New💡 insights on best practice #careerseducation from The Careers & Enterprise Company - chimes with much of what we’ve embedded into our community social mobility programme, Opening Doors to Opportunities:
1. Starting early: we’re working with primary schools to raise awareness and reduce stereotypes.
2. Sustained interventions: we’re offering many more students the chance to come inside our firm and see what life is like - when employer encounters are regular, not a one off experience, we reduce young people likelihood of becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training.)
3. Targeting: we’ve got a singular focus on areas of low social mobility.
4. Influencing the influencers: we’re working directly with teachers so they can better understand the changing world of work.
5. Rooted in essential skills: giving students the chance to develop - and reflect on - their communication, resilience & problem solving skills.
“We have a clear pathway forward. The next steps involve including teachers and parents more closely in the careers conversation; getting employers involved early on with a focus on key skills, so recruitment starts in Year 7 and relentlessly targeting disadvantage to remove barriers to equity.
In practice this means embedding careers in the day-to-day curriculum and reinventing work experience so it’s ongoing rather than a one off. In this way, careers will become more mainstream, not at the margins. Sustainable for the long term.” Oli de Botton, CEO of The Careers & Enterprise Company
Roisin Murphy FICRS Roisin Sharkey Claire Le Masurier Carla Basilico Demi M. Iona Cousland Courtney Lockyer
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🎉 Today marks the start of National Careers Week 2024! 🎉
To kick things off, we’re excited to be launching ‘Careers Education 2022/23: Now & next', our new report setting out the clearest picture of the #careers education system to date, showing the growing evidence of progress in England.
The report draws on data and insight from over 100,000 young people, more than 4,500 secondary schools and colleges in England, as well as employers.
Key findings include:
➡️ Young people’s career readiness improves as they progress through school, rising from 46% when they start secondary school in Year 7, to 77% in Year 13.
➡️ 86% of businesses say their work with schools leads to more young people wanting jobs in their sector.
➡️ High quality careers education reduces a young person’s risk of not being in a job, education or training by 8%.
Read more key findings in our press release 👉 https://bit.ly/48CsOVB
Read the full report 👉 https://bit.ly/49AXYy1
#NCW2024 National Careers Week