1. The future of careers and enterprise? 23rd March, Careers Live, Leeds
Tristram Hooley

2. 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.

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

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

5. This requires changes from…
Young people
Schools
Careers providers
Employers
It also requires changes in the way that they relate to each other

6. Lifelong guidance policy cycle

7. 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

8. From careers co-ordination to careers leadership

9. 4 or more…

10. References
Gatsby Charitable Foundation. (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation. 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, Mann, A and Percy. C. (2013). Employer Engagement in British Secondary Education: Wage Earning Outcomes Experienced by Young Adults. Journal of Education and Work. The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2016). What Works in Careers and Enterprise? London: The Careers & Enterprise Company.

11. Contact details
Tristram Hooley Director of Research, The Careers & Enterprise Company Also at