The Perfect Storm and The ccEngage Solution

1. The Perfect StormandThe ccEngage Solution

2. Agenda • About Career Cruising • The Perfect Storm • ccEngage • Whole Community Approach

3. Our Mission “To engage and inspire individuals of all ages to achieve their full potential in school, career and life.”

4. About Career Cruising • All-Canadian success story • Founded in Toronto 15 years ago • Leader in career development software • Over 20,000 active schools • 5 million page views per day • 7 Province/Territory licenses • 70% of schools – 76% of librairies

5. Storm Warnings 1 Great Recession 4 Unprepared Workforce 2 Aging Population 3 Upskilling of Jobs

6. Global economy in throes of worst economic storm in century Jobs in jeopardy Slow, faltering recovery Governments in record debt 1 | The Great Recession

7. Declining birth rate since 1967 Later marriage & fewer children Boomers retiring (1947-65 in 2012) Growing concern: dependency ratio Immigration cannot offset natural decline 2 | Aging Population

8. Percent of Canadians Aged 15-64 Source: Russell Barnett, Bank of Canada Review, Summer 2007, p.7

9. Dependency Ratio • Rick Miner, PhD, 2012, Jobs of the Future: Options and Opportunities

10. 3|Upskilling of Jobs • Vast majority of 2031 work force has been born • Immigration – 280,000 • Under-represented - poor, aboriginals, women, disabled Rick Miner, 2012, Jobs of the Future: Options and Opportunities

11. The Gallup World Poll was started in 2005, covers virtually every demographic and socioeconomic group in every country in the world, and will go on for 100 years. Biggest discovery so far: More than anything else, the whole world wants a good job! The countries with enough cities that pull together to ensure their citizens have good jobs and their employers have engaged employees will be the winners in The Coming Jobs War.

12. Talent Shortages • Agriculture: 90,000 additional workers required by 2013 • Construction:  219,000 retiring workers 2012 – 2020 • ECO Canada: 100,483 environmental workers in the next 10 years to replace retiring workers • Electricity: 45,000 new skilled workers required by 2016 (almost half of the existing workforce) • Food Processing: 13% (32,500) of workers in this industry will be retiring by 2115. At least 21,500 needed in the period • Information & Communications Technology: 106,000 in the next 5 years • Mining: About 81,000 needed in the next decade • Petroleum: At least 15,000 new workers over the next four years (2012 - 2015) • Printing: 41% of the industry’s labour force is nearing, or has passed, the age of early retirement • Supply Chain: 27,000 current vacancies , with an additional need for 60,000employees annually • Tourism: 114,000 unfilled jobs in 2020 and by 2030, 10.7% of labour demand (228,000 jobs) could go unfilled • Trucking: 2012-2017; projected workforce growth will be 199,800 TASC - The Alliance for Sector Councils, November 2012

13. Talent Pipeline 4 | Unprepared Workforce

14. National HS graduation rate 79% 60% of HS grads (47%) register immediately for post-secondary programs 25% of post-secondary students dropout by the end of the first year. A similar percent change programs or majors Leaking Pipeline • (King, 2009, Who Doesn’t Go To Post-Secondary Education?) • (Miner, 2010, People Without Jobs, Jobs Without People) • (Education Indicators 2011, Statistics Canada & Council of Ministers of Education Canada)

15. 100 Grade 9 Students: 29will graduate on schedule with post-secondary degree, diploma, certificate 14-20% youth unemployment (Statistics Canada) 39% mal-employed or underemployed (Sun Life Financial Canada Poll of 18-24 year olds, November, 2012) 90% of Youth 18-24 feel Excessive Stress. Why? Economic instability and underemployment (Sun Life Financial Canada, Nov 2012) 2012 summer jobs at lowest level since 1977 (C.D. Howe Institute) End of Pipeline “The linear path from school to career, home ownership, and family has disappeared.” Community Foundations of Canada, October 2012

16. Entry Fee for 21st Century Jobs • By 2031 approximately 77% of the workforce will require a post-secondary education or training • Jobs of the Future: Options and Opportunities, Rick Miner, PhD, March 2012)

17. Entry Fee for 21st Century Jobs • By 2031 approximately 77% of the workforce will require a post-secondary education or training • Jobs of the Future: Options and Opportunities, Rick Miner, PhD, March 2012) “Over the past third of a century all net job growth has been generated by positions requiring some post-secondary education.” Pathways to Prosperity, 2011, Harvard Graduate School of Education

18. “But what if Canadian universities were the root cause of the skills gap, rather than the solution? There’s considerable evidence to support this conclusion.”

21. The Perfect Storm makes a harmonized, whole-communitycommitment to career and workforce development an economic imperative. Whole Community

22. Potential future hockey stars discovered, mentored, encouraged, supported, and connected Most others: educational maze Sports Pipeline

23. Our Solution: ccEngage

24. ccSpark! • Career Learning Begins • Social skills, personal strengths, life planning, careers • Interactive game play • SparkCentral Portfolio • Learning Style Assessment • Aligned curriculum, • 7+ hours per grade

25. ccTheRealGame • Experiential Learning • Financial literacy • Relevant • Classroom-based • Role-play • Age-appropriate • Experience impact of career choices • Soft Skills • Complete curriculum

26. ccSpringboard • Engaging and Inspiring • Foundation for achievement • World renowned assessments • Multi-media career profiles • Industry’s best post-secondary database • Communication tools • Living portfolio

27. ILP Completion | Kentucky

29. User-Friendly Redesign

30. ccPathfinder • Course Planning, Career Planning, Life Planning • Four year course plans • Customized • Validates against requirements • Multiple degree options • Aligns with career goals • Integrates with SIS • Streamlines course scheduling

31. ccPathfinder December 2012 • 229school boards • 23 states, 5 provinces • 952high schools • 1,961middle schools • 40+ SIS systems • Over 1 million students submitted their course requests using Career Cruising

32. ccInspire • Connecting Education and Industry • Employer profiles • Career Coaches • Work-based learning experiences • Messaging tools • Local events • Social networking connection

33. Our Solution: ccEngage

34. Why Career Cruising? • World renowned assessments • All-Canadian • 100% Bilingual One-Click easy navigation 11 Reasons: • Fully customizable course selection tool • Industry’s leading post-secondary database • Focus on Thought Leadership • Internationally celebrated experiential learning program • Most comprehensive, student-friendly, engaging Career Profiles • Most flexible, powerful, and complete portfolio system in Canada • Most comprehensive set of administrative and localization tools in North America

35. Healthy Community

36. K-12 implementation templates How can we help you mobilize your school and community to ensure students transition from school to success? Please visit our booth and book free demos of ccEngage products new to you Next Steps

37. Thank You! www.careercruising.com info@careercruising.com| 800-965-8541