hooley

2. Overview
About the Company
National policy
What works?

3. Overview
About the Company
National policy
What works?

4. 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.

5. This requires changes from…
Young people
Schools
Careers providers
Employers
It requires changes in how they relate to each other – Joining the dots!

6. Impacts on young people
Personal effectiveness
Educational engagement
Career readiness
Employability
Social capital
Career outcomes

7. The Careers and Enterprise Company: Our work
Enterprise Advisers
Mentoring
Investment Fund
Enterprise Passport
Research
Enabled at the local level

8. The Enterprise Adviser Network
Full time, Enterprise Coordinator per 20 schools/colleges to ‘join the dots’ between employers, schools/colleges & careers service providers
1 Enterprise Adviser (business volunteer) paired per
school/college to provide strategic counsel to Principal/Head Teacher
39 LEPs co-leading the network
Toolkit listing activities employers can conduct in schools & colleges

10. Careers & Enterprise Fund beneficiaries

11. Overview
About the Company
National policy
What works?

12. OECD definition
Career guidance refers to services and activities intended to assist individuals, of any age and at any point throughout their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers… The activities may take place on an individual or group basis, and may be face-to-face or at a distance (including help lines and web-based services). (OECD, 2004)
Note: This activity can have many names. At the Company we usually talk about ‘careers and enterprise programmes’, but there are many other names.

13. Career guidance is both
part of an effectively functioning education and employment system; and a safeguard against ineffective and imperfect systems.

15. The current infrastructure for careers
School based provision (underpinned by the statutory guidance)
Local authority targeted services
NCS (Inspiration agenda)
Careers & Enterprise Company
Jobcentre Plus in schools
HEFCE & Offa
Information sources e.g. UCAS & NAS
LEPs
Charities
Careers & Enterprise Company

16. Towards a career strategy
Brexit
‘Just about managing’ (JAM)
T-levels
Higher education reform
Industrial strategy
Careers strategy?

17. Overview
About the Company
National policy
What works?

18. Brokerage is essential
Education and employer links don’t just happen. They require prolonged effort. It is difficult for schools to manage employer liaison directly. The existence of a brokerage agency, brokerage professionals and a brokerage system are therefore critical.

19. 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

20. 4 or more…

22. References
Gatsby Charitable Foundation. (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Hooley, T., Neary, S., Morris, M and Mackay, S. (2015) Effective Policy Frameworks for the Organisation of Career Guidance Services A Review of the Literature. London and Derby: SQW and International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby. 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, Mann, A and Percy. C. (2013). Employer Engagement in British Secondary Education: Wage Earning Outcomes Experienced by Young Adults. Journal of Education and Work. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2004). Career Guidance and Public Policy: Bridging the Gap. Paris: OECD. The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2016). What Works in Careers and Enterprise? London: The Careers & Enterprise Company.

23. Contact details
Tristram Hooley Director of Research, The Careers & Enterprise Company Also at