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Tristram Hooley
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Overview
Policy
Economy
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Technology
Is the glass half empty or half full?
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HEFCE (2010) HEFCE Announces
Funding for Universities and Colleges in
This month included:
CEIAG Briefings (2010) Ofsted, Self-
2010-11.
Adult Education
Skills
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Economy
Work Youth
Social justice
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How IAG is seen
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vs
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and youth careers services
Launching new adult service
Recently launched new strategies
for adults and young people
Task forces all over the place
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Careers advisor in every
school
Some techno-fix ideas as well
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Some talk about impartial
advice for young people.
A bit more carrot and a bit less
stick than the other parties.
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some major changes are likely.
However it remains to be seen how much better
services will emerge and how much it will just be
rearranging the deck chairs.
However policy
discussions take place in
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a challenging economic
environment.
Policy says
Education
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Skills
Flexibility The language of
Productivity career IAG
Enterprise
Utilising
strenghts
Etc.
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Is this the new Connexions workforce?
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They are about allowing people to talk to each other
more effectively
But the age of the knowledge specialist (e.g. the
careers adviser) is over
Careers workers have got to offer something more
than Google.
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Key social media principles
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• Publish then filter, not filter then publish
• The perfect is the enemy of the good
• The long tail (we all contribute something)
• Folksonomy rather than taxonomy
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• Professional development
– Supporting reflective practice
– Building a community of practice
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The ability to evaluate the usefulness of new
technologies and engage with them can therefore be
seen as a career management skill.
Social media are particularly important as they enable
people to develop social capital (networks).
If we are going to advise our clients to develop these
skills we need to have them ourselves.
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encouraging interaction. e.g.
http://manchesterpgcareers.wordpress.com/
Providing information on twitter e.g. vacancy
information http://twitter.com/UWECareers
Building (or engaging with) peer communities.
Crowd sourcing – “what do you want from us?”, “what
is the best career tip you’ve been given?”
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Professional development via a blog
http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.posterous.com
Do something
Respond and
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re-articulate Think about it
Think some
more Write about it
Feedback from
others
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the time.
A small minority of these are in dialogue through the web
providing each other with:
Learning
Support and advice
Sociability
Why aren’t you there?
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What is twitter?
http://twitter.com/ParisHilton
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Conversation
not broadcast
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http://twitter.com/home
Twitter conventions
@ RT
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Where to start on twitter
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• http://twitter.com/bhopson
• http://twitter.com/helenpownall
• http://twitter.com/billaw
• http://twitter.com/davidawinter
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listening to us
Lots of Society needs
change what we do
Economic New
and political technologies
uncertainty offer huge
opportunities