THE
CAREERS &
ENTERPRISE
COMPANY
Inspire and prepare young
people for the world of work
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Questions we asked about ‘Inspiring and preparing
young people for the world of work’:
1. Does this matter?
2. What does the evidence say makes the biggest
difference?
3. Where are the gaps today?
4. How should we operate?
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‘Inspiring and preparing young people for the world
of work’:
1.Does this matter?
2. What does the evidence say makes the biggest
difference?
3. Where are the gaps today?
4. How should we operate?
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Over 700,000 vacancies…
… but youth
unemployment 3x higher
than average
Self-employment and
entrepreneurship have
never been more vibrant…
…but many young people
don’t know
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‘Inspiring and preparing young people for the world
of work’:
1. Does this matter?
2.What does the evidence
say makes the biggest
difference?
3. Where are the gaps today?
4. How should we operate?
The Enterprise Adviser network
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The Gatsby Foundation Eight benchmarks for providing good
career guidance
Encounters
1
A stable career programme
2
Learning from career and labour market information
3
Addressing the needs of each pupil
4
Linking curriculum learning to career
5
Encounters with employers and employees
6
Experiences of workplace
7
Encounter with further and higher education
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Personal guidance
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The Gatsby Foundation Eight benchmarks for providing good
career guidance
Information
1
A stable career programme
2
Learning from career and labour market information
3
Addressing the needs of each pupil
4
Linking curriculum learning to career
5
Encounters with employers and employees
6
Experiences of workplace
7
Encounter with further and higher education
8
Personal guidance
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The Gatsby Foundation Eight benchmarks for providing good
career guidance
A Plan
1
A stable career programme
2
Learning from career and labour market information
3
Addressing the needs of each pupil
4
Linking curriculum learning to career
5
Encounters with employers and employees
6
Experiences of workplace
7
Encounter with further and higher education
8
Personal guidance
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The Gatsby Foundation Eight benchmarks for providing good
career guidance
Stable
environment
1
A stable career programme
2
Learning from career and labour market information
3
Addressing the needs of each pupil
4
Linking curriculum learning to career
5
Encounters with employers and employees
6
Experiences of workplace
7
Encounter with further and higher education
8
Personal guidance
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“…young adults surveyed who recalled four or more
activities while at school were five times less likely
to be NEET and earned, on average, 16% more than
peers who recalled no such activities.”
– Dr. Anthony Mann
It’s who you meet: why employer contacts at school make a difference to the employment
prospects of young adults (2012)
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‘Inspiring and preparing young people for the world
of work’:
1. Does this matter?
2. What does the evidence say makes the biggest
difference?
3.Where are the gaps
today?
4. How should we operate?
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Our diagnostic
1. Inconsistent coverage – especially in areas
where there are lots of SME’s
2. Not clear ‘what works’ – of the many careers
and enterprise services available to schools and
colleges
3. ‘Gap’ to bridge between schools and
employers: Schools, colleges and employers
have different language, timetables and working
patterns
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The Enterprise Adviser Network
Full time, paid, Enterprise
Coordinator per 20 schools/colleges
to present simple ‘list’ of local
services and employers to schools
and colleges
1 Enterprise Adviser (business
volunteer) per school/college to
provide strategic counsel to
Principal/Head Teacher
39 LEPs co-leading the network
Toolkit listing activities employers
can conduct in schools & colleges
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The Enterprise Adviser toolkit
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Enterprise Adviser network - Key stats
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Live in 36 out of 39 LEP areas
60 Enterprise Coordinators
> 600 schools and colleges signed up
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Careers & Enterprise ‘Cold Spot’ Analysis
Prioritisation indicators:
• Number of pupils claiming
free school meals
• Employers offering work
experience
• Employers offering work
inspiration
• Pupils attaining 5+ A*-C
GCSEs
• A-levels that are STEM
• Girls taking STEM at A-level
• Apprenticeships post KS4
• % 16-17 year olds recorded
NEET
• % Employers answering: 16
year old school leavers are
"poorly" or "very poorly
prepared" for work
• % Employers answering: 1718 year old school leavers
are "poorly" or "very poorly
prepared" for work
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The Careers & Enterprise Fund
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£9.5 million deployed including match
75% in ‘Cold Spots’
Just under a quarter of a million young
people helped
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‘Inspiring and preparing young people for the world
of work’:
1. Does this matter?
2. What does the evidence say makes the biggest
difference?
3. Where are the gaps today?
4.How should we
operate?
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Our principles
Test, learn and adapt
Build on what works
Work nationally, tailor locally
Enable and convene the best programmes
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Join the fast-growing Enterprise Adviser network
www.careersandenterprise.co.uk
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