It’s all about: Innovative Career Development Strategies

1. It’s all about: Innovative Career Development Strategies

3. Global urbanisation impacting on work and career development

4. Work

5. Hyper-connectivity and disintermediation

6. Explore Understand Adapt Network Adapt Implement

7. Career Development Career development Is the process of managing life, learning, and work over the life span. Career development services Are services “intended to assist people, of any age and at any point throughout their lives to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers”.

8. Key Elements • Self awareness (values, interests, skills, ethics, story, brand, readiness, LOC) • Opportunity awareness (labour market information and intelligence, exploration, networking,) • Decision making– (planning (A+B), strategies and decision making) • Transitions & career management (action, positioning, self marketing, capacity building, addressing skills gaps, timing)

9. Evidence - career development and education Improved; • Engagement and attainment in learning • Goal setting and career decision making • Increased understanding of education and employment options • Support for individuals to consider vocational options & to make the most of their skills and knowledge on completion • support effective transitions from HE to the workplace • Support adults to consider their return to education, enhance their skills and employability, and help them to utilise these skills effectively in the labour market.

10. The evidence – career development and work • Effective in reengaging unemployed people in work • Improved job search skills • Improved matching • Improved employment outcomes • Better management of career breaks and caring responsibility • Benefits to employers include increasing employee satisfaction and engagement, and supporting knowledge transfer and cohesion. • Effective in supporting older workers to engage in learning and actively manage their staged retirement.

11. Opportunities Self awareness Deciding Years Career management My career – one size fits one Knowing what I have to offer Knowing who needs what I have Knowing how I can add value Knowing how I can get there

12. In a contingent workforce individuals need to learn to operate as a business of one • Career as an enterprise run by an enterprising leader - YOU • Invest in potential opportunities • Challenge assumptions • Know why - know how • Failure is OK • Balance social good and self interest

13. Australia - Higher Education Reforms • A broadening of provider choice but less investment • Additional support for disadvantaged students • Uncapping support for students studying for higher education diplomas, advanced diplomas and associate degrees. • Commonwealth funding to all Australian higher education students enrolled in registered non-university higher education institutions studying accredited undergraduate courses – 80,000 •  No limit on fees • Life time limits on FEE-HELP and VET FEE-HELP removed – moving to lifetime learning • New Commonwealth Scholarship scheme • Trade Support Loans programme for apprentice

14. National Careers Services End • Job Guide • myfuture • Maximising Educational Attainment and Successful Transitions (MEAST) • Youth Connections • School Business Partnerships • Experience+ • Resume and interview skills programs • Careers advice for parents

15. Can we design new innovations in career development in Tasmania?

16. Job World

17. South Korea

18. Denmark

19. New Zealand – Career Capable Communities • Connect key players within the careers system • Improve the employability of people within the 4 CCC location • Improve the ability of employers within the 4 CCC location to meet their workforce demands • Improve collaboration between organisations within the system • Build career development capability of key influencers

20. Nine evidence-based principles for the design of lifelong guidance services

21. Design ideas Strong regional focus • Join the dots - Regional hubs to create career capable communities and coordinate a plethora of services • Strong linkages to the labour market and labour market intelligence • Ensure adequate career education in all schools that build capacity to utilise LMI • Build capacity across existing services eg LINC, JSA’s • Greater focus on rural and remote Better integration • Consistent brand that is quality assured • Improved integration between Schools, VET and University • Enhance career education responsibilities and capacity building responsibilities of Pathway Planners

22. Greater employer involvement • Redevelop school business partnership programs • Strengthen WIL and Service based learning opportunities Better resources and online services • Improve assessment tools including readiness assessments • Pool resources to create consistent approach to base skills eg resumes and interview skills • User participation models for quality improvement Tools and Assessments • State of the art job search tools including a resume builder , selection criteria responder, interview skills practice programs • Key assessments for interests, values, strengths and work preferences • High quality career readiness tools and action resources including coaching • Effective career decision making models • Links to other services including helplines

23. Parents • Improve the support mechanisms for parents and build capacity in other career support stakeholders • Develop a parent career partner MOOC VET • Strengthen access within the VET sector and group training Data/ quality • Improve collection of data to improve quality • Have in place quality assurance and independent benchmarking • Qualified staff

24. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it! - Goethe

25. More information Contact - Peter Tatham peter@tatham.com.au