This presentation invites the audience to consider why focus on careers matters? It considers the policy drivers impacting on practice and sets out an examples of building a careers offer for young people i.e. London Ambitions Framework. It also focuses on LMI for All and some of the big questions young people often ask when thinking about the work of work. A Careerometer widget development is also explained.

1. Career Matters
Dr Deirdre Hughes, Former Commissioner, UKCES & Principal Research Fellow,
Warwick Institute for Employment Research (IER)

2. Overview
• Why focus on career matters?
• Policy drivers impacting on practice
• A Careers Offer for young people
• LMI for All
• Where next?

3. Career learning matters?
http://www.educationandemployers.org/news/help-us-to-redrawthebalance/

4. ...against teenage aspirations

5. Learn/Earn
• Typical English student faces debts of over £44,000 at
graduation
• English students now face some of the highest
tuition fees in the world, and the highest average
debts at graduation
• Ministerial Taskforce: “Help businesses to create two
million new jobs to achieve full employment; support
three million new apprenticeships; make sure that all
young people are either earning or learning”

6. Major Policy
Drivers
• BREXIT
• Devolution
• Open Data Policy (The
Cabinet Office)
• Universal Credit System
(DWP)
• Increasing job
insecurity (DBIS/DWP)
• Skills gaps and skills
mismatch (6
Government
Departments)
• Ageing society

7. Preparing … for a future we
cannot clearly describe…..

9. Career learning

10. Task ahead
• Keep people switched on to learning
• Encourage them not to close down
opportunities too early
• Broaden horizons and challenge inaccurate
assumptions
• Create relevant experiences and exposure to
the world of work - career adaptability and
resilience

11. Geography matters…..
economy
population centre
labour market
education centre

12. Infrastructure
• Schools, colleges, universities
• Local authorities - targeted services
• National Careers Service - Inspiration agenda
• Careers and Enterprise Company
• Jobcentre Plus in schools
• Statutory guidance……a new careers strategy
• HE and Apprenticeships e.g. UCAS and NAS
• Other local and national initiatives e.g. LEPs, charities,
social enterprises, sole traders…

14. London Ambitions Framework
Young People
• Access to impartial, independent and personalised careers education,
information, advice and guidance
• At least 100 hours of experiences of the world of work for all young Londoners
and a digital portfolio
Leadership and accountability
• An explicit publicised careers policy and careers curriculum in every secondary
school and college
• A governor with responsibility for ensuring the institution supports all students
to relate their learning to careers and the world of work from an early age

15. London Ambitions Framework
Support for high quality careers work
• Up-to-date, user-friendly labour market intelligence/information (LMI)
• Formation and development of ‘careers clusters’ to share resources
• A London Ambitions Portal – linking education to business and the careers
community
https://londonambitionsportal.london.gov.uk/
LONDON CAREERS CURRICULUM: KEY STAGES 2 – 5
Stimulate careers dialogue, connect to learning outcomes and provide resources for
teaching and learning

16. Experiences of the world of work by the age of 16

19. LMI for All (UK)
Provide free access
LMI through an open API
Data includes
• Present employment by
occupation
• Future employment by
occupation
• Pay by gender, hours and
decile
• Job vacancies
• Skills - rated in terms of
levels and importance –
through the O*Net survey
data
• Hard to fill vacancies
• University course
destinations
• Apprenticeships

20. To increase and widen use of
high quality labour market
information to support
decisions about careers and
learning
www.lmiforall.org.uk/

22. Employment levels
by occupation
How many jobs are there? How many
in my area? What are the past trends?
What are likely future trends?
Labour Force
Survey, Working
Futures
Average earnings
by occupation
How much do people get paid for this
job? How much at the start of their
career? How much in my area?
Annual Survey of
Hours and
Earnings
Unemployment by
occupation
What proportion of people in this
occupation are currently out of work?
Annual Population
Survey
Profile of
qualification level
by occupation
What level of qualification do people
have in this job and what am I likely to
need?
Labour Force
Survey, Working
Futures
Vacancies by
occupation
How many vacancies are there for this
job? What proportion are hard to fill?
Employer Skills
Survey
Big questions…

23. JobHappy, by Harry Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7imKYpvKZjk&index=3&list=PLuvzH
vGAOplyzJgBX2IHLUAecElK3lzOi

24. Pinpoint, by Harry Jones and Phil Hardwick

25. Careerometer: widget development
Web application: widget that can be easily
deployed on websites
Access: provided to data at headline level
Core elements: earnings and employment
prospects
Comparisons: between occupations facilitated
Target users: Years 7-13 learners; 19+ learners;
parents and carers; undergraduates; career
development professionals
Timeline: Available now

26. LMI for All widget
Careerometerwidget–
freelyavailable

27. icould
http://icould.com/

28. Where next?
• Employers need to step up and provide
more opportunities
• Exposure and experience of the world of
work from an early age
• Local Commissioners - influence over the
allocations and provision in their local
areas
• Need a national and regional adult
education strategy – lifelong learning…….

29. For more information…
Website:
http://www.lmiforall.org.uk/
https://employid.eu/
#employID
@deirdretalks
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/
Email:
deirdre.hughes@warwick.ac.uk