Career guidance
People who are unemployed and people in low skilled jobs who are at risk of cycling between work and unemployment are two particularly vulnerable groups that can benefit from good career guidance to support them to get into and on in work. We have carried out two new pieces of work on career guidance which focus on employer involvement in career development and how career related information about the labour market can be used and shared effectively.
We have carried out two new pieces of work on career guidance. This builds on previous work that explored how new technologies can be used to provide robust, accessible career guidance last year which culminated in the report ‘Helping individuals succeed: Transforming career guidance’ .
In carrying out this work we want to encourage employers to become more involved in career guidance for unemployed adults and to share good practice about how career related labour market information can be better used and shared. The links below provide more detail about each project:
Review and analysis of the contribution employers can make to career guidance
The purpose of the work was to look at how employers are contributing to the career development of their staff and to identify some of the benefits that this can bring to their business.
The work was carried out by The International Centre for Guidance Studies at the University of Derby in partnership with the Policy Research Institute at Leeds Metropolitan University who carried out a literature search and a call for evidence. Case studies were identified which outline some of the strategies and activities that a range of employers have put in place and identifies the real business benefits that these can bring.
There are two reports from this work. The first, ‘Developing Business. Developing Careers. How and why employers are supporting the career development of their employees’, includes seven case studies that we hope will inspire businesses to consider how best they can support the career development of their staff. This is underpinned by a project report, ‘Tackling unemployment, supporting business and developing careers’ , which provides the evidence from the literature review and presents a framework for thinking about career development.
