Career guidance in Australian universities: Current issues and practices
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Keynote address at the National Guidance Conference (Nationell Vägledarkonferens) on 24 May 2018 in Umeå, Sweden.
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- 1. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready La Trobe University CRICOS Provider Code Number 00115M Career guidance in Australian universities: Current issues and practices Jason Brown, Manager, Careers & Employability Nationell Vägledarkonferens 24 May 2018 Umeå, Sweden
- 5. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown Higher Education in Australia Icons designed by Zlatko Najdenovski from Flaticon 41 universities in Australia 1 000 000 domestic students enrolled Average fee $A 30 000 (SEK 195 000) for a 3-year bachelor’s degree 500 000 international students enrolled
- 6. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown Employment rates 2007 - 2017 Source: Quality Indicators of Learning and Teaching www.qilt.edu.au
- 7. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown Higher Education in Australia Increased focus on graduate employability / governments, ratings agencies, prospective students Uncertainty over government funding and regulation changes + potential changes due to election due within next 12 months
- 8. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown Practitioners who are members of a professional association are required to: Career Practitioners in Australia Hold a graduate certificate in career education Complete 30 hours of professional development each year Adhere to a code of conduct and professional standards
- 9. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown http://www.mccrindle.com.au/the-mccrindle-blog/a-snapshot-of-career-practitioners-in-australia Career Practitioners in Australia
- 10. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown • Educate, support, guidePurpose • 1:1, group workshops, careers fairsService delivery • Career Development Centre, Careers & Employment, Careers ServicesTypical name • Students, Alumni, Employers, StaffClients • Solutions based counselling, Systems Framework Theory…Theoretical perspective • Counsellor, advisor, facilitatorStaff identity Career development practice (old) Adapted from Ruth Bridgstock (2018) “Becoming career future capable”
- 11. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown •Educate, Make connections, Create & drive policy, Professional learningPurpose •Mobile, Social media, Curriculum, Personalised, Just-in-timeService delivery •Careers and Employability, Career FuturesTypical name •Students, Alumni, Employers, Staff, Parents, Community, Policy makersClients •Chaos Theory of Careers, Design thinking, Strengths-based, Narrative counselling…Theoretical perspective •Educator, Learning designer, Marketer, Broker/connector, Facilitator, Policy makerStaff identity Career development practice (new) Adapted from Ruth Bridgstock (2018) “Becoming career future capable”
- 14. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown Career Ready Capability Framework Framework developed in consultation with employers (approx. 120), students and university staff Research conducted on future work skills (e.g., World Economic Forum 2020 skills; Institute for the Future) Informed by employability literature being multidimensional (e.g., human & social capital, career capital, adaptability)
- 15. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown Career Ready Capability Framework
- 16. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown Career Ready Advantage Career Ready Portfolio Career Management Do Learn
- 17. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown Career Ready Advantage Award Requirements Silver Gold Platinum Career Ready blocks Earned through completion of Learn and Do activities 24 Career Ready blocks 48 Career Ready blocks 80 Career Ready blocks Career Management blocks Earned through online courses, attendance at careers workshops and events, and other programs 6 Career Management blocks 12 Career Management blocks 18 Career Management blocks Career Ready Portfolio Submission of a PebblePad portfolio with evidence of your learning from the completed activities.
- 18. Improved student experience through building a new space and increasing team size: 8 careers advisors 3 employer engagement advisors 1 internship advisor 1 recruitment consultant 1 manager (that’s me) 2 team leaders
- 19. Daily ‘drop-in’ service 12.00 – 16.00 Main types of consultations Change of course / study options Resume and job application review Help seeking employment Career decision making Career Guidance
- 20. Over 200 employers on campus in 2017 MasterClass panels: Tips on how to apply for graduate jobs and internships Career Options in … Panel discussions on career options in specific industries or subject areas Networking events Innovation Challenges Employer Engagement
- 21. Unitemps La Trobe On-campus recruitment agency Placing students into jobs on campus and in the local community
- 22. latrobe.edu.au/career-ready Twitter @onejasonbrown Employability in the Curriculum WIL, Graduate Attributes, Study Abroad Career Development Learning Career Ready Portfolio Career Ready Advantage Embedding Employability in the Curriculum
- 23. AUSTRALIAN FIKA = COFFEE MEETINGS Jason Brown jason.brown@latrobe.edu.au Twitter: @onejasonbrown www.linkedin.com/in/BrownJasonL Thank you
Editor's Notes
- Title: Career guidance in Australian universities: Current issues and practices Abstract Career guidance in Australian universities is shifting away from the old model of providing guidance to students on making career decisions and teaching them how to write job applications and respond to interview questions. The new model taking shape is focused on delivering university-wide programs that enhance graduate employability. At La Trobe University, we have spent two years reinventing our service. I will describe how we achieved this through increasing the number of staff, building a new careers office, designing an employability program, setting up an on-campus employment agency, embedding employability into the curriculum, and connecting students with employers through on-campus events and workshops.
- In August 2010, I started as the new manager of the careers team at La Trobe. On my first day, reality hit. I walked into the office and saw a library full of folders containing job advertisements cut out from newspapers, going back as far as the 1990s. Students had to phone the office to book an appointment – usually the first appointment available was 3 weeks later, probably because the careers advisers refused to see more than 3 students in one day. My boss told me that 2 of the 4 staff had resigned and I needed to find some replacements straight away. I had some work to do.
- Today, I have a team of 16. Every year we provide career guidance to over 3000 students. More than 4000 students attend careers workshops and events. Over 200 employers visit campus. And we have 7500 students engaged in our flagship employability award program, Career Ready Advantage. Let me walk you through the changes we made and how this mirrors the changes that have occurred in career guidance in Australian higher education over the past ten years.
- [Turn this into an info graphic slide] 41 universities in Australia 39 government funded, 2 private Student fees & FEE HELP International students
- Graduate employment outcomes have fallen from 80% in 2008 to 67% in 2017
- Practitioners commonly have undergraduate degrees in arts, social science, psychology, education, and business