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POLICY AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF CAREER GUIDANCE – BRIEF INTERNATIONAL SCAN

POLICY AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF CAREER GUIDANCE – BRIEF INTERNATIONAL SCAN. Presentation for the National Research Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, 13 March 2013 by Dr John McCarthy, Director International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy, Nice, France

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POLICY AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF CAREER GUIDANCE – BRIEF INTERNATIONAL SCAN

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  1. POLICY AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF CAREER GUIDANCE – BRIEF INTERNATIONAL SCAN Presentation for the National Research Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, 13 March 2013 by Dr John McCarthy, Director International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy, Nice, France Email: jmc@iccdpp.org

  2. Policy development trends • World region: European Union • Initiator: European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network • Development of tools to compare the state of lifelong guidance policy development across countries

  3. Policy development comparative tool • Five areas of policy examined: • +Access to services • +Career management skills • +National coordination and cooperation • +Quality assurance • +Evidence base

  4. Policy development comparative tool • Progression continuum of policy steps/features/reference points described • Implications for six sectors (schools, VET, higher education, adult education, employment, and social inclusion) drawn/deduced

  5. Policy development comparative tool:Evidence base

  6. Policy development comparative tool: Quality assurance

  7. Policy development comparative tool: Career management skills – monitoring and verification of outcomes

  8. Policy development comparative tool: Access to services-data collection

  9. Policy development comparative tool: National coordination and cooperation • Reference points for lifelong guidance policy: • +Policy partnership: support, elaboration process, monitoring and evaluation, exchange of practice, connections to lifelong learning and employability strategies • +Establishing a national forum for lifelong guidance: shared definitions and terminology, composition, tasks and roles, relationship of forum to government, citizen perspective • +Operational modes of a forum: communication, cooperation, coordination of policies, actors, and service delivery

  10. Example of policy reference point for national coordination and cooperation: policy partnership

  11. Policy development measurement-concluding comments • The concept of policy development comparative measurement • The concept of evidence-based policy-making • Attention to evidence/data collection in the policy comparative tool • Limitations

  12. Policy and research development trends: world region Australasia • Australia (2012) • National Career Development Strategy • Roles and responsibilities of national, states and territories governments, and of other key actors • Preparation: • +literaturereview of national and international research; • +identification of needs and wants of young people underage 24 years and of their parents, teachers, communities; • +an options paper for careerdevelopment interventions and for a national strategy; and • +a cost-benefitanalysis for each of the options

  13. Australia: Green Paper for NCDS • Areas where priority action needs to be taken: • Improving access • Standards and quality assurance • Leadership (including a national forum) and priority setting • Improving the knowledge base through a research agenda

  14. New Zealand – Developing benchmarks for careers education provision in secondary and tertiary education (2012) • Secondary: • Student learning outcomes (competent and highly competent CMS when leaving compulsory education) • -School leadership • -Resources • Tertiary: • Student learning outcomes in CMS • -Employer and industry engagement • -Student engagement • -Tertiary organisation engagement.

  15. Policy and research development: world region Africa • South Africa (2012) • The Framework for Cooperation in the Provision of Career Development Services in South Africa • Directions: • Leadership and coordination – national and provincial forums • Partnerships and cooperation • Careers and labour market information • National career development service • Standard setting and quality assurance • Research and evaluation

  16. Actual research on making a difference! • Target group: young disadvantaged people • Mobility Manifesto by the Boston Consulting Group (Sutton Trust 2010) • Cost-effective schemes to improve social mobility • Independent careers and education advice service: Every 1 GBP spent by government on the service would generate 7 GBP in extra lifetime earnings for the young person

  17. Research on making a difference • Next Step UK: National Careers Service • Intervention Outcome Exploratory Evaluation (2012) • Next Step customers vs “control/matched group” • Both groups: mix of employed and unemployed • Next Step customers: first intervention – 72% F2F; 27% telephone helpline; 1% web • Treatment group gain significantly more in employment status post treatment (3 months, 6 months) • Proportion of treatment group on Job Seekers Allowance declines more significantly post treatment (3 months, 6 months)

  18. Research on making a difference • Norwegian Agency for Lifelong Learning: VOX • Target group: adults in vulnerable social, economic and work situations • Users’ reflections on experiences of services of Career Centres in some of 14 counties • Users’ reflections on how career guidance contributed to changes in their participation in education and employment

  19. NORWAY • Results of user surveys: very satisfied with provision; guidance had a positive effect • Guidance received reported as a crucial factor for the following changes: • Over 50% started an education/training programme, post intervention • Over 50% have changed job situation: unemployment to employment; job change; change within present job e.g. promotion

  20. Nordic Countries • Voice of users: promoting the quality of guidance for adults in Nordic Countries (2010-11) • Funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers • Adults frequenting guidance services in adult learning centres • Survey results: Overall, respondents rated statements concerning the benefits of educational outcomes of guidance more strongly than statements that concerned vocational or personal outcomes • Similarly, statements that concerned personal outcomes were rated more strongly than statements about vocational outcomes

  21. REFERENCES • Voice of users: promoting the quality of guidance for adults in Nordic Countries (2010-11) http://www.nordvux.net/download/6821/voice_of_users.pdf • Career guidance for change (Norway) http://www.vox.no/no/global-meny/English/Statistics-and-research/Publications/Career-Guidance-for-Change/ • An exploratory evaluation of the Next Step service https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-exploratory-evaluation-of-the-next-step-service • The Mobility Manifesto http://www.suttontrust.com/public/documents/20100312_mobility_manifesto20102.pdf • Lifelong guidance policy development: a European Resource Kit http://ktl.jyu.fi/img/portal/23229/ELGPN_resource_kit_2011-12_web.pdf?cs=1350649791 • Australia: National Career Development Strategy – Cost Benefit Analysis of Rationale and Options http://foi.deewr.gov.au/node/16282

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