Understanding Career Management Skills and Frameworks

UNDERSTANDING CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS Tristram Hooley Seminar for guidance counsellors from Studievalg and eGuidance, DGI-byen, Copenhagen, 22 September 2017

THE PARABLE OF THE THREE FISHERMEN Saving people career crisis support Stopping them falling in pre-emptive career support Teaching them to swim career management learning

A PARADIGM CHANGE A focus on career management skills shifts the focus of career guidance. To explore and learn From test and tell An educational model where we teach knowledge and skills A medical model where we solve people s problems

SO CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS (CMS) Are the skills that you need to navigate your way through life, learning and work. They are different to, but linked with, employability skills (what employers want you to do) and academic skills (what you need to be able to do to succeed in the education system). But, what, exactly are these skills?

SO WHAT SKILLS DO YOU NEED TO MANAGE YOUR CAREER?

CMS FRAMEWORKS

THE PURPOSE OF CMS FRAMEWORKS To articulate what career management skills are. To create a common language that can be used by all stakeholders (e.g. individuals, educators and employers). To support collaboration between stakeholders to deliver career management skills.

A BRIEF HISTORY Blueprint for Life/Work Design (Canada) Blueprint for Career Development (Australia) Lots of European experiments NCDA guidelines (US)

ELEMENTS OF THE FRAMEWORKS Learning areas Community of practice Resources Learning model Levels/context Policy Delivery approach

CMS IN SCOTLAND Self I develop and maintain a positive self-image I maintain a balance that is right for me in my life, learning and work I adapt my behavior appropriately to fit a variety of contexts I am aware of how I change and grow throughout life I make positive career decisions I am aware of my skills, strengths and achievements Strengths I build on my strengths and achievements I am confident, resilient and able to learn when things do not go well or as expected I draw on my experiences and on formal and informal learning opportunities to inform and support my career choices I understand that there is a wide variety of learning and work opportunities that I can explore and are open to me Horizons I know how to find and evaluate information and support to help my career development I am confident in responding to and managing change within my life and work roles I am creative and enterprising in the way I approach my career development I identify how my life, my work, my community and my society interact I interact confidently and effectively with others to build relationships Networks I use information and relationships to secure, create and maintain work I develop and maintain a range of relationships that are important for my career journey

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH CMS? In one-to-one for client assessment and action planning Do your clients have these skills? Could they develop them? Which one s are blocking their career development? What should they focus on? In group work and career education What do you want them to learn? Do the career management skills provide a structure for learning? Can you assess against them? In consultancy with other professionals e.g. teachers or human resource management professionals Can the CMS integrate with the learning outcomes and frameworks that they are already using?

A TOOL FOR DESIGNING CAREER LEARNING What would someone need to know and be able to do in order to agree with that statement I maintain a balance that is right for me in my life, learning and work Resources and activities Assessment Can they provide evidence that they can do this?

SO CMS GIVES YOU A LIFETIME CAREER LEARNING CURRICULUM Provides a career learning curriculum Self Strengths Also offers learning outcomes that can be integrated into: Subject based curricula Workplace based learning and development frameworks Horizons Networks

THE VISION Career management skills support individuals in their career development. They know what is important and focus on it as they move through life. Career management skills provide a framework for careers professionals and services to deliver coherent and consistent services. A career management skills framework allows career development to be built into all aspects of society.

REFERENCES Australian Government, Department for Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations (2010), Australian Blueprint for Career Development, http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/node/1332] Hooley, T., Watts, A.G., Sultana, R. and Neary, S. (2013). The Blueprint framework for career management skills: a critical exploration. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 41:2, 117-131. Skills Development Scotland (SDS) (2012). Career Management Skills Framework for Scotland. Glasgow: SDS. Neary, S., Dodd, V. and Hooley, T. (2015). Understanding Career Management Skills: Findings From the First Phase of the CMS Leader Project. Derby: International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby. My blog has a lot of CMS related resources at https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/tag/career-management- skills/

TRISTRAM HOOLEY Director of Research, The Careers & Enterprise Company/ Professor of Career Education, University of Derby/ Professor II, Inland Norway University of Applied Science thooley@careersandenterprise.co.uk @pigironjoe Blog at http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com