1. Career Adaptability – A strategic tool or just a nice idea? Toni Wright - Newman University Gill Frigerio - University of Warwick

2. Aims for this morning: Very brief reminder of Career Adapt-ability Overview of Pilots Project Career Adaptability in practice so far Introducing new concepts and practices to our services

3. Adaptive Readiness (personality traits) Adaptability Resources (psycho-social competencies – can be developed) Adapting (action when required ) Adaptation as outcome Ready, willing & able Career Adapt-ability

4. CONCERN: developing a positive optimistic attitude to the future CONTROL: exerting a degree of intra-personal influence on their situations CURIOSITY: broadening horizons by exploring social opportunities & possibilities CONFIDENCE: believing in yourself & your ability to achieve your goal Career Adapt-abilities (Savickas, 1997)

5. Adaptability dimension Attitudes and beliefs Competence Coping behaviours Career ‘problem’ ConcernPlanfulPlanning Aware Involved Preparing Indifference ControlDecisiveDecision making Assertive Disciplined Willful Indecision CuriosityInquisitiveExploring Experimenting Risk taking Inquiring Unrealism ConfidenceEfficaciousProblem solvingPersistent Striving Industrious Inhibition Career Adaptability Dimensions (Savickas, 2013: 158)

6. Explored how Career-adaptability and the Inventory might be used in different contexts & settings DMU, Newman, Warwick, HECSU, Birmingham, Glasgow Caledonian Pilot implementations with placements, online tools, mature learners, targeting interventions, vehicle for institutional change HEA funded pilots project

7. Timing Conceptual understanding and perceived relevance for students Institutional Resources – Little additional resource, Changes in staffing Practitioner Resources – not enough briefing and support given; enormous commitment, interest and enthusiasm Professional and academic staff buy in; interest and enthusiasm Factors which impinged on the introduction of a new concept and practice

8. From nice idea to strategic tool Basis for dialogue between different stakeholders Holds the potential to bring together client focussed perspectives and KPIs and outcomes drivers Or An attractive theory: challenging to integrate with practice?