“Patchy” careers advice leads to new government initiative
- March 4, 2010
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The Institute of Career Guidance (ICG), the UK’s professional membership association for those working in careers information, has described careers advice in England as “patchy and inconsistent”
Dr Deidre Hughes, president of ICG, is claiming that the generation coming through university have not experienced good enough careers education, meaning that young people have not developed the knowledge and skills needed for the labour market.
Connexions spokesperson Katharine Horler argues that it is wrong to judge careers advice on whether or not candidates ended up entering into a profession that had been suggested to them:
“Careers advice is about developing decision making skills and resilience to help you manage the ups and downs that come with a career.”
The new government initiative, the Careers Profession Taskforce, is aiming to dramatically improve careers education; working to create a “careers workforce fit for the 21st Century”. The initiative is said to have come about due to a realisation in government for the importance of quality information, with a prospective review to be delivered by local authorities in 2011.
