Policy and evidence in careers and enterprise 21st March, Kent County Council, Hollingbourne, Kent Tristram Hooley

Overview About the Company National policy What works?

Overview About the Company National policy What works?

What we are trying to bring about… Work readiness Employers report improvements in the work-readiness of young people ... Employment … and are more likely to hire them, resulting in reduced youth unemployment / NEETs. Skills alignment Employers report fewer skills gaps and shortages, particularly in relation to STEM … Productivity … which results in improved productivity …. Earnings … and increased earnings for young people. Equity The life chances created by the new system are available to all and lead to increased social mobility.

This requires changes from… Young people Schools Careers providers Employers It requires changes in how they relate to each other – Joining the dots!

Impacts on young people Personal effectiveness Educational engagement Career readiness Employability Social capital Career outcomes

The Careers and Enterprise Company: Our work Enterprise Advisers Mentoring Investment Fund Enterprise Passport Research Enabled at the local level

The Enterprise Adviser Network Full time, Enterprise Coordinator per 20 schools/colleges to ‘join the dots’ between employers, schools/colleges & careers service providers 1 Enterprise Adviser (business volunteer) paired 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

Careers & Enterprise Fund beneficiaries

Overview About the Company National policy What works?

OECD definition Career guidance refers to services and activities intended to assist individuals, of any age and at any point throughout their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers… The activities may take place on an individual or group basis, and may be face-to-face or at a distance (including help lines and web-based services). (OECD, 2004) Note: This activity can have many names. At the Company we usually talk about ‘careers and enterprise programmes’, but there are many other names.

Career guidance is both part of an effectively functioning education and employment system; and a safeguard against ineffective and imperfect systems.

The current infrastructure for careers School based provision (underpinned by the statutory guidance) Local authority targeted services NCS (Inspiration agenda) Careers & Enterprise Company Jobcentre Plus in schools HEFCE & Offa Information sources e.g. UCAS & NAS LEPs Charities Careers & Enterprise Company

Towards a career strategy Brexit ‘Just about managing’ (JAM) T-levels Higher education reform Industrial strategy Careers strategy?

Overview About the Company National policy What works?

Brokerage is essential Education and employer links don’t just happen. They require prolonged effort. It is difficult for schools to manage employer liaison directly. The existence of a brokerage agency, brokerage professionals and a brokerage system are therefore critical.

Good career guidance (Gatsby) A stable careers programme… Learning from career and labour market information Linking curriculum learning to careers Encounters with employers and employees Experienced of workplaces Encounters with further and higher education Addressing the needs of each pupil Personal guidance

4 or more…

References Gatsby Charitable Foundation. (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Hooley, T., Neary, S., Morris, M and Mackay, S. (2015) Effective Policy Frameworks for the Organisation of Career Guidance Services A Review of the Literature. London and Derby: SQW and International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby. Mann, A., and Kashefpakdel, E.T. (2014). The views of young Britons (aged 19—24) on their teenage experiences of school-mediated employer engagement’. In Mann, A., Stanley, J. and Archer, L. Understanding Employer Engagement in Education: Theories and Evidence. London: Routledge, 143-162. Mann, A and Percy. C. (2013). Employer Engagement in British Secondary Education: Wage Earning Outcomes Experienced by Young Adults. Journal of Education and Work. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2004). Career Guidance and Public Policy: Bridging the Gap. Paris: OECD. The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2016). What Works in Careers and Enterprise? London: The Careers & Enterprise Company.

Contact details Tristram Hooley Director of Research, The Careers & Enterprise Company thooley@careersandenterprise.co.uk Also at http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com @pigironjoe