{"id":1108,"date":"2022-12-10T09:46:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T05:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smsuae.ae\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2022-12-10T19:33:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T15:33:53","slug":"career-readiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smsuae.ae\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"Oil &#038; Gas Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1108\" class=\"elementor elementor-1108\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ddbc54d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ddbc54d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b6dd4ce\" data-id=\"1b6dd4ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bceb55a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bceb55a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<h6 class=\"UbhFJ7 nkqC0Q blog-post-title-font blog-post-title-color blog-text-color post-title blog-hover-container-element-color FG3qXk blog-post-page-title-font\" data-hook=\"post-title\"><span class=\"post-title__text blog-post-title-font blog-post-title-color\"><span class=\"blog-post-title-font blog-post-title-color\">Career Readiness:How to prepare the next generation for the corporate world<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a92b15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a92b15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26485d8\" data-id=\"26485d8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-415e36b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"415e36b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"viewer-foo\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">There is no question as to the competition within the labour market has soaring in the past few decades. The Covid 19 pandemic has only exacerbated this. Due to the digitization of many jobs, post-secondary pathways have become increasingly diverse and varied for students (OECD Career Readiness Project, 2021). To provide them with the strongest foundation, the introduction of career counselling is imperative to guiding students to career success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-dc9pr\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">The OECD 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) asked thousands of students what their careers plans were for the future. Most were either very narrow, confused, non-specific and\/or shaped by their social background. (OECD Career Readiness Project, 2021)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-3hmki\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">OECD\u2019s Policy Brief reviewed national longitudinal data sets &#8211; created by governments to follow groups of young people from schooling into adulthood, exploring the long-term impacts of different aspects of their lives. The data sets helped to identify eleven teenage indicators of career readiness, which were confirmed in more than three countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-4v3jd\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Some of the key indicators were students engaging with people in work through career talks, having career conversations with staff or counsellors and career certainty (OECD Career Readiness Project, 2018). The eleven indicators were split into three categories: exploring, experiencing, and thinking about the future. Fourteen questions were produced, based on the indicators and evidence, to see if career guidance provision in these nations aligned with their findings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-23qsk\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Overall, the studies did show some distinct patterns in what can be expected to work for career guidance. Indicators confirmed that career-related activities, experiences, or attitudes were found to be associated with better employment outcomes in adult life \u2013 when other external factors were being controlled. (OECD Career Readiness Project, 2021).<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-3c2k4\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Based on my own experience being a student in the UK (and now the UAE), I\u2019ve noticed the disparity in the career education provided in my private education (during secondary school) versus state education. Few of the indicators were included in our curriculum earlier on, and not until I reached secondary school, was I provided the opportunity to question potential career paths. In OECD\u2019s study, they concluded that if not for a lack of resources, many students would be able to become \u201ccareer ready\u201d &#8211; although there are solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-6rja8\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">At a Primary Level, there is the opportunity to begin engaging with professionals on a smaller scale \u2013 through activities such as \u2018bring your parent to work days\u2019, where parents can discuss what it\u2019s like to work in their fields. Field trips to see professionals is also an option, for example, showing young children around an ambulance, firefighting, or police station. This will initiate their career ambition from an early age and start them on the journey of navigating different options. Even schools that don\u2019t have sufficient resources from their governments can use some career activities to instil ambition into their students from an early age; although to lead to career success, this engagement in career activities would need to continue throughout their education. New Zealand follows a similar structure, introducing students as young as 10 to career talks and discussion of parental occupations (OECD Career Readiness Project, 2018).<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-aehq6\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">For those in the earlier years of Secondary school, career readiness can be implemented in social skills lessons. Students should be informed about their future educational and career options and should express with staff members what they may be interested in studying<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-4qogu\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">In France, some schools require students in lower secondary to research careers that relate to topics of study, using publicly available labour market information (OECD Career Readiness Project, 2018).<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-1udcd\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">My school offered the same activity, allowing us to take quizzes on which jobs would be best suited to our personalities and researching jobs that we may be interested in \u2013 and the statistics prove how useful this task is. Researching on the internet is shown to have significant associations to career certainty, ambition, alignment, and motivation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-7eu3n\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">During the later years of Secondary, its crucial for students to learn the application process for jobs and universities. Careers counsellors can provide one on one service and any help students may need on their journey (like walking them through how to present yourself during an interview or how to make a resum\u00e9 etc.). <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-4h82p\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Students should also have the chance to have trips to universities to talk with students on different courses and build certainty on the course they want to study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-58oae\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Policy makers can also play a role. Public sectors can produce internships or shadowing opportunities to begin immersing students in the world of work and schools can also partner with local private firms to provide work placements. <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-208km\" class=\"mm8Nw _1j-51 roLFQS _1FoOD _3M0Fe Z63qyL roLFQS public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"_2PHJq public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">In conclusion, Policy makers can be instrumental in the career success of future generations, although due to a continuous underfunding of resources and preparation, systematically failing these students. Too few students are at a level where they can successfully compete against their more advanced peers \u2013 leading to issues such as youth unemployment. Although, considering studies like that of OECD, while not perfect, can still inform policy makers on how to provide opportunities to enhance the provision of career guidance in schools across the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: <span class=\"tQ0Q1A user-name dlINDG\" title=\"Mide Williams\" data-hook=\"user-name\">Mide Williams<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Career Readiness:How to prepare the next generation for the corporate world There is no question as to the competition within the labour market has soaring in the past few decades. The Covid 19 pandemic has only exacerbated this. 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