Oxfordshire
Shaping a Successful Careers Offer
for Young People
Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE
deirdre.hughes@warwick.ac.uk
25th February 2016
Changing World of Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-DEy3mylCs
Preparing … for a future we
cannot clearly describe…..
Demands in the workplace
Wrong choices - switchers and drop outs cost = billions per year
Employers:
“Students do not know what their strengths are, what they want to
learn, and what they can do for the organisation.”
Mathematics skills challenge
Any Mathematics
>50%
ENG
20-26%
#thecmsp
Task ahead
 Keep more people switched on to learning
 Encourage them not to close down opportunities
too early
 Broaden horizons and challenge inaccurate
assumptions
 Create relevant experiences and exposure to the
world of work and techniques for building
employability skills, including career adaptability
and resilience
Geography matters…..
economy
population centre
education centre
labour market
Gatsby (2014) and London (2015) Frameworks
•
A stable programme
•
Learning from careers and LMI
Young People
• Access to impartial, independent and
personalised careers education,
information, advice and guidance
•
Addressing the needs of each pupil
•
•
Linking curriculum learning to careers
•
Encounters with employers and
employees
•
Experiences of workplaces
•
Encounters with FE and HE
•
Personal Guidance
At least 100 hours of experiences of
the world of work for all young
Londoners and a digital portfolio
Leadership and accountability
• An explicit publicised careers policy
and careers curriculum in every
secondary school and college
•
A governor with responsibility for
ensuring the institution supports all
students to relate their learning to
careers and the world of work from
an early age
Gatsby (2014) and London (2015) Frameworks
•
A stable programme
•
Learning from careers and LMI
•
Addressing the needs of each pupil
•
Linking curriculum learning to careers
•
Encounters with employers and
employees
•
Experiences of workplaces
•
Encounters with FE and HE
•
Personal Guidance
Support for a high quality careers work
•
Up-to-date, user-friendly labour
market intelligence/information
(LMI)
•
Formation and development of
‘careers clusters’ to share resources
•
A London Ambitions Portal – linking
education to business and the
careers community
LONDON CAREERS CURRICULUM:
Stimulate careers dialogue, connect to
learning outcomes and provide resources
for teaching and learning
Experiences of the world of work by
the age of 16
Big questions…
Employment levels
by occupation
How many jobs are there? How many
in my area? What are the past trends?
What are likely future trends?
Labour Force
Survey, Working
Futures
Average earnings
by occupation
How much do people get paid for this
job? How much at the start of their
career? How much in my area?
Annual Survey of
Hours and
Earnings
Unemployment by
occupation
What proportion of people in this
occupation are currently out of work?
Annual Population
Survey
Profile of
qualification level
by occupation
What level of qualification do people
have in this job and what am I likely to
need?
Labour Force
Survey, Working
Futures
Vacancies by
occupation
How many vacancies are there for this
job? What proportion are hard to fill?
Employer Skills
Survey
New Forms of Careers Dialogue
Experience
Dialogue
Exploit chances
Estimate chances
Choice for next step
Networking
Reflection on qualities
Identity
Experiences of Work
Performances
Evidence
Network
Career action
Create chances
and motives
Work exploration
Discover chances
Changing perspectives
Thank You - Some useful references
Hughes, D. (2015). London Ambitions: Shaping a successful careers offer for all young Londoners. Available
online:
http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Policy%20themes/Children%20and%20young%20people/
Shaping_Report_Interim_19_June_SP.pdf
Hughes, D., Meijers, F. Kuijpers, M. (2014). Testing Times: careers market policies and practices in England and
The Netherlands. British Journal for Guidance and Counselling, London: Routledge
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03069885.2014.940280#.VEkBcEuaZfM
Hughes, D. (2014) An Aspirational Nation: Taking Action, London (September 2014)
Hughes, D, & Chambers, N. (2013) An Aspirational Nation: Creating a Culture Change in
Careers Provision. London (July 2013) https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-careers-council
CORE MATHS SUPPORT PROGRAMME:
ELGPN publications: http://www.elgpn.eu
LMI for All: http://www.lmiforall.org.uk
#thecmsp http://www.core-maths.org
Jobcentre Plus & EmployID: http://www.employid.eu
Matrix: http://matrixstandard.com/
Warwick University, Institute for Employment Research (IER) Email:
deirdre.hughes@warwick.ac.uk
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