Adventures in Career Development

JUNE 30, 2023

While I was there I was involved in lots of sessions, including a very interesting panel and World Cafe session organised by NOLOC on agency and career management. I also co-hosted a workshop with Rie Thomsen on critical theory, which we’ve written up on the Career guidance for social justice website.

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Adventures in Career Development

JULY 18, 2023

Today I am with my co-authors Chris Percy and Siobhan Neary, presenting the new iCeGS paper in parliament with the aim of engaging policy makers in thinking about, and ultimately funding and improving the career guidance system. We currently spend £68 per person, per year on the delivery of career guidance to young people.

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Adventures in Career Development

OCTOBER 21, 2022

With a new Prime Minister and King, a controversial mini-budget, a plummeting pound and the hoopla of party conferences, even the most dedicated follower of politics might be forgiven for missing the start of the House of Commons Education Select Committees inquiry into Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG).

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Adventures in Career Development

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

I’ve just finished teaching a session on career guidance policy at the University of Derby. In many of their countries career guidance receives little or no support from the government. This opened up some really interesting questions about why government would be involved in this area at all.

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Adventures in Career Development

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This article was written by David Andrews and myself and originally published on the Trotman Indigo website to announce the publication of The Careers Leader Handbook. In it we discuss the publication of the handbook and why we think that the development of the concept of careers leadership has been so important.

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Adventures in Career Development

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.com Thank you to David Andrews (Visiting Fellow at iCeGS) and co-author of The Careers Leader Handbook for this guest post. David Andrews For many years it has been argued that every teacher is a teacher of careers.

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Adventures in Career Development

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Photo by George Dolgikh on Pexels.com For those of you who follow these things closely you may have spotted that we have recently seen a select committee report on career guidance followed by the government’s response. The select committee Select committee’s are designed to scrutinise government policy.

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Adventures in Career Development

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As employability professionals you are probably aware of the existence of the National Careers Service and the wider world of career guidance. Career guidance professionals work with clients to help them to manage their life, learning and work, to develop and articulate their skills and to make career decisions and transitions.

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Adventures in Career Development

JULY 2, 2024

There is lots to like for me in this manifesto, but of course the party are very unlikely to form the next government. But what do they have to say about careers related topics. But, no specific mention of careers education or guidance. Britain Elects currently has them on 6% of the vote and likely to get 4 MPs.

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Adventures in Career Development

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For the last few years, the Construction Industry Training Board has been undertaking research with careers practitioners to find out how they are engaging with the construction section. In this blog we set out some of the main findings from last year and explore what the implications might be for careers practice.

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Adventures in Career Development

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

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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Adventures in Career Development

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

On Monday I was invited to speak at the Norwegian National Forum for Career Guidance in Oslo. This is the annual meeting between the government’s Higher Education and Skills Directorate (HK-Dir) and key stakeholders including employers, trade unions, regional leaders in career guidance and the professional association.

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Adventures in Career Development

JUNE 15, 2024

I’m working my way through all the manifestos for parties in the current election to see what they have to offer for careers. I started with the current government (pretty much ignores careers), then went to the Labour Party (not bad on career, but not so good on the wider economic and public sector picture).

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Adventures in Career Development

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Photo by Lukas on Pexels.com You wait for ages for a high-stakes, policy-relevant, if somewhat underwhelming, report on the state of career guidance to come along, and then two come along at once. This review therefore promises to give us one of the clearest descriptions of what careers work is like in England’s schools.

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Adventures in Career Development

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Last week I posted an article on FE News in which I made some polite suggestions for what the forthcoming education select committee inquiry should say about career guidance. This is what I had to say… The Education Select Committee has recently launched a new inquiry into career education, information, advice and guidance.

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Adventures in Career Development

JULY 11, 2023

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills, Careers and Employment is partnering with the Career Development Policy Group (CDPG) on a parliamentary roundtable event to explore the proposal of a “Career Guidance Guarantee” for England. You can book to attend on Eventbright.

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Adventures in Career Development

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The TEC is a Crown Agency which leads the Government’s relationship with the tertiary education sector in New Zealand and provides career services from education to employment. The TEC invests over $3 billion into tertiary education and supporting the tertiary and careers system every year.

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Adventures in Career Development

AUGUST 30, 2022

The site is the main source of news and views on career guidance in Norway. He also writes professional books, runs the website Career guidance for social justice , as well as the blog Adventures in Career Development. Will make a difference with career guidance. With a Ph.d. And where am I going in life?

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The Coaching Tools Company

MAY 28, 2024

Originally Posted on The Coaching Tools Company as 8 Career Coaching Tools and Ideas For Clients Who Have Absolutely No Idea What They Want! Do you have a client who wants a new career but has absolutely no idea where to start? IMPORTANT: There are no career coaching tools that give us a magic wand! We start by looking within.

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Adventures in Career Development

JANUARY 31, 2024

The pursuit of collective action and an engagement in democracy is central to my beliefs about what effective career development is and what should be included in careers education, so view this post as an attempt for me to walk the walk. Some people have blamed Jo for the partial failure of the last campaign.

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Crestcom

MAY 23, 2025

The 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer shows that trust in businesses, government, media, and NGOs has significantly decreased. Leaders must adapt to these concerns by investing in upskilling, reskilling, and career growth. One of the top reasons people leave their jobs is a lack of career development opportunities.

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Adventures in Career Development

DECEMBER 22, 2023

10 In October I had the opportunity to go to New Zealand and talk about career guidance at the CDANZ conference. As part of this I was asked to run a workshop entitled Building good career guidance in schools. 7 During the pandemic I made a bunch of videos explaining different aspects of career theory.

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Adventures in Career Development

MARCH 30, 2023

The project focuses on localities designated as ‘deprived’ by government initiatives such as the ‘opportunity areas’ or ‘levelling up’. young people, parents, teachers, teaching assistants, career guidance professionals, youth workers, educational welfare workers, employers and local policy makers).

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Adventures in Career Development

MAY 30, 2025

link] This is what I had to say… Tristram Hooley, a professor of Career Education at the university and a member of the University and College Union (UCU) said: “We don’t really think there’s a very strong rationale for the redundancies. The article has just come out and makes for interesting reading.

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She Owns Success

JANUARY 28, 2024

If you’re serious about advancing your career, it’s well worth considering becoming a non-executive board member. Becoming a non-executive board member offers a rewarding avenue for professionals looking to enrich their careers and drive meaningful change. Is your next career move waiting in the boardroom?

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Adventures in Career Development

APRIL 30, 2025

Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit Sherwood Observatory as part of a meeting of local government, business and education stakeholders. I also made a contribution where I talked about the likely impacts that AI and automation will have on the labour market and careers.

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Adventures in Career Development

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

For all of the careers advisers and careers researchers reading this, this shouldn’t be news. This is particularly the case when, as I wrote in a piece on the Career guidance for social justice blog , public sector wages are being deliberately held down by the government below the market rate.

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Adventures in Career Development

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Earlier this week Kier Starmer set out his big vision for a Labour Government in what was trailed as a major speech. All in all I think that the Labour Party made no meaningful proposals about education, skills or careers this week. Predictably Guardian columnists like Polly Toynbee loved it.

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Adventures in Career Development

JUNE 23, 2024

So, what do they have planned for the country and for careers in particular. But, so far their contribution to careers has been very poorly discussed and this post hopes to figure out what they really have to say. Careers Sadly the manifesto has nothing to say about careers or career guidance.

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Adventures in Career Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We have two more years of this government and they are clearly not going to change things without a lot of pressure. The rich need to accept a smaller part of the pie so that we can all have access to the good life and so that we can provide the education, healthcare and welfare state that people need. It is time to say that enough is enough.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 28, 2024

The company tries to attract top talent through job postings, employer branding, career fairs, etc. And the drivers are governed by the organization. The instances are as follows: Employee Experience Initiatives: Onsite wellness centers, flexible work arrangements, generous parental leave, and career development programs.

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Adventures in Career Development

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In the meantime the REF process has been delayed until 2029 and lots of the rules that are going to govern the final assessment process have not actually come out yet. I’ve had some good experiences with creating short content on YouTube (see my career theory course ), but I haven’t made much progress on this this year.

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Vantage Circle

MAY 29, 2023

ESG , which stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance, refers to the set of factors that companies consider when evaluating their impact on society and the environment. These metrics are indicators used to assess the performance and potential risks of a business's operations concerning environmental, social, and governance issues.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 28, 2024

The company tries to attract top talent through job postings, employer branding, career fairs, etc. And the drivers are governed by the organization. The instances are as follows: Employee Experience Initiatives: Onsite wellness centers, flexible work arrangements, generous parental leave, and career development programs.

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Vantage Circle

JULY 21, 2020

It has positive effects on employee input, career development, employee satisfaction , etc. The government of a nation mostly follows a leadership of such form. It is because this improves employee training and development. This is always crucial from a worker's viewpoint to grow a career.

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Vantage Circle

AUGUST 16, 2021

The United States is one of the few countries where the government allows employers to offer tax-deferred retirement accounts. Career Development. If we go by the recent trends , millennials and Gen Z are looking for more than just a steady paycheck with their careers. Who doesn't want to retire early?

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Vantage Circle

JULY 13, 2021

The total rewards program should incorporate a comprehensive benefits package beyond the minimums mandated by the federal government. Provide a professional development program that gives them a chance for continuous learning and develop their skills. It can be anything from tuition to career training or mentoring.

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