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Formula for Success:
Career
Building
in the New Economy
Prevailing Wisdom
With good career, learning and
labour market information …
… people will make good career
decisions.
NOC JobFutures
WorkinfoNET
Career Explorer
CanLearn Choices
Career Cruising
Prospects
Career Directions
Realm The Edge
Reality Check
Secondary School
70% of students expect post-secondary
80% of parents expect post-secondary
32% of students go to post-secondary
26% of students drop out of high school
9% of students plan to work after high school
64% of students go to work from high school
Post-Secondary
47% change programs or drop out - first year
50% are not in work closely related to their
programs two years after graduation
HRDC, Statistics Canada, Ontario Education, University of Guelph
Reality Check
Over 3/4 of all young people go to work before
completing post-secondary studies
57% of 32% graduate - 18%
50% of 1995 graduates report that they are
NOT in work closely related to their program
of study 2 years after graduation*
So … less than 10% end up where
they planned to be
* 1997 National Survey of 1995 Graduates, HRDC and Statistics Canada
Are High School
Graduates Ready?
For the
Workplace
For PostSecondary
High School Students
80%
87%
Parents (K-12 Students) 40%
65%
Post-Secondary Teachers
35%
53%
Employers
35%
70%
Environics West, Calgary, 1997
Mind Set
Too many people have been too
concerned about preparing students
to decide “what they will be when ...”
We need more focus on “what they
are now” … and preparing them for
the continual transitions they will
encounter throughout their life
journey.
Transitions
Examples:
• Home to school
• Primary to secondary school
• Secondary to post-secondary school
• School to work
• Dependent to independent
• Single to marriage or partnership
• Work to other work, unemployment or
studies (25 jobs - 5 or more sectors)
• Work to retirement
Changing Work Dynamic
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Global competition, rapidly evolving technology
Organizations re-defining themselves, right-sizing
Contracting out, project-based, no benefits
Commitment to customers and bottom line not to employees
Aging population with growing self-employment
Work creation by small, transient companies
Re-definition of jobs and work (Rifken, Bridges)
No time zones, need response NOW (toxic stress)
Bottom Line: Traditional career
planning models no longer work
GOALS
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE MODEL
“To help people make informed decisions”
• Explore self
• Explore occupations
• Match (Trait/Factor) and choose best fit
• Develop education/training plan
• Graduate and begin work
• Work hard, be secure, progress
• Retire on pension
GOALS
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE MODEL
“To help people make informed decisions”
CAREER BUILDING MODEL
“To help people become self-reliant
citizens, able to cope with the many
transitions they will encounter in
rapidly changing labour markets, and
maintain balance between work and
life roles”
Career Building Model
One's capacity to make good life/work
choices is limited by:
 Access to HUMAN SUPPORT
 Access to INFORMATION
 Mastery of essential LIFE or
CAREER BUILDING SKILLS
ADULTS - YOUTH
Youth are not prepared.
Adults in involuntary career transitions (due
to privatization, “right-sizing,” mergers, etc.)
face more difficult challenges, with less
support.
Career Building Model
What are essential career building skills:
 academic and technical skills
 career exploration & planning skills
 employability skills
 essential skills
 emotional skills
 multiple intelligences
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Career or Life Building Skills
Blueprint
for Life/Work
Designs
www.blueprint4life.ca
BLUEPRINT Partners
• National Life/Work Centre
Not-for-Profit Executing Agency
• Canada Career Information Partnership
Provinces and Territories
• Human Resources Development Canada
Federal Government
Blueprint
for Life/Work
Designs
BLUEPRINT Objectives
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To provide common language across
Canada to describe the career building
competencies Canadians need to be
healthy, self-reliant citizens
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Blueprint
for Life/Work
Designs
… and indicators they have them
BLUEPRINT Objectives
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To support development (or redesign) of
effective, comprehensive and measurable
career (building) development programs in:
 Primary and secondary schools
 Post-secondary institutions
 Community organizations
 Business organizations
Blueprint
for Life/Work
Designs
THE SERIES
www.realgame.com
PARTNERS
• The Real Game Inc.
Author and writing team
• National Life/Work Centre
Non-Profit Executing Agency
• Canada Career Info Partnership
Provinces and Territories
• Human Resources Development
Canada Federal Government
Blueprint
for Life/Work
Designs
THE SERIES
Grades 3 and 4
•Life/work roles in
the community
•Attracting new
company to town
THE SERIES
Grades 5 and 6
•Build community
•Roles in small
companies
•International
business
THE SERIES
Grades 7 and 8
•Lifestyle choices
•Budgeting
•Chance Cards
•Single
THE SERIES
Grades 9 and 10
•Three roles
•Role Histories
•Work Search
•Transferable Skills
•Situations
THE SERIES
Grades 11 and 12
•Rehearsal for
transition
•Focus on Gateways
•Skills/learning
focus
THE SERIES
Adults (18+)
•Three roles
•Spans 20th century
•Focus on transitions
•Transferable skills
•Personal action plan
Blueprint
for Life/Work
Designs
Formula for Success in
Career Building
Academic and Technical Skills
+ Quality Information and Guidance
+ Career/Life Building Skills
= SUCCESS IN CAREER, AND IN LIFE!