1. Career management skills and employability Anne Leppänen

2. Uranhallintaidot Career Management Skills (ELGPN 2012) 12.4.2013 Professional Competences Social Competences Personal Competences Professions Work Studies Education Social inclusion Jukka Lerkkanen & Anne Leppänen

3. A general definition of career management skills – Career management skills refer to a whole range of competences which provide structured ways for individuals and groups to gather, analyse, synthesise and organise self, educational and occupational information, as well as the skills to make and implement decisions and transitions (Sultana 2009) – They relate to self-consciousness or to an awareness of opportunities (education, professions, jobs)(knowledge dimension) – They also relate to decision making skills as well as to those of implementation of decisions and transitions (process dimension) – …and to the experience of social participation (Gravina & Lovsin 2012) 12.4.2013Jukka Lerkkanen & Anne Leppänen

4. From career planning to career management - definition of the concept from the perspectives of the counselor and counselee Career management skills = an individual feature, a broad definition contains career management skills and the related metaskills metataidot, that is, the student’s resource planning (= reasoning and performance strategies, especially in challenging situations and with different kinds of changes and choices) Career planning skills refer to competences (competence objectives) with the help of individuals can collect, analyse synthesize and organise information related to - self, – education and – professions, In addition, they have an abliity to apply this information and make decisions in different kinds of transition phases.” Career counselling = counselling operations in cooperation with the students aimed at the clarification of educational and professional choices. (Elinikäisen ohjauksen kehittämisen strategiset tavoitteet 2011; Sultana 2010; Leppänen & Torvinen 2013.)Elinikäisen ohjauksen kehittämisen strategiset tavoitteet 2011

5. The concept of employability (EU definition, see Kasurinen 2013) Life-long career management and planning skills are an essential part of the concept of employability: Employability is a combination of factors that facilitate employment, staying employed and career advancement. Individual employability depens on: (a) Personal characteristics (including the adequacy of knowledge and skills); (b) How personal characteristics present themselves and are displayed in the job market; (c) Social context and environmental impact (i.e. incentives and opportunities to develop and update one’s competence) (d) State of economy (e.g. economic boom or recession). (Kasurinen, H. 2013. Ohjaus työllistyvyyden tukena. Teoksessa Yhteisellä matkalla – Aikuisten ohjauksen vaikuttavuutta etsimässä. Toim. M. Niemi-Pynttäri ja A. Ryhänen. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu, 65 – 74)

6. The elements of employability in career counselling (Kasurinen 2013) Life situation and conditions Individual factors External factors Abilities self-knowledge expectations on personal capabilities motivation career planning skills general life management skills self-assessment skills Abilities self-knowledge expectations on personal capabilities motivation career planning skills general life management skills self-assessment skills Competences degrees and qualifications work experience working life skills and knowledge information acquisition skills other skills Competences degrees and qualifications work experience working life skills and knowledge information acquisition skills other skills Individual attitudes health background characteristics Individual attitudes health background characteristics Life situation human relations responsibility for others (children, parents etc.) other factors employment situation hobbies Life situation human relations responsibility for others (children, parents etc.) other factors employment situation hobbies Conditions living commuting to work or school resources Conditions living commuting to work or school resources National level public services labour market situation economic development educational and labour force policies National level public services labour market situation economic development educational and labour force policies Local level services supporting educational and career planning services – e.g. child care opportunities offered by business life employment situation educational provision Local level services supporting educational and career planning services – e.g. child care opportunities offered by business life employment situation educational provision Figure 1. The elements of employability integrated to the counselling frame of reference

7. Students’ resource planning - individual factors and abilities Resource planning (metacognitive) = individual reasoning and performance strategies Important in e.g. learning and studying (students’ subjective notions of themselves as learners and ways of studying) decision making (students’ notions of themselves as decision makers and ways of making decisions) difficult and challenging situations plus change and choice situations  It is a part of one’s self-knowledge to become aware of personal resource planning  It is a part of the development of one’s personal capabilities to review one’s reasoning and performance stategies and realize that resource planning can be developed = empowerment

8. Skills and competences valued by employers (EU – vrt. Oivallus-hanke Suomi; Kasurinen 2013)

9. The position of anticipation in career counselling? Pyramid of Information Processing Domains (James P. Sampson, Florida State University) Knowing about myself Knowing about my options Knowing how I make decisions Thinking about my decision making Client Version

10. The decision making process in career planning CASVE Cycle - Client Version (James P. Sampson, Florida State University) Knowing I Need to Make a Choice Knowing I Made a Good Choice Understanding Myself and My Options Implementing My Choice Expanding and Narrowing My List of Options Choosing An Occupation, Program of Study, or Job

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