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Lessons for career guidance from return-on investment analyses in complex education-related fields

Adventures in Career Development

In this systematic review, we document 32 ROI studies across nine countries that address either school-based guidance or one of three congruent fields: widening participation in education, behaviour in schools and adult career guidance. investmet Career guidance for adults = 0.9x-109.6x Returns = 0.7x – 61.5x

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New briefing paper from @theCDI – Learning and skills for economic recovery, social cohesion and a more equal Britain (The Blunkett Report)

Adventures in Career Development

I have just written a briefing paper for the Career Development Institute looking at Lord Blunkett’s report for the Labour Party, Learning and skills for economic recovery, social cohesion and a more equal Britain. In the paper I describe the vision that Blunkett’s paper sets out for the career development system.

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A mission to break down the barriers to opportunity – OK but what does it mean?

Adventures in Career Development

Break down the barriers to opportunity at every stage for every child, by reforming the childcare and education systems, raising standards everywhere, and preparing young people for work and life. The briefing document that sits behind the speech is also incredibly thin. This seems like a massive missed opportunity.

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Bacchi’s What’s the problem represented to be? (WPR) approach

Adventures in Career Development

If you are not familiar with this approach, it is essentially a way of analysing policies and other kinds of document and discourse in a critical and analytical way. It is based around answering six questions about the document that you are looking at. The WPR approach – Derby theory session Download

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An empty box: The government’s response to the select committee’s report on career guidance

Adventures in Career Development

The Education Select Committee has had a long-standing interest in career guidance. Embedding careers into the curriculum. The Department should think about how to embed careers into the curriculum through initial teacher education and CDP programmes and standards. The key message is as follows. Specific groups.

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What does the Lib Dem manifesto mean for careers

Adventures in Career Development

But what do they have to say about careersCareers They will invest in careers advice and employer engagement for young people, but there don’t seem to be any details on what this will actually involve and the costing document that I can find is at a very high level and so doesn’t really give any idea of what this is.

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Strengths-Based Coaching for Cultivating Engagement, Momentum, and Well-Being

International Coach Academy

I first stumbled upon Positive Psychology via the work of Barbara Frederickson 1 , which was instrumental for my personal growth and also planted the seeds of what I now see as a bright new positive chapter in my career development. Niemiec (2013) documents studies linking each of the 24 character strengths with resilience.