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Career Development Solutions for Schools

Providing high-quality career education and guidance to schools. Our products help engage and inspire students for successful career pathways.

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Career Development Solutions for Schools

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  1. Inspiration - Engagement - Action - Achievement

  2. Founded in Toronto in 1995 by recent grads • Currently serving over 19,000 sites across North America • Experienced staff of 45+ people • Long-term commitment to developing the world’s leading computer-based career development systems

  3. Agenda • High quality career education and guidance is vitally important • Delivering high quality career education and guidance is a huge challenge for schools • What’s at the core of effective career development? • Tour of products and implementation strategies

  4. High quality career education and guidance is vitally important

  5. The Perfect Talent Storm 1 Great Recession 2 Aging Population 3Upskilling of Jobs 4 Unprepared Workforce Converging Megatrends

  6. Pathways to Prosperity • How to meet the challenge of preparing young Americans for the 21st century? • Pay more attention to career education and guidance • Focus on multiple pathways • Better connections with employers (social compact with youth)

  7. Research on the Benefits of Career Development

  8. Some Recent Quotes • “Everybody has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it…You have to make a living; I understand that. But you also have to know what sparks the light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world.” • Oprah, her final show • "What the whole world wants is a good job. That is one of the single biggest discoveries Gallup has ever made. It is as simple and as straightforward an explanation of the data as we can give. Humans used to desire love, money, food, shelter, safety, and/or peace more than anything else. The last 25 years have changed us. Now we want to have a good job.” • Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup • "You've got to find what you love. The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking and don't settle. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.” • - Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford commencement

  9. Delivering high quality career education and guidance is a huge challenge for schools

  10. Why do we struggle with career development? • Some ideas… • The benefits are not widely known • Not traditionally part of the core school curriculum • High student to counsellor ratios • Steps required to make improvements may not be clear • May be a stigma associated with receiving counseling and help • Like parenting people believe they can figure it out themselves on the fly • Some of the reasons we lose clients… • No funding – 23.6% • Primary contact left – 15.39% • Failed implementation – 11.06%

  11. Some OECD Recommendations The guidance oriented school across primary and secondary education levels (estabilishing relevance) Portfolio system (record, reflect, plan) Building bridges with the world of work (get a taste) Career guidance as a cross-curricular responsibility of all school staff Ensuring that career guidance personnel use people who know about the world of work A school-wide career education strategy with measured outcomes is needed. Source: Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development Career Guidance – A Handbook for Policy Makers http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/53/53/34060761.pdf

  12. What’s at the core of effective career development?

  13. The Core of Objective of Career Development Career Management Skills Career Assessments Co-Op Studies Post-Secondary Planning Internships Course Planning Job Shadowing Job Search Strategies Mentorship Engaged and Inspired Students! Work-Based Learning Career Studies Course Labour Market Information Financial Aid Career Exploration One-On-One Counselling Career Portfolio Development Resume Building

  14. Tour of products and implementation strategies

  15. How do we engage and inspire students?

  16. Our Products

  17. Career Cruising Key Features • Career assessments • Occupation profiles • Multimedia interviews • Post-secondary planning information • Career Portfolio • Resume builder • Employment section • Classroom activities

  18. Career Advisor Management System Key Features • Student management • Communication tools • Completion Standards • System customization and configuration • Report generation • Usage tracking • Support Materials

  19. Course Planner Key Features • Real course selections • SIS integration • Prerequisite and graduation requirement checking • Alignment with SHSMs • Program possibilities • Customized advisory alerts • Guidance tools for tracking student work • School-specific course information

  20. Network Key Features • Employer profiles integrated with career exploration • Career Coach discussion boards • Work-based learning database, with request process • Communication tools • Local articles, industry profiles, calendars of events, etc.

  21. The Real Game Key Features • Classroom career and life simulation • Complete curriculum • Financial budgeting • Time management • Career and life management skills development • Self-discovery • Connecting education to future life • Personal action planning • The Play Real Game (3/4) • The Make It Real Game (5/6) • The Real Game (7-9) • The Be Real Game (10-16+)

  22. Evolution of computer-based career guidance resources 3rd Generation Tools 2nd Generation Tools 1st Generation Tools 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

  23. Attributes, Features, Benefits, and Implementation

  24. Network Feedback from North Carolina • "F4K will be the 'Gold Standard' for career exploration in the next five years.“ • Dan Walker, Chief Talent Officer, Apple Computer • "F4K is the best answer we have found for our workforce needs over the next decade.“ • Mark Dold, Manager of Marketing, Support Services, John Deere • "In my 30 plus years in the chamber profession, I have never seen a more dynamic and promising workforce development initiative.“ • Harvey A. Schmitt, President and CEO, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce • "F4K is a powerful tool to help our students see the importance of staying in school.” • Brenda Jones, Career & Technical Ed. Middle Grades Consultant, NCDPI • "This is exactly the tool for which educators have been waiting.” • Cynthia Floyd Boyd, K-12 School Counseling Consultant, NCDPI

  25. Inspiration - Engagement - Action - Achievement OSCA Conference 2011 Tuesday, November 8th Toronto, Ontario

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