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Lorna Froud Dr Joanne Moyle Careers & Employment Centre Oxford Brookes University

Lorna Froud Dr Joanne Moyle Careers & Employment Centre Oxford Brookes University.

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Lorna Froud Dr Joanne Moyle Careers & Employment Centre Oxford Brookes University

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  1. Lorna Froud Dr Joanne Moyle Careers & Employment Centre Oxford Brookes University

  2. What does ‘employability’really amount to?Our definition: Set of attitudes and beliefs which influence and inform actual behaviour and performance in relation to the ability to gain and sustain meaningful work (work in the broadest sense)

  3. - We cannot underestimate the impact of individual attitudes and beliefs on students’ behaviour and performance e.g. confidence, self-limiting beliefs, pessimistic/optimistic explanatory styles in response to setbacks/resilience, fixed/growth mindsets, choice overload/decision-making styles, self-efficacy, transition coping styles, ‘poverty of imagination’ - Broaden-and-build model – curiosity, strengths-based positive self-regard, authentic experimentation and development =very motivating What we know from one-to-one guidance and group ‘employability’ practice

  4. - Skills-deficit model, ‘what employers want’ often de-motivating; ‘doing things for the sake of the CV’ likewise de-motivating- Large number of students never access opportunities for self-development at university, especially ‘employability enhancing’ ones (unless forced) – why? - Recent research (Maura O’Regan) shows that majority of students have present- not future-orientation whilst at University, and that ‘future focus’ evokes more anxiety than often admitted What we often find…

  5. Building evidence base from field of positive psychology and performance/sports coaching Employers: strengths based recruitment (E&Y, Norwich Union) Universities – Glasgow Mindset Project Napier Confident Futures Recent developments

  6. Generation Y – just in time, want it now (too late they have left) I’m in the first year what’s this got to with me? I’m in the second year, I’m focussed on NOW I’m in my final year and far too busy.. Why after years of trying does employability provision often miss the mark?

  7. Lots of evidence to show that career development activity supports academic learning but label a turn off Skill deficit model can feed into fears about the university experience as instrumental, doing the bidding of employers to meet skill shortages and Government agenda Evidence to show lack of resilience in generation Y Problems

  8. Personal and academic development rather than ‘careers’ or ‘employability’ Strengths Mindsets Resilience NLP MBTI Useful models

  9. Fixed vs growth Fixed – ability cannot change Growth – ability can be changed Related to belief about ability Creates a whole mental world to live in Learn to hear your fixed mindset voice Recognise you have a choice Learn to self talk with GM voice (Dweck 1999) Mindsets – empowering attitudes

  10. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity. It allows us to recover from change or hardship. Resilience encompasses both strength and flexibility. It is associated with elasticity, buoyancy and adaptation. What is Resilience?

  11. How Do Resilient People Act? Resilient people demonstrate flexibility, durability, an ability to organise and manage ambiguity, to be proactive rather than reactive, have an attitude of optimism and a mindset that is open to learning. The resilient person is positive and views life as challenging but filled with opportunity.

  12. Resilient vs helpless Pay attention to learning Focus on what is being learnt rather than feeling Attempt new ways of doing things Use self-motivating statements such as ‘I can’ Response to setbacks and failures(Diener & Dweck 1978, 1980)

  13. 8 sessions built around study skills Growth mindset group also learnt about the brain and how the brain is like a muscle; the more you use it the more connections it makes Improved in motivation (greater conscientiousness and more effort into classroom learning) and grades Can mindset be taught?Blackwell, Trzesniewski, and Dweck 2007)

  14. Videos about the brain and its huge potential Writing letters to struggling younger students More enjoyment of learning at University and better grades Can Mindset be taught?(Aronson, Fried & Good 2002)

  15. Feedback (Mueller & Dweck 1998)

  16. Managers who adopt a fixed mindset are less good at recognising real changes in staff members they are less likely to help those they are managing teaching mindset changed beliefs and behaviour; managers gave more and better suggestions to employees during appraisals and were more likely to notice improvements Managers beliefs(Heslin, Wanderwalle & Latham, 2006)

  17. Born smart? • mindset has a significant impact on motivation and performance, • Beliefs can be changed

  18. Taking on challenges Dealing with setbacks Assertiveness Influencing others Communication skills (NLP) Brookes Future Leaders Workshops in development 2009/10

  19. http://www.centreforconfidence.co.uk/pp/overview.php?p=c2lkPTEzhttp://www.centreforconfidence.co.uk/pp/overview.php?p=c2lkPTEz www://napier.ac.uk/confidentfutures Centre for Applied Positive Psychology Dweck, C.S., (1999) Self theories: Their Role in Motivation and Personality Links and further reading

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