CDI Annual Conference and Exhibition 2014 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work
Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow – Monday 17 - Tuesday 18 November
UK Career Development Awards
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t: 03300 500 222 e: [email protected] w: www.in2ambition.com Contents
Welcome from the President 04
The Programme 05
The Exhibition 07
Keynote Sessions 14
Members’ Symposium 21
Workshops 22
Thank you to our sponsors
We are delighted that three major organisations, the Royal Air Force, UCAS Progress and OCR are sponsoring this conference.
Their support is much appreciated and we hope that you will take the opportunity to visit their stands in the
Weexhibition are already to find starting out about to plan their our latest 2015 activities Annual Conferenceand projects. and Exhibition which will take place in Cardiff in mid-November 2015. If your organisation would like to sponsor this event, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank all the organisations and individuals who have given their time to help us create our second Annual Conference and Exhibition programme.
This event would not be possible without the generosity of the sponsors and exhibitors. We also offer our thanks to our keynote speakers and workshop leaders, all of whom give of their time freely not least because they support the aims and objectives of the Career Development Institute and are passionate about making a difference to people’s lives through the power of career development.
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 03 Welcome President, Career Development Institute November 2014
Welcome to the CDI’s Second Annual Conference and Exhibition I am delighted to welcome our major sponsors The RAF, UCAS Progress and OCR, exhibitors, speakers, workshop leaders and delegates to our Annual Conference and Exhibition event in Glasgow. The conference has three themes this year:
• international perspectives on career development; • labour market information and •The the CDI future has ofbeen work. successful in engaging experts across these diverse areas to bring you an innovative and informative programme, ending on a high note by looking at career success and resilience. Please take a few minutes to look through this programme booklet, which provides background short period of time and we want to keep members informed of progress and consult with you on proposed changes to our Articles and Company interestinginformation biographies. on all the keynote The booklet sessions; also an includes overview Rules, which we hope will create more opportunities of our keynote speakers inputs; and their very for members to be involved in the running of our of the exhibitors (there will be a quiz and a prize professional body. drawa floor for plan delegates for both who days manage of the Exhibition;to speak to detailsall the exhibitors) and details of all the fantastic and One of our great show case events is undoubtedly the stimulating workshops. awarding of the UK Career Development Awards. The Awards Dinner promises to be a tremendous evening For our members, the CPD element of the conference to remember. It feels right that this year’s Awards is a high priority. Originally we planned 21 are sponsored by a Scottish organisation and we are professional workshops but such was the calibre and delighted that our partners SQA, who share many of Above all else the quality of the submissions that we purchased a few our values, are the headline sponsors. In true BAFTA Annual Conference and additional workshop rooms and are now offering style we have a few surprises for you this year, so get Exhibition is a great a choice which will hard to make. Please be sure to opportunity to network, sign-up for the workshops if you have not already organised…. share ideas and done so, as the room sizes limit the numbers in each that black-tie outfit pressed and your posh frocks session. Above all else the Annual Conference and Exhibition celebrate our profession. is a great opportunity to network, share ideas Driving the profession forward is what CDI is about and we hope that all members will attend one of the practical symposia sessions which will focus on exchangeand celebrate ideas. our You profession. are part of If somethingthis is your that first has greatconference, traction please and workingdon’t be togethershy; join wein the can debate; raise that began last year in Stratford-Upon-Avon, and uses ofdefining the National our Career Occupational Progression Standards Pathway, (NOS) a process for difference. Career Development. The reviewing and updating the profile of career development and really make a of the NOS have been a major project for us this year and I am pleased to be able to tell you that our
approved by UKCES, so all the work that members final submission on this project has recently been and partners contributed to is now a reality. Karen O’Donoghue This year we have included a new feature in the President of the Career Development Institute and programme – a Member’s Meeting – towards the Chief Executive of The Via Partnership. end of day one. The CDI has come a long way in a
04 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work Conference Programme Monday 17 November 2014 Conference themes: International Perspectives / Labour Market Information / Training, Skills and the Future of Work
8.30 Registration - First Floor
9.30 - Welcome and Opening of the Exhibition - The Regent and The Victoria 10.40 Karen O’Donoghue, CDI President and Exhibition Sponsors, OCR
10.45 Opening Conference Address - The Regent and The Victoria Karen O’Donoghue, CDI President and Exhibition Sponsors, OCR
10.55 Introduction and Announcements - Grand Ballroom Jan Ellis, CDI Chief Executive
11.15 - Keynote 1 : The Economic and Social Benefits of Career Development - Grand Ballroom 11.55 Chaired by Karen O’Donoghue, CDI President Angela Constance MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Training, Youth and Women’s Employment Employer perspective
Damien Yeates, Chief Executive, Skills Development Scotland
Gary Hamilton, Technical Training Manager, SSE
12.00 Members’ Symposium - Grand Ballroom
NOS: Career Development OR Workshops Claire Defining Johnson, our Career CDI Professional Progression Development Pathway and Manager other uses and for Pat the Pugh, CDI Project Manager
13.00 Buffet Lunch and Exhibition - The Regent and The Victoria
14.00 Keynote 2: International Perspectives on Career Development - Grand Ballroom Chaired by Julie-Anne Jamieson, CDI Director Career Guidance Finnish Style - Dr Raimo Vuorinen, Project Manager at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research at the University of Jyväskylä Finland and Coordinator of the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN)
Career Counselling and Crossing Borders - Dr Jutta Konig, Consultant Psychologist, Van Ede and Partners, Amsterdam and Chair of the International Career Certification Institute (ICCI)
Shifting Sands: careers policies and practices in a global economy - Dr Deirdre Hughes, OBE, Commissioner at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills
15.00 - Workshops 15.55
16.00 Exhibition - The Regent and The Victoria Refreshments will be provided
16.30 CDI Membership Meeting - Grand Ballroom
17.30 Day One Ends
19.00 UK Career Development Awards - Drinks Reception - Grand Ballroom Black Tie Dinner and Awards
19.30 UK Career Development Awards (sponsored by SQA) - Dinner and Awards Grand Ballroom After dinner speaker: Susan Calman Awards compere: Dougie Jackson
22.30 Dancing and Bar until 01.00
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 05 Conference Programme Tuesday 18 November 2014 Conference themes: International Perspectives / Labour Market Information / Training, Skills and the Future of Work
8.30 Registration for Day Delegates - First Floor
9.15 Members’ Symposium - Grand Ballroom
NOS: Career Development OR Workshops ClaireDefining Johnson, our Career CDI Professional Progression Development Pathway and Manager other uses and for Pat the Pugh, CDI Project Manager
10.15 Keynote 3: Workforce Development - Grand Ballroom Chaired by representative from one of our headline sponsors, UCAS Progress
The Future of Work – Paul McKelvie OBE, Commissioner at the UK Commission for Employment & Skills
A Great Time to be a Careers Activist – Bev White, Managing Director Penna Career Services
11.15 Refreshments and Exhibition - Grand Ballroom Foyer
12.00 Keynote 4: Labour Market Information - Grand Ballroom Chaired by Squadron Leader Glynis Dean, Royal Air Force
The impact of Open Data on Labour Market Information: Professional Identity Transformation for the Careers Profession? Professor Jenny Bimrose, University of Warwick
Mark Steell, Skills Development Scotland
13.00 Lunch - Grand Ballroom Foyer 2-course hot buffet
14.00 Keynote 5: Motivation and Resilience - Grand Ballroom Chaired by Gary Forrest, CDI Director
Optimism, Hope, and Engagement: 3 Keys to Success in Careers Work – Dr Roberta Neault CCC, GCDFi, CCDP, President, Life Strategies Ltd., and Associate Dean, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Yorkville University, Canada
Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off, Start All Over Again: Resilience and Career Professionals – Dr Carole Pemberton, Coaching to Solutions
15.00 Looking Ahead - Grand Ballroom Karen O’Donoghue, CDI President
15.15 Conference Closes
06 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work The Exhibition Day 1– November 17
FLOOR PLAN OF FULL CONFERENCE/ A–VICTORIA EXHIBITION EXHIBITION ROOM A–VICTORIA 7 6 5 EXHIBITION ROOM B–REGENT A EXHIBITION ROOM 9 4 C–GRAND BALLROOM FOYER EXHIBITION ROOM S T N E M H S E R F E R D–MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM R O D I R R O C
10 B 3 1. Prospects 2. CASCAID 3. Chartered Institute of Legal 11 Executives 4. Royal Air Force 2 5. icould Ltd 6. Institute for Employment Research, 12 University of Warwick 7. In2Ambition 13 1 9. Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers C 10. emqc Ltd B–REGENT 11. UCAS Progress EXHIBITION ROOM 12. The Morrisby Organisation 13. Careers Europe 14 23 14. OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA 22 16 Examinations) 16. Skills Development Scotland 17. Milkround School Leavers REFRESHMENTS D 17 19. Whatuni (part of the Hotcourses Group) 20. Scottish Food and Drink Federation (SFDF) 19 20 21 21. The Student World 22. CITB C–GRAND BALLROOM FOYER EXHIBITION ROOM 23. Adviza 24. SSE 28 27 27. University of the West of Scotland 28. Class Careers R A B
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Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 07 The Exhibition Day 2– November 18
FLOOR PLAN OF FULL CONFERENCE/ EXHIBITION A–VICTORIA EXHIBITION ROOM B–REGENT A EXHIBITION ROOM C–GRAND BALLROOM FOYER EXHIBITION ROOM D–MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM R O D I R R O C
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08 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work Careers Europe Chartered Institute of The Exhibition (part of the Aspire-Igen Legal Executives Group) STAND NUMBER 3 – 17th November Adviza STAND NUMBER 13 – 17th November only only STAND NUMBER 23 – 17th November Organisational representatives STAND NUMBER 7 – 18th November Organisational representatives John Burns, Head of Member Services Mick Carey, Director of Specialised Mark Morris, Careers Guidance Organisational representatives Guidance Services Practitioner Sharon Brown, Information Manager Lauren Hendrie, Project Leader Carolyn Taylor, Careers Advice Manager Kempston Manor, Onward House, Kempston, Ocean House, Baptist Place, Bedford. MK42 7AB The Ring, Bradford. BD1 2PS Bracknell, Tel: 01234 845 734 Berkshire. RG12 1AX Tel: 01274 829 500 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.cilex.org.uk Tel: 0845 408 5002 Web: www.careerseurope.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] The Chartered Institute of Legal Web: www.adviza.org.uk Careers Europe is the UK’s Executives is the professional association leading producer of impartial and which represents 20,000 trainee and Careers guidance company working comprehensive information on working practising Chartered Legal Executives. across the Thames Valley and delivering and studying abroad. For more than 50 years, we have been the NCS contract over 5 counties. New products include a fun space-themed ______career in law. We work closely with game Careers Planet, new lesson plans Governmentoffering unparalleled and the Ministry access to of a Justiceflexible and professional assessment centre. and are recognised in England and Wales as one of the three core approved in the South of England. CASCAID Recruiting qualified/part-qualified staff regulators of the legal profession ______STAND NUMBER 2 – 17th November alongside barristers and solicitors. STAND NUMBER 8 – 18th November ______Organisational representatives Arthur J Gallagher Annette Wade, Head of Customer Services
Insurance Brokers Suzette Tonks, Client Consultant CITB STAND NUMBER 9 – 17th November 2 Oakwood Drive, STAND NUMBER 22 – 17th November only Loughborough, STAND NUMBER 4 – 18th November Organisational representatives Leicestershire. LE11 3QF Organisational representatives
Richard Wagland, Account Manager Tel: 01509 226 868 Sharon Edgar, Construction Careers Rebecca Kitchen, Account Handler Email: [email protected] AdviserBrian Donnelly, Apprenticeship Officer Web: www.cascaid.co.uk Aspire House, LJ Sutherland, Construction Founded in 1969, CASCAID has history. Careers Adviser Leeds. LS1 2JP But the future is where we’re at, starting 2 Infirmary Street, now with ground breaking resources Tel: 0113 307 4800 4 Fountain Avenue, for careers guidance. Our constantly Andy Moran, Apprenticeship Officer Email: [email protected] Inchinnan Business Park, evolving technologies inform and inspire Web: www.ajg.com Inchinnan, children and adults all over the world. Renfrewshire. PR4 9RQ Arthur J Gallagher remains the UK’s Our purpose? Your purpose. leading Insurance Broker for careers Scotland Come and talk to us on stand 8 day two services and associated professionals. about new Kudos and our free SLT tool We are also the broker for the Career Bircham Newton, ‘Outstanding Directions’. Development Institute (CDI) itself. KingsHead Office:Lynn, Contact us at [email protected] ______Norfolk. PE31 6RH ______Tel: 0344 994 8800 Email: [email protected] Web: www.citb.co.uk CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) is a social enterprise, devoted to building competitive advantage for the construction industry. One of CITB’s strategic priorities is Image and
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 09 Recruitment – to inspire talented people icould Ltd Institute for Employment to join the construction industry. More than ever construction needs to inspire STAND NUMBER 5 – 17th November Research, University of and win over the most talented people to STAND NUMBER 5 – 18th November Warwick meet skill shortage challenges. In return Organisational representatives STAND NUMBER 6 – 17th November the industry can offer rewarding and David Arnold, Managing Director multi-faceted careers. only 66 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Organisational representatives CITB believe working with careers London. WC2A 3LH advisers, teachers and career advice Professor Jenny Bimrose, Deputy organisations is key to delivering Tel: 07789 653 241 Director IER this message. We aim to provide Email: [email protected] Dr Sally-Anne Barnes, Senior Research practitioners with the knowledge and Web: www.icould.org.uk Fellow icould is a small, dynamic charity, Gibbet Hill Road, exciting, technological and dynamic providing career inspiration and Coventry. CV4 7AL industry.tools to deliver reflective IAG about this information for young people. We Tel: 02476 524 231 ______show what is possible in work and Email: [email protected] offer different ways to think about Web: www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/ careers through free access to over 1100 personal video stories, detailed The Institute of Employment Research
Class Careers job information, plus practical tips, (IER) at the University of Warwick is STAND NUMBER 28 – 17th November info and advice. The site is designed a social science research centre. It is STAND NUMBER 12 – 18th November to support both independent learning currently leading on the development and classroom teaching, provide of ‘LMI for All’ which is an online Organisational representatives career inspiration and promote career data portal commissioned by the UK Christos Orthodoxou, Founder exploration. By bringing careers to life, Commission for Employment and Skills. Faraday Wharf, it encourages young people to consider ‘LMI for All’ brings together existing Holt Street, new possibilities and extend their sources of labour market information Birmingham, B7 4BB outlook and ambition. (LMI), which are freely available to developers to use in the design and Tel: 07449 984 776 ______production of applications and websites Email: [email protected] that can inform people’s decisions about Web: www.classcareers.co.uk their career. Class Careers connects school leavers In2Ambition ______to employers through award wining live STAND NUMBER 7 – 17th November online workshops. only ______Organisational representatives Milkround STAND NUMBER 17 – 17th November Carina Pugh only emqc Ltd SarahKufa Matiya, Aitken, Chief Marketing Executive Manager Officer Sarah Potter, Head of Events Organisational representatives STAND NUMBER 10 – 17th November Sara Buckley, Marketing Manager – STAND NUMBER 3 – 18th November Kinwarton House, School Leavers Captains Hill, Melissa Hill, Marketing Assistant Organisational representatives Alcester, Kathy Leahy, Quality Lead Warwickshire. B49 6HA The News Building, Ruth Regan, Contract Manager News UK, Tel: 03300 500 222 1 London Bridge Street, Unit 8 The Business Centre, Web: www.in2ambition.com Technology Drive, London. SE1 9GF Beeston, In2Ambition are an education and Tel: 020 3003 4017 Nottinghamshire. NG9 2ND training specialist offering market- Email: [email protected] leading and innovative CEIAG, online Web: www.schoolleavers.milkround.com Tel: 0115 922 7103 training and apprenticeship solutions Email: [email protected] across the UK. We actively support Milkround School Leavers is a FREE Web: www.emqc.co.uk and motivate learners to achieve their career resource for 16-18 year olds emqc Ltd has operated as an assessment full potential, aspirations and goals by leaving school or college offering: centre for over twenty years, and is a not providing independent and impartial, high quality advice and guidance. Our apprenticeships and school leaver which means that any surplus is used to offering includes bespoke packages to • schemesA wide range of jobs including developfor profit its company assessment limited processes. by guarantee, We schools and colleges ranging from one see ourselves as a Boutique Assessment off events to full time, in-house career Centre. mentors and all that lies in-between. students make decisions about their • futureCareer careeradvice and guidance to help We Care…We Assess...We Add Value ______
10 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work Examinations) is a leading UK awarding The Royal Air Force has a well-publicised body with an extensive portfolio of and enduring commitment to Diversity We also support teachers in the • Access to exclusive events and courses and Inclusivity which has led us to focus delivery of career advice and guidance new Being Entrepreneurial, Cambridge effort on those groups in UK society through a wide range of resources and Employability,vocational qualifications, Cambridge including Traineeships, the that are under-represented in our employability workshops. Cambridge Progression, Cambridge workforce, namely women (especially Visit: in engineering-based careers) and those www.schoolleavers.milkround.com Functional Skills. from Black, Asian and other Minority Technicals; Apprenticeships and Ethnic Communities. We are keen to ______We will continue to develop inspired increase awareness of both the wide solutions for vocational delivery models, variety of careers we offer and many working in partnership with training and entry levels available to young people. employment providers in helping them The Morrisby to prepare learners for success. ______Organisation ______STAND NUMBER 12 – 17th November only Scottish Food & Drink Organisational representatives Prospects Federation (SFDF) Katherine Skinner, Careers Adviser STAND NUMBER 1 – 17th November STAND NUMBER 20 – 17th November Focus 31 North, only only Cleveland Road, Organisational representatives Organisational representatives Hemel Hempstead, Jonathan Lightfoot, Manager Moira Stalker, National Co-ordinator - Hertfordshire. HP2 7EY Tony Ollerenshaw, Careers Guidance Schools Tel: 01442 215521 Consultant Moyna Kennedy, Network Manager Email: [email protected] Prospects House, Food and Drink Ambassadors, Web: www.morrisby.com 14 Melville Street, For over 50 years The Morrisby Bromley. BR1 1LT Edinburgh. EH3 7HF Organisation has been providing 19 Elmfield Road, Tel: 0208 315 1500 Tel: 0141 636 5498 psychometric assessments to support Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] individuals’ career choice, including our Web: www.prospects.co.uk Web: www.sfdf.org.uk and CourseFinder. We have recently The Prospects Group is a dynamic and The Scottish Food & Drink Federation launchedflagship Morrisby our new Profile,online assessmentFast Tomato enterprising organisation providing a (SFDF) is an independent, industry service, Morrisby Online, which wide range of education, employment funded organisation, universally incorporates tests of verbal, numerical and training services in the UK and recognised as the “voice” of food and and abstract reasoning coupled with an internationally. At the heart of what drink manufacturers in Scotland. The aspirations questionnaire. An integral we do is the drive to improve the food and drink industry is the largest part of this service is the innovative life chances, skills and aspirations manufacturing sector in Scotland and in interactive Morrisby support website of everyone we support. We work the UK. The industry needs new recruits which includes a variety of tools for the in partnership with Government to remain competitive and in particular exploration of careers, entry routes, departments, local authorities, education food scientists, technologists and degree courses and training routes. establishments and other organisations. engineers. For more information please visit ______www.prospects.co.uk ______OCR (Oxford, Cambridge Skills Development and RSA Examinations) Scotland Royal Air Force STAND NUMBER 14 – 17th November STAND NUMBER 16 – 17th November STAND NUMBER 11 – 18th November STAND NUMBER 4 – 17th November STAND NUMBER 6 – 18th November STAND NUMBER 9 – 18th November Organisational representatives Organisational representatives Sarah Gerrard, Sector Manager Organisational representatives Sara Spiers, Events Co-ordinator Sam Morris, Development Manager Glyn Dean, Squadron Leader Intern Commercial and Education Services Paul Harrap, Flight Lieutenant Lomond House, 1 Hills Road, College Headquarters, 11 George Square, Cambridge. CB1 2EU RAF Cranwell, Glasgow. G1 2DY Sleaford, Tel: 01223 376320 Lincs. NG34 8HB Tel: 0300 013 2416 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.ocr.org.uk Tel: 01400 268 014 Web: www.sds.co.uk Email: [email protected] OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Web: www.raf.mod.uk Skills are fundamental to a globally
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 11 competitive economy and to people The Student World launched in 2011 UWS is one of Scotland’s most achieving their ambitions. in response to dramatic changes to the innovative modern universities with higher-education system in the UK and campuses in Ayr, Dumfries, Hamilton Through its career services, national a rising interest in studying overseas. and Paisley. Offering career focused training programmes and wider skills We engage with students and parents Bachelors, Masters, Research degree provision, Skills Development Scotland through our international study fairs, options and vocationally relevant study (SDS) supports people to get jobs and school road shows/presentations options as well as business to business build careers, and helps employers and one-to-one advice and placement opportunities, UWS graduates are recruit, develop and plan their services. The Student World also helps equipped with the relevant skills to make workforce. support HE career advisers and guidance an immediate contribution to industry, ______counsellors through requested school business, public and third sector visits and our bi-annual ‘huddle’ seminar organisations. and networking days held in the north ______and south of England. SSE ______STAND NUMBER 24 – 17th November STAND NUMBER 1 – 18th November Whatuni (part of the UCAS Progress Organisational representatives Hotcourses Group) STAND NUMBER 11 – 17th November Gary Hamilton, Technical Training STAND NUMBER 10 – 18th November STAND NUMBER 19 – 17th November Manager only Collette Macleod Organisational representatives Marcia Vale, UCAS Progress Organisational representatives Inveralmond House, Relationship Manager Simon Emmett, Managing Director 200 Dunkeld Road, Gina Bradbury, Head of UCAS Progress Billy Picard, Outreach Manager Perth. PH1 3AQ Rosehill, Bedford House, Tel: 07767 850 909 New Barn Lane, Fulham Green, Email: [email protected] Cheltenham. GL52 3LZ 69-70 Fulham High Street, Web: www.sse.com London. SW6 3JW Tel: 01242 544 610 SSE is the most diverse energy company Email: [email protected] Tel: 0207 3846001 in the UK. A top 50 FTSE company we Web: www.ucasprogress.com Email: [email protected] employ over 20,000 staff and provide Web: www.whatuni.com over 5 million homes and businesses Although you’ll be familiar with with energy. SSE’s main purpose is to UCAS – the admissions service for Hotcourses, established in 1996, provide the energy people need in a undergraduates – you may not have produces the biggest Education search reliable and sustainable way and we are heard of UCAS Progress, and the work and comparison sites in the world we are doing to help young people make with over 45 million visitors each year. the right decisions after their GCSEs. Hotcourses owned websites cover short, solutions,investing significantly from developing to create one ofa future the UCAS Progress are helping all young professional and adult learning courses, largestfor more onshore efficient wind and farmssustainable in Europe energy to people – not just those looking to go on UK HE and international education installing innovative hydro pump storage to higher education – by giving them opportunities. access to impartial information and schemes. www.whatuni.com provides everything a advice, and the ability to search and ______apply for all post-16 destinations. This includes comprehensive course ______listingsstudent fromneeds FE to colleges, find the specialistright university. private providers and all universities
The Student World in partnership with UCAS. This is STAND NUMBER 21 – 17th November University of the West of supplemented by HESA data and over STAND NUMBER 2 – 18th November 25,000 independent student reviews. Scotland Prospective students and advisors use Organisational representatives services including a comprehensive Antony Adams, Schools and Colleges STAND NUMBER 27 – 17th November open day planner and prospectus Liaison Manager only Unit 1, Organisational representatives Ground Floor, Laura Johnstone, Student Recruitment selection.ordering tool to build their user profile Boiler House, Marketing Coordinator and complete their final application The Whatuni outreach and marketing Electric Wharf, High Street, team will visit over 400 UK schools and Coventry. CV1 4JB Paisley. PA1 2BE colleges this year for fairs, presentations, seminars and workshops with students. Tel: 024 7630 9449 Tel: 0800 027 1000 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.thestudentworld.com Web: www.uws.ac.uk
12 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work Notes
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 13 Keynote 1 The Economic and Social Benefits of Career Development
Angela Constance MSP Damien Yeates Cabinet Secretary for Chief Executive, Skills Training, Youth and Development Scotland Women’s Employment
Biography Biography
Angela lives in West Lothian with her husband and young Damien Yeates was appointed chief executive of Skills son. She grew up in Addiewell and West Calder, attending Development Scotland in June 2008. He was previously chief local schools before furthering her education at Glasgow executive of the Scottish University for Industry and the University. Govan Initiative. Damien has more than 16 years’ experience gained across a broad range of economic and social Before being elected to the Scottish Parliament as the initiatives in Glasgow. During the past decade, in partnership Member for Livingston in 2007, Angela served 10 years as with key agencies and individuals, he has initiated a number the Councillor for Carmondean on West Lothian Council, of highly innovative and successful programmes to promote while also working as a criminal justice social worker skills and lifelong learning, including the establishment of the Digital Media Academy, the Community Technology Academy Carstairs. Network and the Blended Learning of Construction Skills and mental health officer, latterly at the State Hospital at The CDI has been (BLOCS) programme. successful in engaging In 2010, Angela’s outstanding contribution to Parliament was recognised when she was appointed Minister for He holds a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from Dublin experts across all our Skills and Lifelong Learning in the Scottish Government. City University and a Master of Business Administration from conference themes to Following her re-election to Parliament as the member for the University of Strathclyde. bring you an innovative the reshaped constituency of Almond Valley in 2011, Angela and informative was appointed Minister for Children and Young People in the programme, ending on Scottish Government. a high note by looking at career success and In December 2011 Angela was appointed to the newly created position of Minister for Youth Employment, the only such governmental post in Europe. After two years in post, delivering record numbers of Modern Apprenticeships and commissioning groundbreaking work on improving opportunities for young people, Angela was given wider responsibilities with her appointment as Cabinet Secretary for Training, Youth & Women’s Employment in April 2014.
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14 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work Keynote 1 The Economic and Social Benefits of Career Development
Gary Hamilton You are part of Technical Training something that has great traction and Manager, SSE working together we can raise the profile of career development and really make a difference.
Biography
Gary started his working life as an Apprentice Electrician in 1991 Gary worked for various electrical companies, until hewith took a small the brave firm indecision East Kilbride. to start Afterhis own becoming business qualified in 1996. His business operated successfully for four years before he decided to join SSE’s contracting Groups as an electrical foreman.
Gary’s next step towards a rewarding career was to transfer three years he progressed through the companies trainee engineerhis skills intoprogramme the office prior to become to taking a Contracts his next step Engineer. into the For corporate world.
In 2007 SSE decided to open the tap in recruiting apprentices and Gary took the decision to join the corporate training team. This proved very successful as he initially started as the Apprentice Performance Manager within 18 months he was the Apprentice Programme Manager. By 2010 Gary had accomplished managing all of SSE’S pipelines programmes, these programmes consisted of Apprentices, Trainee Engineers and Graduates.
In 2013 Gary then got the opportunity to merge the Technical Training role with Pipelines and the role became the Technical Training Manager for the group.
Since 2007 Gary has had the pleasure and good fortune of seeing over 900 apprentice come through the programmes that run across SSE’s diverse business and as the industry attempts to tackle the skills shortages that exist, he looks forward to seeing many more come into the SSE family.
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 15 Keynote 2 International Perspectives on Career Development
Dr Raimo Vuorinen Dr Jutta Konig Project Manager in the Consultant Psychologist, Finnish Institute for Van Ede and Partners, Educational Amsterdam and Chair of Research at the University the International Career of Jyväskylä Finland. Certification Institute (ICCI)
Career Guidance Finnish Style Career Counselling and Crossing Borders
My presentation focuses on the lifelong guidance and counselling policies and services in Finland with Institute) I have witnessed the developing interest in references to recent European trends and initiatives As chair of ICCI (International Career Certification globe, through the sessions with our global council education and promotion of career management skills career coaching practice and certification around the hasin the been field. included The presentation in the national introduces core curricula how career as a In my presentation I will share insights into career student entitlement. At the local level the curriculum coachingand requests from for an certification international from perspective. all over the One world. of my must include a description of how co-operation with special areas of interest is working with refugees and I the local labour market and business community is will present data on the increase in the global mobility being implemented within the school. A new ideology of refugees, expatriates and global nomads. I will At the local level the of networked services is based on emerging co- also talk about a project in which I supervised career curriculum must include operation between key stakeholders both on national coaches starting to work with graduate refugees in the a description of how and regional levels. Netherlands. co-operation with the local labour market and Biography Biography business community is being implemented Dr Raimo Vuorinen is the Co-ordinator of the European Jutta König received her doctorate in 2012 from the Lifelong Guidance Policy Network, ELGPN. He is an adjunct University of Humanistics in Utrecht. The subject of her within the school. associate professor at the Faculty of Social and Human thesis was Moving Experience: Complexities of Acculturation. Sciences School of Social Sciences, Gimli University of Growing up as a global nomad with her German diplomat parents, later moving as a trailing spouse to Singapore with Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career DevelopmentIceland; a Research and an Associate International with FellowFlorida in State the University’sNational and explores the intricacies of hybrid identities with a group Institute for Career Education and Counselling (NICEC). ofher global husband, nomads. she reflects on these experiences in her thesis
He is also an Excecutive Board member and Vice-President of Jutta studied clinical psychology at Leiden University in the the International Association for Vocational and Educational Netherlands, movement psychotherapy in Germany and Guidance, IAEVG , a Board member of the International holds a Master in Medical Anthropology from the University Centre for Career Development and Public Policies, ICCDPP of Amsterdam. She embarked on her career as a curriculum and a member of the European Training Foundation Editorial developer in doctor patient communication, management Board 2009-14. in health sciences, and organization and information technology.
psychologist, psychotherapist and career coach with executives,In the past fifteenrefugees, years global she nomadshas enjoyed and trailingworking spouses as a during their adventures of migration around the globe.
16 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work Keynote 2 International Perspectives on Career Development
Dr Deirdre Hughes, The audience will be OBE invited to consider how best to develop creative Commissioner at the cross-sector solutions UK Commission for to deliver sustainable Employment & Skills career development systems for young people and adults now and in the future.
Shifting Sands: careers policies and practices in a global economy
This presentation focuses on dynamic changes impacting upon the design and delivery of careers support/development systems across the globe. It explores how creative solutions are emerging in the four home nations of the UK, EU and internationally. The audience will be invited to consider how best to develop creative cross-sector solutions to deliver sustainable career development systems for young people and adults now and in the future.
Biography
Deirdre was Chair of the National Careers Council in England (May 2012 – September 2014). She is a Fellow of the Career Development Institute, an Associate Fellow at Warwick University, Institute for Employment Research (IER), and a Associate Consultant at Edinburgh University, Centre for Educational Sociology. She is a consultant for the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN) on quality assurance and evidence-based systems and policy developments (2011- present). Deirdre is also currently investigating professional identity transformation in Public Employment Services across Europe. She is Co-Editor of the British Journal for Guidance and Counselling: International Symposia Series.
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 17 Keynote 3 Workforce Development and The Future of Work
Paul McKelvie OBE Bev White A training and Managing Director, development Penna Career Services professional
The study finds that in 2030, the future workforce will be multi- generational. The Future of Work Biography
The Future of Work study, published by the UK Bev joined Penna in 2002 and is responsible for leading Commission for Employment and Skills in March their Career Transition business into the number one 2014, looks at what the labour market may be like in position in the UK market place in the private sector. She 2030. To do this it analyses current trends affecting has accountability for leading the continuous design, development and delivery of the Penna Career Services jobs and skills in the UK, taking into account possible business services. Bev was made Managing Director 2009. disruptions to these trends. The report sets out four Bev is an executive Director on the Penna PLC Main Board scenarios of what work may look like and which and also the Global Chair of Career Star Group, a position she skills will be required in those situations. The study has held since it launched in 2012.
generational, older, more international and more Bev’s earlier career included seven years as CIO of NtL and finds that in 2030, the future workforce will be multi- prior to that as Director I.T. for Schlumberger. Today, she and the global labour market highly competitive. is President of the UK Association of Career Firms and of female. Technology will be pervasive, jobs more fluid the European Board for the Association of Career Firms. In Biography her work, she is an innovator in careers, passionate about creating the right conditions for people to realise their Paul worked with Scottish Power between 1990 and 2007. potential. He headed up Scottish Power Learning, a partnership between the company and its trade unions that helped train She is an ICF accredited coach, NLP Master and Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. She writes and speaks young people in the community. Latterly Paul was appointed on careers. In her spare time she enjoys sailing and the tothe the company’s broader roleemployees; of Corporate and improve Responsibility the employability Director. of outdoors life at the weekend. Since leaving Scottish Power, Paul has woked in various roles, including Board Membership of the Scottish Funding Council (where he is Vice-Chair) and Skills Development Scotland, he is also a commissioner for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills. In 2005 Paul was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to lifelong learning.
18 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work Keynote 4 Labour Market Information
The Impact of Open Market Data on Labour Market Information: Professional Identity Transformation for the Careers Profession? by economic turbulence, demographic change and ICT. The need for continuous improvement emphasises the importanceTo perform efficientlyof supporting and theeffectively, professional career identity practitioners transformation. constantly need to adapt to challenges precipitated
This session will consider the potential impact of recent LMI developments for the professional identity transformation of career practitioners. The objectives are to review one open data research initiative linked to support necessary for practitioners. LMI for careers practice; explore some potential implications for careers theory and practice; and examine the With LMI critical to the core business of careers guidance, this session will focus on its changing nature and some implications for theory and practice.
Professor Mark Steell Jenny Bimrose LMI Development Deputy Director, Manager, Skills Institute for Employment Development Scotland Research, University of Warwick
Biography Biography
With over thirty years’ experience in higher education, Mark has led on the development of Labour Market researching and teaching at post-graduate level, Jenny has Intelligence services for Skills Development Scotland over extensive experience of external project management and consultancy, both in the UK and Europe. Before working years. in higher education, she was a career practitioner. She is a the last five years and has worked in careers guidance for 25 Legacy Fellow of the Career Development Institute, a Fellow His career has varied between careers guidance delivery, of the Higher Education Academy, and a Research Associate starting in the West Midlands then Scotland. In addition to at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa. working on employer engagement projects including the She was a member of the Career Profession Task Force, Glasgow Employers Centre (ICG award winner 1999), he has also been seconded to the Scottish Government. an ESRC seminar series on the careers profession (2010 - convened by Government (2010-2012); lead manager for Mark believes that LMI is the language that connects careers and Counselling. Many research projects on which Jenny has advisers and employers and that to be a careers adviser you worked2012); and have is focusedCo Editor on for the the area British of the Journal theory for and Guidance practice need to know the labour market. of career counselling and guidance and on gender. Ongoing research interests include supporting guidance practitioners in their use of labour market information in guidance. To perform efficiently and effectively, career Panel session practitioners constantly need to adapt to challenges precipitated Employment Research, University of Warwick • Professor Jenny Bimrose, Deputy Director, Institute for by economic turbulence, demographic change Scotland and ICT. • Mark Steell, LMI Development Manager, Skills Development
• Sarah Finnegan-Dehn, Regional Director, Careers Wales Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland • Frances O’Hara, Head of Careers Review, Department for
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 19 Keynote 5 Doing the Job, Life Strategies and Resilience
Roberta Neault Carole Pemberton President, Life Strategies Careers Officer, Ltd., and Associate Dean, Careers Counsellor, Faculty of Behavioural Careers Coach, Careers Sciences, Yorkville Researcher Anyone who commits to the profession needs University, Canada resilience in order to support the needs of clients. Optimism, Hope, and Engagement: Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off, Start 3 Keys to Success in Careers Work All Over Again: Resilience and Career Professionals
optimism, hope, and engagement to career success Careers work is marked by uncertainty. Anyone who andResearch work hassatisfaction. demonstrated However, the significancewhen do cobblers of commits to the profession needs resilience in order to take time to make their own shoes? In this session, support the needs of clients, but also in order to stay award-winning career specialist, Dr. Roberta Neault, resourced in the face of political and economic shifts. will share recent research from Canada, Australia, and In this session Dr Carole Pemberton will enable us to New Zealand on the Career Engagement of Career look at: Practitioners, inspiring you to attend to your own careers to become better positioned to help others. • What is resilience and how it relates to careers work Learn how aligning challenge and capacity maximizes • Genetic or acquired? engagement. Leave with renewed optimism and hope • The key markers of resilient individuals • Understanding your own resilience model for maximizing the career success of individuals you Biography• How to sustain yourself for whatever lies ahead serve.for your future in this field and practical strategies
Biography numberCarole Pemberton of career books has been and a wrote careers a careers officer, columncareers for The Dr. Roberta Neault continues to love her work, even after Guardiancounsellor, for careers a number coach, of years.careers researcher; has written a 36 years in the career development sector. She has won numerous international awards, been an invited speaker She currently works as an executive and careers coach and trainer on six continents, and written several career- working with clients in the public and private sector related blogs, chapters, articles, and books including co- authoring Career Flow: A Hope-Centered Approach to Career Department for Education and a number of universities. Development. Sheincluding is also UNICEF, involved HMRC, in developing Monitor, coaching Ministry capabilityof Justice, inSanofi, line managers and internal coaches. President of Life Strategies Ltd. and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences at Yorkville University in She has a particular interest in resilience coaching, which Canada, the diversity of Roberta’s career has contributed to was the subject of her doctorate. She is a Fellow of the CIPD her success and ongoing career engagement. She currently and RSA and a Legacy Fellow of the CDI. She is currently juggles a small private practice as a career counsellor/ Visiting Professor in Business Coaching at the University of coach with international travel, academic admin, teaching Ulster. online, consulting, writing, research, and serving on several boards for professional and business associations, locally and Carole is the author of a number of books including Strike internationally. Coaching to Solutions and the CIPD High Performance Toolkit. She is currently completing a book on Resiliencea New Career Coaching Deal; due for publication by McGraw Hill/OU in 2015.
After all these years of coaching she is still motivated by seeing the difference that careers work makes to people’s lives and satisfaction.
20 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work Members’ Symposium
Defining our Career Development Sector Progression Pathway and other uses for the NOS: Career Development
Revised National Occupational Standards: Career Development will form the backbone of the new Career required throughout the sector, showing how people can progress from entry level through to registered career developmentDevelopment professionalSector Progression and management Pathway. The roles. Pathway will cover the roles, competences and qualifications
The CDI will use NOS: CD to support the training and CPD of all CDI members. Employers across the sector can use them to inform recruitment processes, staff development and quality assurance.
The symposium will seek delegates’ views on the draft Pathway and enable everyone to learn about the important uses of the NOS: CD for the sector.
Claire Johnson Pat Pugh CDI Professional CDI Project Manager, Development Manager National Occupational Standards: Career Development
Biography Biography
Claire is responsible for the UK Register of Career Pat has extensive experience of career development policy Development Professionals, supporting members and and practice with a particular interest in professional registrants across the sector to develop their skills and practice and standards. She has been responsible for project knowledge, the management of the Awarding Body and the managing the development of the MSc in Career Guidance development of the Career Progression Pathway for the sector. in career development in England/Wales and NI and related workforce& Development development in Scotland; initiatives. QCF work-based Pat was previously qualifications the A Registered Career Development Professional, Claire has UK Sector Manager for Career Development within LLUK/ 30 years’ experience in the sector in a variety of practitioner, LSIS, a member of the Government Task Force on the Careers management and senior management roles which also Profession and a contributor to Government strategy and included managing a NVQ Centre. Her 12 year freelance review in the home nations. Pat is currently working in career coaching and consultancy in the learning and skills sector. She is the CDI Project Manager for the review of the career involved developing qualifications for the sector Career Development NOS and a member of the Professional forincluding the sector. the QCF qualifications. Prior to joining the CDI as Standards Committee. PDM she was Chief Verifier for OCR for the QCF qualifications
Career Development will form the backbone of the new Career Development Sector Progression Pathway
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 21 Conference Workshops and Continuous Professional Development
A major aspect of our Annual Conferences is CPD and Members’ investment in their professional practice. Throughout the two-day conference we will be running 24 workshops. Presented by experts, these workshops promote best practice and innovation in the career development sector.
Please note the workshop rooms in Glasgow are relatively small, seating a max of 17 delegates, so numbers for each workshop will be strictly limited.
Anthony Barnes writes extensively on careers education matters. He is an honorary life member of the CDI and an active supporter of the careers When shaping the education community of interest. He is currently future of careers working on a new edition of Better Practice with Kath learning and support it’s Wright. important not to forget the voice of young people. 2. What careers are young people really interested in and what do they really think of the careers support they receive?
Presented by: Annette Wade Room: Kingston 12 noon, Monday 17 November Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers Advisers – working with young people 1. Project based learning in careers education When shaping the future of careers learning and support it’s important not to forget the voice of young Presented by: Anthony Barnes people. This workshop explores two recent research Room: The Mandela reports, CASCAID’s Careers Report 2014 and the Trendence School Leaver Survey to examine young people’s ideas and views on careers, education and Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers employers. With data on over 800,000 young people’s Advisers – working with young people interests and aspirations plus over 7,000 opinions on options for school leavers, this session will provide Project based learning is one of the most effective but the greatest ever insight into what young people under-used ways of helping students to investigate want to do in their future, who they want to work for, complex questions about self, careers and work. This where they want to study and what they think of the workshop will show how schools and colleges can careers support that they receive. students in doing project coursework, homework raise the profile of careers education by involving Annette Wade has been working with schools and colleges on careers learning and support for over 11 years. Over that time she has analysed the changing relatedprojects topics and project that they qualifications have chosen such themselves. as the interests and ambitions of young people. Annette also Participantsextended project will havequalification the opportunity based on to career- discuss has experience of working in FE with a particular focus examples of project-based learning at KS3, KS4 on employer engagement and Apprenticeships. learning to the main themes of the conference. and Post 16 and reflect on the relevance of project
22 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 3. How do students make choices?
Presented by: Johnny Rich Room: Chamberlain
Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers Advisers – working with adults who? If we knew more about how students make decisionsHow do choices about HEhappen? – whether What to influences go to university, them? And what to study and which uni to pick – then we might be better able to advise and support their choices. Important pieces of research have recently been published drawing together many studies and surprising insights from behavioural economics. and teachers, it is a proven, valuable tool in the early This interactive session will draw out the headlines targeted interventions. It brings visibility to learners’ and discuss how a better understanding of student decisionidentification making, of those progress at risk and of destinations NEET, enabling as they decision-making can improve careers practice. This make their post-16 choices and applications. session is led by Johnny Rich, founder of Push, who has been advising HEFCE, universities and other The presentation will be given by members of the UCAS Progress team Johnnybodies on Rich the is research founder andfindings. managing director of the social enterprise Push, a leading website for students’ university choices and a major provider 5. Turning Points: crisis and of workshops and presentations in schools. As a opportunity? consultant, Johnny has also worked with most HE information organisations including, HEFCE, Which? Presented by: Lyn Barham and BestCourse4Me and many others. Rosemary McLean Room: Carnegie 4. UCAS Progress – getting the most Careers advisers – adult clients, Career coaches – from the national course search and talent management UCAS Progress is not apply service for post-16 transition only a comprehensive As practitioners we work with clients who experience resource for students, Presented by: Adam Molloy change, both driven by themselves and imposed by advisers and teachers, Room: Campbell external circumstances. Often these “turning points” it is a proven, valuable create a sense of release and vigour after a period tool in the early termed ‘routine’ (Hodkinson et al.). Sometimes they Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers identification of those at include doubt and threat to established identity. Advisers – working with adults risk of NEET. Some turning points may be recognised only in retrospect, but undoubtedly they are important This session will provide insight into a very within our understanding of career development. successful NEET reduction initiative and the central Turning points are experienced by all our clients part played by the UCAS Progress online application and at different stages in their career, but may have service. We will demonstrate how you can effectively particular gendered aspects. deliver a support service with rich data insight to monitor and track the application process to reduce This workshop will summarise the research literature NEETs. on ‘turning points’, and ask participants to explore its relevance to their own experience and professional UCAS Progress is a national service, providing an practice. online careers information and advice hub together with a course Search and Application process serving Dr Lyn Barham is a Fellow of NICEC and Legacy all post 16 course and training options – A levels and Fellow of CDI. Following years of practice as a careers other academic routes, as well as apprenticeships and adviser, she now works as a trainer and researcher the full range of vocational pathways. on career development issues. Interests include the older workforce, and the concept of ‘green guidance’, Now operating nationally, UCAS Progress is not only guidance for an environmentally sustainable future. a comprehensive resource for students, advisers Rosemary McLean CPsychol Rosemary is a CDI
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 23 and NICEC Fellow. In her international consultancy Professor Jenny Bimrose, now Deputy Director at work she supports organisations to improve career the Institute for Employment Research, University of conversations in the workplace. She is a career Warwick, started out as a career practitioner, then coach, and designs and delivers career development she trained career practitioners. For the last 30 years, workshops. She has recently been involved in she has worked in HE with ongoing research including developing a next generation on-line careers tool supporting practitioners in their use of LMI in career platform. guidance.
Dr Sally-Anne Barnes, from the Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, has an 6. Building career resilience – how established track record in research, she has worked can we enable people manage on and managed a range of projects in the area of technology, careers and learning. She has particular Presented by: Bill Davies expertise in the development of high quality impartial Room: Caledonian LMI. The future of work has only one certainty – All delegates that it is uncertain and 8. Making the most of International unpredictable. The future of work has only one certainty – that it Opportunities is uncertain and unpredictable. There are trends but we have witnessed in the last 10 years the Presented by: Lauren Hendrie impact of volatile markets, technological advances, Room: St Andrews demographic shifts, the impact of social media and so forth.
How can we build resilience to this one certainty so that people can better manage themselves through the choppy waters of change? This workshop will examine this from a neuroscience and employability
ways that this can be tackled, both in working with individualsperspective inand guidance argue that and there through are developmentidentifiable programmes.
Bill Davies has over 25 years’ experience in counselling and coaching with particular expertise in career counselling. He has taught counselling skills to post- graduate level; constructed and run professional skills courses for career counsellors and HR professionals, and has created career tools that are widely used.
All delegates 7. LMI for All: Careers focussed Labour market information With up to 5.5 million British nationals currently living abroad and with increasing numbers of young Presented by: Jenny Bimrose, people considering studying abroad, now more Sally-Anne Barnes than ever it is important for careers practitioners to be aware of the opportunities offered by the Room: Erskine international labour market and the possibilities to study abroad. This workshop will outline these All delegates an experience abroad. It will also inform careers LMI plays a key role in helping people make better- practitionersopportunities of and the look support at the services benefits and of undertakingresources informed career decisions. ‘LMI for All’ is an online available to help them in dealing with clients wishing data portal that is being developed by a consortium to look at international opportunities. led by the Institute of Employment Research at the University of Warwick, commissioned by the Lauren Hendrie is the European Projects Manager UK Commission for Employment and Skills. This at Careers Europe, responsible for our transnational workshop gives background to this development development projects, working with partners in the and presents examples of applications that have education, training and guidance sectors across the EU been developed from this high quality LMI source, including Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Portugal Spain providing a tantalizing insight to the future shape and and Sweden. Lauren is a language graduate and has form of the LMI that will be used in careers guidance. lived and worked in France. Implications for careers practice will be considered.
24 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 15:00, Monday 17 November 3a. Exploring study options abroad
1. How not to do a Paris Brown! Aka Presented by: Jamie Dunn the effects of social media on your Room: Kingston pupil’s career progression Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers Advisers – working with young people Presented by: Janet Colledge Room: St Andrews Increasingly students have become interested in exploring their study options abroad. The US-UK Careers Educators – teachers and advisers funded by both governments to promote educational With the opening up of LinkedIn to 13 year olds and exchangeFulbright betweenCommission the USis a and not-for-profit the UK. As organisationpart of the most employers ‘Googling’ prospective interns and EducationUSA network, our advisers are the UK’s employees, it is vital that young people recognise the importance of their social media footprint upon their opportunities in the US. future careers prospects. only official source of information on educational This session will provide information on the US This workshop seeks to address how best to support undergraduate admissions process including how young people to ensure that their footprint is not to assist students in determining whether US study a hindrance but actually supportive of their career goals. application components, an overview of US university selectionis a good fitcriteria (or not), and step-by-step ways Fulbright guidance can support on the you Janet Colledge has 25 years teaching experience and and your students. now runs Outstanding Careers, a specialist consultancy providing advisory, developmental and pragmatic Jamie Dunn, Acting Director, Advising and Marketing. support for schools keen to develop the role of CEIAG in Prior to joining the Commission, Jamie worked in improving school outcomes including destinations and communications roles at the British and American pupil premium data. Red Cross and in the Training and Development Office at James Madison University. In her current position, Jamie manages the advising team that supports UK 2. Parental Guidance students interested in study in the US and implements the Commission’s communications work. Presented by: Hilary Nickell Room: The Mandela 3b. Imagine Studying in Canada Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers Increasingly students Advisers – working with young people Presented by: Alison Goodings have become interested Room: Kingston in exploring their study If you are an adviser or teacher helping parents cope options abroad. on a range of career issues where do you start? Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers Advisers – working with young people Parental Guidance is a free and helpful website to support parents through the maze of options with Students in the UK are increasingly looking abroad, useful articles, news and updates. The information and Canadian institutions represent a tremendous in Parental Guidance is brought to you by the Careers opportunity for students to advance their career Writers Association. We have recognised that parents and carers are in need of clear, concise and impartial quality education and return home with a globally- information to help steer their sons and daughters in recognizedopportunities. degree. Students Canada will provides benefit from an exceptional high the right direction. standard of living, safety and healthcare. Canada is internationally recognized for competency-based This informal workshop will highlight key features teaching that prepares students to be productive in the workplace. Canadian institutions are primarily to explore new topics and information needs publicly-funded and highly accountable for quality suggestedand benefits by of delegates. the site, while taking the opportunity assurance in teaching. Tuition is affordable when compared among top destinations abroad. Many Hilary Nickell is a careers consultant, trainer and international students can work to gain valuable author with specialist skills in web research. He has co- experience while studying in Canada, as well as work directed five National ‘ICT in CEIAG Conferences’ and is after graduation. current Chair of the Careers Writers Association.
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 25 Allison Goodings has been the Trade Commissioner 5. The Business of Being a Career for Education since February 2013, and has worked Coach at the High Commission since 2006, when she moved to London from her native Toronto. Allison had previously worked at Birkbeck College (University of Presented by: Dave Cordle London) and York University (Toronto). Allison has Room: Campbell a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies, where her research focus was on urban food security and Careers advisers – adult clients, Career coaches – community food practices. talent management
This interactive workshop will allow those already working independently, or considering doing so, 4. ‘Sage on the Stage or Guide on to review the key elements of running a successful the Side?’ – The role of the Careers career coaching business. We will explore motivation, Adviser in an increasingly automated marketing, how to get the important stuff done and world other key aspects of being an independent career coach. Presented by: Virginia Isaac Outcomes: for independent career coaches, an Room: Chamberlain opportunity to start preparing their business so it will be even more successful next year. For those Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers considering becoming independent, an opportunity Recent research from Advisers – working with adults to understand just what it takes. the Pew Research Centre Recent research from the Pew Research Centre in in Washington indicates Dave Cordle is an Independent Career Development Washington indicates that 47% of jobs in the US that 47% of jobs in the Coach working with business owners and staff. He is could be done by robots by 2025. This will involve US could be done by an accredited Career Management Professional (ICCI – many ‘white collar’ jobs being displaced. Nearer to robots by 2025 Institute of Career Certification International), Legacy home, observers have predicted growth in micro Fellow of CDI and NLP Master Practitioner. He is on the production, human wellbeing, ‘wicked issues’ and Governing body of ICCI and chairs the Global Career digital and big data. What impact will all this have Council. on the jobs of the future and what role should careers advisers play in supporting young people? With increasing emphasis on the importance of psycho motor and affective skills as well as cognitive 6. Bringing science careers alive knowledge, should we be guides or sages? Presented by: Alison Eaglesham and Virginia Isaac is the Chief Executive of the Inspiring Susan Meikleham Futures Foundation. Previously a Director at UCAS she Room: Carnegie has also set up and worked in a range of businesses, large and small. She is a governor of the first ‘Dual All delegates Sector’ university in the UK (UoW:TSD) and a trustee of the TSD Student Union. Virginia sits on the Quality in Skills Development Scotland and Glasgow Science Careers Consortium Board and has recently been asked Centre are working in partnership to promote careers to join the Careers England Board.
26 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work in science through unique, hands-on experiences. 8. “If you look the part you’ll get Find out more about how we engage with schools the job”: appearance in the work through our structured education programme and our exciting plans for a bigger, industry focused place, and the role of the career exhibition, with experiential learning at its heart. practitioner
Participants will also get the chance to use some of Presented by: Julia Yates and our interactive exhibits, which have been designed Tristram Hooley Room: Erskine Skills Development careers and discover which jobs might suit them, to help young people find out about different science Scotland and Glasgow All delegates Science Centre are careers, from engineer to deep sea diver. including trying on virtual outfits relating to science working in partnership How you look at a job interview makes a difference. to promote careers in Alison Eaglesham, Skills Development Scotland, is Many of us will have advised clients to think about science through unique, a qualified careers adviser. She supports partners to what they are going to wear and to make sure they hands-on experiences. develop the career management skills of individuals look polished and well presented. But are we the through Scotland’s career information and advice right people to give this kind of advice, and how far web service, My World of Work. She works closely with should we go? Glasgow Science Centre to raise awareness of science careers through this service. This interactive workshop will present evidence of the impact that appearance can have on careers and Susan Meikleham is an experienced science the presenters will pose some controversial questions communicator and has been working closely with Skills to generate discussions around how practitioners Development Scotland to bring the subject of Science negotiate the issues and what our role should be. Careers to life at Glasgow Science Centre through interactive exhibits and immersive events.
7. Beyond Local: The International Implications of Careers in a Global Economy Presented by: Roberta Neault Room: Caledonian
All delegates
There’s nothing straightforward about work in a global economy and, in such a transitional time, very few role models or benchmarks to compare to. Whether working/studying at home on multi- national teams or in international programs; abroad virtually, without ever leaving the comfort of your Tristram and Julia have been conducting research ownas an home, immigrant, the opportunities expatriate, or seem global endless. careerist; However, or so does the competition – a job opening on a local debate! employer’s website can be accessed from the other into this arena and are fired up for some lively side of the world. Learn about the unique challenges Tristram Hooley is a Professor of Career Education and opportunities when the world is your workplace. and Head of iCeGS, University of Derby. Julia Yates is the Senior Lecturer and Programme Dr Roberta Neault is an international careers Leader for the MSc in Career Coaching, University of consultant who walks her talk, having travelled to East London more than 60 countries – 9 of them, on 4 continents, since the beginning of this year. She serves on international boards, collaborates on international research projects, co-authors international publications, speaks and consults across borders, and teaches students from around the world.
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 27 9:15, Tuesday 18 November to meet different needs. Participants will be able to test and take materials during the session.
1. Promoting STEM careers in Squadron Leader Glynis Dean is responsible pre-16 education: the role of FE and for strategic development in the Directorate of the skills sector. Recruitment and Initial Training at RAF Cranwell. Glyn works collaboratively with other organisations to Presented by: Gary Forrest deliver STEM related activities in education and youth Room: The Mandela settings. She was awarded an MBE in recognition of her work in promoting equality and diversity and was Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers named a ‘Straight Ally’ on the Guardian LGBT Power Advisers – working with young people List 2014.
There are concerns that the ‘pipeline of talent’ is Jill Collins Project Manager, Women in Science, broken at age 16 and that take up of STEM-related Engineering and Technology, Sheffield Hallam subjects and learning programmes post-16 is lower University, has developed projects to increase the than required for the country’s future economic number of girls in STEM work experience placements, wellbeing. This session will look at how the FE supporting schools and employers in challenging and skills sector can support careers work pre- stereotypical choices. Jill is working on a PhD focusing 16, in order to increase uptake of STEM subjects on social mobility and career learning through work and apprenticeships post-16. We will examine the experience. rationale for engaging with schools and discuss how the expertise of the sector can be applied effectively. I will draw on research into the experiences of colleges 3. What is impartiality and how do and learning providers from around the country. careers practitioners manage it?
Gary Forrest, Director of Education for Employability Liz Wynn-Owen and CDI Board Member, has operated at a national Room: Chamberlain level for 30 years, having started his career as a teacher. He is widely regarded as a national expert Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers on work-related and vocational learning, 14-19 Advisers – working with adults education, careers education and education-business links. Having previously been employed as an adviser Now schools are responsible for providing careers to the government, he now operates as an independent guidance to young people from year 8 upwards, the consultant. need for impartiality, as outlined in the CDI’s code of practice, is a real one for advisers. How can advisers employed directly in school, or contracted to provide 2. Virtual Summit – a new approach - combining motivational techniques arise if their employment is at stake? of sport and exercise with goal guidance, maintain impartiality when difficulties setting to support personal and Outcomes: There are concerns career development planning impartiality and consider impartiality in relation to that the ‘pipeline of 1. Delegates will collaborate to devise a definition of talent’ is broken at partiality or advocating for clients. age 16 and that take Presented by: Glynis Dean and 2. Delegates will offer insights into regional up of STEM-related Jill Collins differences in how educational structures affect the subjects and learning Room: Kingston need for impartial advice. programmes post-16 Careers Educators – teachers and advisers, Careers between the priorities of schools and the CDI’s is lower than required 3. Strategies for dealing with potential conflict for the country’s future Advisers – working with young people ethical standards on impartiality will be evaluated. economic wellbeing. Virtual Summit is a personal development activity Liz Wynn Owen is researching what impartiality tool designed to help young people set, and achieve, means to Careers Advisers and how they incorporate short to medium term goals. Using stages to work this ethic into their work. She is employed full-time as a Careers Adviser in a school, and is a part- progress as they achieve each step. It is based on an time doctoral student at Canterbury Christ Church individuallytowards a final set end‘challenge’, result, students loosely linked chart theirto climbing University. She has taught English and Journalism to Mount Everest. adult students and worked as a BBC journalist.
Challenges can be based around subject related issues and trials have been conducted in Science, PE
and PSHE. Materials are designed to be flexible and
28 Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 4. Career Conversation Toolkit – convened in 2008, developed and validated a Career A Practical Toolkit for Coaches, Adapt-Abilities Inventory (CAAI), adapted for use in each country. Mentors and Managers to have Effective Career Conversations with Hear how the inventories are being used in practice Employees in the UK and try the inventory out yourself. Presented by: Antoinette Oglethorpe Professor Jenny Bimrose from the University of Room: Campbell Warwick is a member of the international life design group and has developed qualitative indicators of career adaptability. Careers advisers – adult clients, Career coaches – talent management Gill Frigerio, a Senior Teaching Fellow at Warwick, has chaired a project to validate and pilot the CAAI in In this interactive session you’ll gain an overview the UK. of the Career Conversation Toolkit which allows coaches, mentors and managers to:
10 minutes without any complex process or 6. Practice what you Preach • paperwork.Have a meaningful career conversation in only Presented by: Dave Cordle with their current role no matter what their Room: Caledonian • ambitions.Help employees feel more positive and satisfied All delegates opportunities and take steps that will help • themEncourage and the employees organisation. to identify development When was the last time you practiced what you preached and took time out to review your own take ownership for their career development and career? This is an opportunity for delegates to • don’tHave alook flexible to their approach coaches which and managersmeans employees to have all focus on their own career and start to review where the answers. they are and where they want to go. Delegates will participate in activities that will help them to start Antoinette has over 20 years’ experience managing leadership and talent development for some of the away from work goals world’s best known organisations such as P&G, profiling their own ideal role and link their work and Accenture, Avanade and XL Group. As a Leadership Outcomes: Delegates will gain a clarity on some key and Talent Development Consultant, she helps elements of their ideal role and understand how their organisations make the link between their “top-down” work goals link to their goals away from work and approach to Talent Management and employees their motivation The career adapt- “bottom-up” approach to Career Development. ability framework can Dave Cordle is an Independent Career Development be used to enhance Coach working with business owners and staff. He is employability, because an accredited Career Management Professional (ICCI – 5. Career Adapt - ability around the these competencies Institute of Career Certification International), Legacy world not only reside within Fellow of CDI and NLP Master Practitioner. He is on the the individual, but Governing body of ICCI and chairs the Global Career can be measured and Presented by: Jenny Bimrose and Council. Gill Frigerio developed. Room: Carnegie 7. Research in practice – promoting All delegates a research agenda for career ‘Career adapt-abilities’, originating from practitioners constructivist perspectives, are four psycho-social competences: control, concern, curiosity and Presented by: Elizabeth Bradley and Lyn Barham critical for individuals’ survival in current turbulent Room: Erskine globalconfidence. labour Development market conditions of these (Savickas, competencies 2012). is All delegates The career adapt-ability framework can be used to enhance employability, because these competencies An important element of CPD is keeping up-to- not only reside within the individual, but can be measured and developed. conducting small-scale research projects. This date with research findings and, when possible, A 13 country ‘International Life Design’ group, workshop offers an overview of the research field:
Perspectives on Career Development and The Future of Work 29 to maximise the recruitment of young people into with the intention to encourage research engagement the home building industry. There is currently a amongstthe activities practitioners. of research and ways to use findings, concerning skills shortage in the sector but young people persist in thinking of jobs in this sector as The presenters, who ran a similar workshop last year, are active in developing a Community of Interest research explored a range of issues relating to how for Research within CDI. Further discussion in the youngmuddy, people cold and and low advisers skilled. research The first and stage understand of this workshop will focus on outcomes from last year a variety of jobs in the industry. (available from presenters) and map an agenda for the Community of Interest in supporting individual members’ research-related activity. we can ensure that young people are supported toThis understand workshop the will opportunities report the findings which andthe homeask how Dr Liz Bradley, and Dr Lyn Barham, both became building industry presents. Many lessons have been active in research after lengthy experience as learned from this research which could apply more practitioners, and both have undertaken part-time broadly to a range of sectors. The workshop will Many lessons have doctoral study in recent years. As active researchers consider how employer involvement in developing been learned from this and practitioners, they see research as a key element career solutions can impact on careers work at a local research which could within CDI’s CPD programme, as well as essential for and national level. apply more broadly to a the profession. range of sectors. Nicki Moore holds the post of Senior Lecturer in Career Development at iCeGS. She has extensive 8. Careers in Homebuilding: A bit of experience of research, consultancy and teaching in the field of career development. Nicki is a Legacy Fellow of a mystery or a fantastic opportunity? the Career Development Institute and a Fellow of the What research tells us about the Higher Education Academy. knowledge of advisers and young people about this fascinating sector. Clive Turner, Research Manager at NHBC Foundation, has been associated with housing research for over 30 years and has published widely while working Presented by: Nicki Moore and at BRE, the Construction Best Practice Programme Clive Turner and the Zero Carbon Hub. In 2013 he took up his Room: St Andrews current position, supporting the NHBC Foundation’s programme of research and practical outputs. All delegates
In 2014, the NHBC Foundation commissioned research from iCeGS and the CDI to explore how
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