Building effective career guidance in Saudi Arabia and the gulf states Lessons from international practice Tristram Hooley, Professor of Career Education, University of Derby
Overview Introductions What is career guidance? Questions for the session Understanding your context Lessons from international practice Moving forwards
Overview Introductions What is career guidance? Questions for the session Understanding your context Lessons from international practice Moving forwards
What country are you from? What organisation are you from? Who are you? What country are you from? What organisation are you from? What is you role within that organisations?
Overview Introductions What is career guidance? Questions for the session Understanding your context Lessons from international practice Moving forwards
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)
Lifelong
Overview Introductions What is career guidance? Questions for the session Understanding your context Lessons from international practice Moving forwards
Overview Introductions What is career guidance? Questions for the session Understanding your context Lessons from international practice Moving forwards
In your country… Who is likely to get access to career guidance? (Young people? Working people? Unemployed people etc.) What is the role of the government in providing career guidance? What is the role of the private sector in providing career guidance? Who do you think would benefit from career guidance? What national objectives does career guidance fit into?
Overview Introductions What is career guidance? Questions for the session Understanding your context Lessons from international practice Moving forwards
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Recommendations from ICCDPP symposium 2015 Career development systems need to… attend to both the supply and demand sides of the labor market. develop career management skills. reflect labor market realities and prepare people for entrepreneurship and accessing opportunities in the informal economy. be appropriately resourced if they are going to have impact.
Career guidance is most effective where it Is lifelong and progressive. Connects meaningfully to the wider experience and lives of the individuals who participate in it. Recognises the diversity of individuals and provides services relevant to their needs. Combines a range of interventions (e.g. one-to-one and online support). Encourages the acquisition of career management skills. Is holistic and well-integrated into other support services. Involves employers and working people, and provide active experiences of workplaces. Is delivered by skilled, well-trained and motivated practitioners. Draws on good-quality career information. Is quality-assured and evaluated.
The career guidance professional Career information and assessment expert Career educator Social systems developer and intervener Programme and service manager Career counsellor
Good career guidance in schools (Gatsby) A stable careers programme Learning from career and labour market information Addressing the needs of each pupil Linking curriculum learning to careers Encounters with employers and employees Experienced of workplaces Encounters with further and higher education Personal guidance
What works in employer engagement
Overview Introductions What is career guidance? Questions for the session Understanding your context Lessons from international practice Moving forwards
How will you take this forwards? What will you do? Who will you tell?
References Gatsby Charitable Foundation (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby. Hooley, T. (2014). The Evidence Base on Lifelong Guidance. Jyväskylä, Finland: European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN). OECD. (2004). Career Guidance and Public Policy: Bridging the Gap. Paris: OECD. Schiersmann, C., Ertelt, B., Katsarov, J., Mulvey, R., Reid, H. and Weber, P. (2012). NICE Handbook for the Academic Training of Career Guidance and Counselling Professionals. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Institute of Education. The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2016). What Works in Careers and Enterprise? London: The Careers and Enterprise Company.
Tristram Hooley Professor of Career Education International Centre for Guidance Studies University of Derby http://www.derby.ac.uk/icegs t.hooley@derby.ac.uk @pigironjoe Blog at http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com