2. Inspire and prepare young people for the world of work

3. Questions we asked about ‘Inspiring and preparing young people for the world of work’:
Does this matter?
What does the evidence say makes the biggest difference?
Where are the gaps today?
How should we operate?

4. ‘Inspiring and preparing young people for the world of work’:
Does this matter?
What does the evidence say makes the biggest difference?
Where are the gaps today?
How should we operate?

5. Over 700,000 vacancies…
… but youth unemployment 3x higher than average
Self-employment and entrepreneurship have never been more vibrant…
…but many young people don’t know

6. What does the evidence say makes the biggest difference?
‘Inspiring and preparing young people for the world of work’:
Does this matter?
What does the evidence say makes the biggest difference?
Where are the gaps today?
How should we operate?
The Enterprise Adviser network

7. The Gatsby Foundation Eight benchmarks for providing good career guidance1
A stable career programme 2
Learning from career and labour market information 3
Addressing the needs of each pupil 4
Linking curriculum learning to career 5
Encounters with employers and employees 6
Experiences of workplace
Encounters - 7
Encounter with further and higher education 8
Personal guidance

8. The Gatsby Foundation Eight benchmarks for providing good career guidance1
A stable career programme 2
Learning from career and labour market information 3
Addressing the needs of each pupil
Information 4
Linking curriculum learning to career 5
Encounters with employers and employees 6
Experiences of workplace - 7
Encounter with further and higher education 8
Personal guidance

9. The Gatsby Foundation Eight benchmarks for providing good career guidance1
A stable career programme 2
Learning from career and labour market information 3
Addressing the needs of each pupil 4
Linking curriculum learning to career 5
Encounters with employers and employees
A Plan 6
Experiences of workplace 7
Encounter with further and higher education 8
Personal guidance

10. The Gatsby Foundation Eight benchmarks for providing good career guidance
Stable environment 1
A stable career programme 2
Learning from career and labour market information 3
Addressing the needs of each pupil 4
Linking curriculum learning to career 5
Encounters with employers and employees 6
Experiences of workplace - 7
Encounter with further and higher education 8
Personal guidance

11. “…young adults surveyed who recalled four or more activities while at school were five times less likely to be NEET and earned, on average, 16% more than peers who recalled no such activities.”
– Dr. Anthony Mann
It’s who you meet: why employer contacts at school make a difference to the employment
prospects of young adults (2012)

12. Where are the gaps today?
‘Inspiring and preparing young people for the world of work’:
Does this matter?
What does the evidence say makes the biggest difference?
Where are the gaps today?
How should we operate?

13. Our diagnostic
1. Inconsistent coverage – especially in areas where there are lots of SME’s
2. Not clear ‘what works’ – of the many careers and enterprise services available to schools and colleges
3. ‘Gap’ to bridge between schools and employers: Schools, colleges and employers have different language, timetables and working patterns

14. The Enterprise Adviser Network
Full time, paid, Enterprise Coordinator per 20 schools/colleges to present simple ‘list’ of local services and employers to schools and colleges
1 Enterprise Adviser (business volunteer) 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

15. The Enterprise Adviser toolkit

16. Enterprise Adviser network - Key stats
Live in 36 out of 39 LEP areas
60 Enterprise Coordinators
> 600 schools and colleges signed up

17. Careers & Enterprise ‘Cold Spot’ Analysis
Prioritisation indicators:
Number of pupils claiming free school meals
Employers offering work experience
Employers offering work inspiration
Pupils attaining 5+ A*-C GCSEs
A-levels that are STEM
Girls taking STEM at A-level
Apprenticeships post KS4
% year olds recorded NEET
% Employers answering: 16 year old school leavers are "poorly" or "very poorly prepared" for work
% Employers answering: year old school leavers are "poorly" or "very poorly prepared" for work

18. The Careers & Enterprise Fund
£9.5 million deployed including match
75% in ‘Cold Spots’
Just under a quarter of a million young people helped

19. ‘Inspiring and preparing young people for the world of work’:
Does this matter?
What does the evidence say makes the biggest difference?
Where are the gaps today?
How should we operate?

20. Our principles
Test, learn and adapt
Build on what works
Work nationally, tailor locally
Enable and convene the best programmes

21. Join the fast-growing Enterprise Adviser network www
Join the fast-growing Enterprise Adviser network @CareersEnt