November 29, 2017 Sareena Hopkins Canadian Career...

November 29, 2017

Sareena Hopkins

Canadian Career Development Foundation

What does it mean to be resilient in the emergent labour market?

What are the implications of this on our field?

• Canada leads the world in share of population in tertiary education

• Also leads in rate of youth UNDEREMPLOYMENT

• Delayed milestones of adulthood

• More well-credentialed youth living in poverty

• Impacts on mental health

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Public education is being criticized for not preparing youth for post-secondary choices

PS systems are being criticized for not preparing young adults for work

Employers are being criticized for not being clear enough about their skill shortages

Parents are being criticized for over-coddling and protecting youth

Youth are being criticized for being lazy and entitled

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

INTRAPERSONAL FACTOR

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

INTRAPERSONAL FACTOR

SOCIAL/COPINGSKILLS

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

INTRAPERSONAL FACTOR

INTERPERSONALSUPPORTS

SOCIAL/COPINGSKILLS

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

INTRAPERSONAL FACTOR

INTERPERSONALSUPPORTS

SOCIAL/COPINGSKILLS

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS

Eyes, like the Broad Mind’s, that can see into the furthest galaxies

INTERNAL EXTERNALINTRAPERSONAL

FACTOR

HopeSelf-Esteem

Self-Awareness

INTERPERSONALSUPPORTS

SOCIAL/COPINGSKILLS

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS

Think critically about labour market trends

Dig locally to find meaningful LMI

Make personal career sense of LMI so that it answers students’ unique questions and informs their unique career future

Webbed feet for plunging into the depths of things

Application

Reflection

Personal Integration

Extension

Our education system is about preparing whole citizens. Given that most citizens

spend more time working than any other activity, surely part of that preparation

must be preparing students to live, move and thrive in the labour market.

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

INTRAPERSONAL FACTOR

INTERPERSONALSUPPORTS

SOCIAL/COPINGSKILLS

Skills to Explore, Enter and Navigate the Labour Market

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS

Wings to soar

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

INTRAPERSONAL FACTOR

INTERPERSONALSUPPORTS

SOCIAL/COPINGSKILLS

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS

Someone who believes in you and expects you to succeed

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

INTRAPERSONAL FACTOR

INTERPERSONALSUPPORTS

Nurturing RelationshipsPersonal Board of

Directors

SOCIAL/COPINGSKILLS

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS

Arms that can embrace the whole wide world

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

INTRAPERSONAL FACTOR

INTERPERSONALSUPPORTS

SOCIAL/COPINGSKILLS

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS

Linking subjects to their real world applications and giving students real

exposure to diverse workplaces increases their academic performance

and provides a basis for informed post-secondary and work choices.

INTERNAL EXTERNAL

INTRAPERSONAL FACTOR

INTERPERSONALSUPPORTS

SOCIAL/COPINGSKILLS

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS

Opportunities for LabourMarket Exposure/ Experience and to

Contribute to Community

#1 Hope

#2 Self-Esteem

#3 Self-Awareness

#4 Labour Market Awareness

#5 Skills to Enter and Navigate the Labour Market

#6 Learning to Learn…and Learning from Learning

#7 Relationships

#8 Board of Directors to Support Transitions

#9 Real Labour Market Applications and Exposure

#10 Contributions to Community

Student

Learning Work

Career Development

The work you do brings purpose and hope into the lives of your students. It opens the doorway to their awareness of self and the world around them. It builds their skills. It connects them to networks that nourish and support them and it connects them to community in meaningful and

fulfilling ways. It builds their resilience.