1. IAEVG Cape Town, 2011 Tannis Goddard

2.  Far too many highly educated young workers end up in jobs that require less education or fewer skills than they have or do not match their field of study or aspirations  What are the best ways to help them reach their full potential on the labour market and get their career in motion?  CareerMotion provides rigorous evidence on whether Web-based technologies can improve the career choices of young workers

3. Can the provision of LMI through Web- based career guidance intervention increase participants’ confidence in obtaining the type of career they want? Will participants who have greater confidence be more effective in using the information to find a better job?

4.  Ran from February to September 2010 involving over 500 PSE graduates of British Columbia, aged 20 to 40, who felt they were underemployed or overqualified for the work they were doing  Participants were offered the opportunity to receive access to a custom-designed Career Development Services website for 5 weeks  Participants were randomly assigned to two research groups – program and control – with only the program group receiving access to the Web- based tool

8. Job search clarity Match between job and skills and aspirations Job search self-efficacy Web-based career assistance and LM information Career Decision- Making Self- Efficacy Job search intensity or intention Career planning and exploration Mediating factors: Attitudes, subjective norms, personal characteristics and circumstances, labour market demand, social networks

10. Lower confidence ← Moderate confidence → Higher confidence

13. 13 CONTROL GROUP Recruitment of participants through broad outreach Online sign-up and baseline survey Online follow-up survey after 5 weeks and at 1 year CareerMotion Web-based Intervention — 5 weeks PROGRAM GROUP CareerMotion PROJECT FLOWCHART

14.  The intervention was designed by Career Practitioners at Training Innovations in BC to: ◦ help participants understand their current career reality ◦ help them understand their own skills and career aspirations ◦ equip them with the labour market information, skills and confidence necessary to make career-related decisions

15. CareerMotion WEBSITE

19. 2 surveys (baseline & 5-week follow-up) collect information on: Demographics: age, gender, education, and household composition Employment: schedule, wages, occupation, unemployment duration, expected wages in next job Attitudes and Norms: over-qualification, employment constraints, networking resources, job satisfaction

23.  Effective in helping participants increase their confidence and competencies in making career decisions  Effective in empowering them to take the next steps in achieving their career goals  These effects were sustained one year after the program ended ◦ At the one-year mark, participants continued to make greater use of labour market information resources and were more actively engaged in job search activities

24.  At the 5-week mark, no observed differences in participants’ underemployment status or job search activities  At the one-year mark, evidence that CareerMotion enabled participants to achieve slightly higher employment rates in high-wage, longer tenured positions ◦ Induced participants to make career transitions, particularly in different positions with the same employer ◦ Participants were more likely to report a better job-skill match and that they were more satisfied in their current employment

25. Five-week markOne-year mark ProgramControlImpactsProgramControlImpacts Career Decision-Making Self- Efficacy 0.38-0.150.53***0.440.03 0.41 *** Job Search Self-Efficacy 0.45-0.020.47***0.490.09 0.40 *** Job Search Clarity 0.360.160.20*0.450.26 0.19 * Career Exploration 0.04-0.090.13 0.400.260.13 Career Planning 0.440.180.26**0.53-0.06 0.26 ** Networking Comfort 0.13-0.060.19**0.21-0.27 0.08 Networking Intensity 0.02-0.010.03-0.19-0.63 0.25 * Job Search Intensity 0.00-0.040.05 0.440.22 * Job Search Intention -0.06-0.140.08 -0.38-0.630.25 * LMI Usage 0.25-0.050.30*** -0.09-0.410.32 ** LMI Ease of Reach 0.290.080.21* 0.540.140.41 *** Job Satisfaction 0.140.080.06 0.380.310.07 Life Satisfaction0.09-0.020.100.300.200.10

26. Career Decision-Making Self-EfficacyJob Search Self-Efficacy CareerMotionUndergraduate career course Two-week seminar for UI applicants CareerMotion

28.  CareerMotion had a greater effect on users who accessed it more frequently  Further research could explore ways to encourage greater usage of such a program  Areas worth exploring: ◦ One-on-one interactions with a trained professional or adviser within the intervention ◦ Dialogue and networking with peers