1. Developing the Young Workforce
Stirling High School
Developing the Young Workforce

2. Developing the Young Workforce
Seven-year programme that aims to prepare young people from 3–18 for the world of work.
Builds on the foundations already in place as part of Curriculum for Excellence.
Headline aim is to reduce youth unemployment by 40% by 2021.

4. Stirling Council Key Priorities
Continued focus on employer engagement
Extending and enhancing life-long learning and flexible pathways for our young people
Increase and improve collaborative working with all stakeholders

5. Who is involved? Schools School college links Colleges Apprenticeships
Employers
Reviewing skills development in BGE
SQA Employability award during PSE
Working group supporting work experience and offer during study leave
DYW Evening for S4-6 (Oct)
STEM week December
Developing more flexible pathways (reviewing our course choice to include post school pathways)
Reviewing curriculum and courses offered
Working more closely with FVC (Foundation Apprenticeships)
Hospitality takeover, Traditional Building skills
Work closely with SDS to find opportunities for pupils and to follow up on pupils
Increasing partnership working with employers (F4S)

6. BITC Employability workshops and employer visits
Career ready mentor programme SUIP/SC/Diageo
Riverside Bakery workshops / Christmas fete Sat 2nd Dec
Turner & Townsend Multinational supporting Design Engineer Construct
Engine Shed Historic Environment Scotland developing workshops
Codebase Tech Incubator, Working with all S2 29th Nov and S6 pupils on app design project
Stem week – Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths, RAF, F4S, Girls into Computing/stem

7. Further information http://stirlinghigh.co.uk/pupils/careers
career-education-standard-0915.pdf

8. Alison Adam School Career Coach
Skills Development Scotland
Alison Adam
School Career Coach
SDS Team in Stirling High also includes Jennifer Steele Careers Coach &
Susie Hansen, Personal Adviser

9. What do we do?
Career Management Skills – partnership with school to teach pupils these
Skills for life, not just for the first transition from school
Work with school to ensure skills for work are part of all
learning – new Career Education Standard embedded in all
subjects, not just PSE or careers talks
A coaching approach – how to make good career
decisions throughout life, not just info / advice

10. Career Management Skills
Your
Career Management Skills
Career Management Skills are skills for life empowering us to strengthen our understanding of four themes: Self, Strengths, Horizons and Networks. They help us to make informed decisions and realise our potential at any point. If you feel confident that you have a good understanding of these four themes and can demonstrate this then you will be well equipped to cope with developing your career.
SELF is about
Understanding who I am and what I can do
Knowing what is right for me
Reviewing my life, work and learning plan
STRENGTHS is about
Understanding all about my skills, knowledge and experience
Knowing more about what I can do
Reviewing which of my skills are transferrable
HORIZONS is about
Understanding the world of work
Understanding what options might be available to me
Knowing which options I should choose
Knowing what I need to do to make my choice
Reviewing my links between life, learning and work
Reviewing where I fit into the world of work
NETWORKS is about
Understanding who can help me
Knowing how to make connections with those who can help me
Reviewing my networks

11. SDS work with pupils in S1-S3
P7/S1 – Transition Day assembly, may also be class sessions in April
S2 – subject choice class sessions by career coach
S2 – short individual interviews offered to all pupils by career coach, to discuss subject choice
S3 – class sessions led by career coach
Skills Development Scotland

12. Qualifications, Experience, Skills From school, college, modern apprenticeships, workplace, university
Skills Development Scotland
On average, people with higher levels of qualifications earn more than those with lower qualifications
Qualifications from work, college, online and part-time learning count too!
However, qualifications alone are not enough. Employability skills are also extremely important.
Skills for managing careers all through life – flexibility
Work experience and identification of skills
Qualifications mean you are more likely……
1 to be employed
2 to have more earning power
According to the High Fliers Research the average graduate starting salary is £30,000 per year Based on a survey of 100 Graduate leading employers ( Average graduate paid by “Blue Chip” employers) Source: High Fliers Research Report 2015
Graduate starter salaries across the board is between £16,000 to £20,000 which is viewed to be a more realistic figure and matches the experiences of the majority of graduates entering the jobs market. Further detailed information can be found at; High Fliers Research Report 2015
Source; Student Salaries 2015
Stress that qualifications alone will not open doors, employability skills are important and gaining experience through part time jobs/volunteering, etc. while studying will enhance any future job hunting

13. Total requirement (people) by qualification, Stirling 2016-2024
Although this is the Stirling picture, the need for people with higher levels of qualification is similar in Scotland and the UK.
Total people required in local authority
Total requirement (people) = 12,891
Source: Oxford Economics; workplace based

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Your qualification options
Skills Development Scotland
Postgraduate Degree
Undergraduate
Degree
Employment
Modern Apprenticeship
Employability Fund
Activity Agreement
HND
(Higher National Diploma)
HNC
(Higher National Certificate)
NC/NQ
(National Certificate/ National Qualification)
Advanced Highers
Highers
National 5s
National 4s
Highlight that there are lots of opportunities out there but there are also lots of ways to access those opportunities.
Give examples of local training and study options, links through NC/HNC to degree and progression through EF to MA levels.
Remember to have a back up plan!!
Make young people aware that opportunities may include employment or self employment.
Talking points:
* FE, HE, Training, EF, Activity Agreement, Employment, Unemployment

15. Employment trends all sectors are more dependent on ICT/digital
Skills Development Scotland
Employment trends
all sectors are more dependent on ICT/digital
more highly qualified jobs
flexible working?
several job / career changes
lifelong learning and gaining qualifications
geographic mobility – global labour market
technological changes – robots taking over?
The digital world is expanding and more sectors of employment are becoming more dependent on it. The next technological innovation is always just around the corner. This means that exciting jobs could include creating a bionic limb, creating the next big mobile platform or developing life changing artificial intelligence technology which changes the world. All of these opportunities are possible for individuals who get involved in the digital technology sector.
In the future there will be different routes to degree and post graduate level qualifications e.g.; Apprenticeships – available NOW!!!
New laws are currently being introduced around flexible working allowing individuals to balance life and work i.e.; not 9am to 5pm
Job changes for you may include changing job with the same employer or a complete change of career
We all need to ensure we keep learning throughout life, knowledge and skills continue to change i.e., look at pace of technology at moment
Due to a Global labour market employment opportunities may not be on your door step you may have to look further afield. Also more and more industry is clustering specialisms to areas e.g. Dundee Bio-sciences, electronics – video games market, Glasgow Merchant City Creative Arts, Scotland's technology sector includes some of the world's largest technology companies from small start-ups to international companies like Skyscanner, Fanduel and Amazon.

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