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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Managing People in a Changing World: Key Trends in Human Capital: A Global Perspective 2008
By iccdppadm @ 2:23 AM :: 876 Views :: 0 Comments :: Career Development, Developed Countries, Guidance for Employed Adults

This report has been published by Human Resources Services of Price Waterhouse Saratoga. It is based on data collected from PwC Saratoga's database supplemented by secondary and external sources. The report data is organised under five headings:

Human capital impact
Human capital drivers
Human capital foundations
Human capital futures
The Human Resource Function.

Its particular focus is in financial results directly related to human capital performance, that is, human capital as value added business investment. It identifies a limited number of key issues that its authors consider will have impact significant impact on an organisation's future success in order to provide insight for management's attention.

The focus on measurement and types of measurement and indicators on returns for human capital investment should be of interest to policy makers and researchers concerned with returns on investment for career guidance/development services.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Examining the Impact and Value of EGSA to the North of Ireland Economy
By iccdppadm @ 1:07 AM :: 950 Views :: 0 Comments :: Public Policy, Guidance for Unemployed Adults, Guidance for Employed Adults, Guidance for Older Adults, Funding Career Guidance, Assessing Effectiveness, United Kingdom, EU

This study, commissioned by the Educational Guidance Service for Adults (EGSA) in Northern Ireland (NI), attempts to capture the current return to the economy of the investment in career/educational guidance services provided to the adult population by EGSA.(EGSA has been in existence in Northern Ireland for 40 years). This report explores EGSA and the services it provides. The research results clearly show the significant positive contribution that EGSA makes to Northern Ireland both in terms of labour market outcomes and economic impact. EGSA's headline annual economic contribution is estimated to be:

Labour market outcomes:

580 clients progressing in work/being promoted

• 270 clients not being promoted but having higher productivity due to enrolling on a course

• 20 clients from full-time education starting a new job

• 770 clients not in employment or full-time education starting a new job.

Economic impact:

800 more people in employment, contributing £26m in wages and profits (GVA) and £12m in net tax revenue (sum of income tax, national insurance, corporation tax and social security benefits saved). This translates into £9.02 net additional tax revenue for every £1 of public money invested in guidance services today. In terms of relativities to NI aggregates, the economic impact equates to 0.10% of both NI total employment and GVA.

One of the key targets of the Programme for Government, which the authors can relate to EGSA impacts, is the target for raising NI’s overall employment rate by 5% (by 2020). If EGSA’s current contribution is maintained, EGSA will contribute to assisting 1 in 10 people into employment of the overall additional jobs needed to meet the employment rate target.

The labour market and economic returns are based on the assumption of EGSA's current annual 10,000 interventions (combination of individual clients and persons assisted by advocates to EGSA) and the current economic activity status of clients since the Client Relationship Management Information System was set up in 2006. The authors point out that the analysis and scenarios used in the study have been based on the response rates to EGSA's tracking process of which returns have been around 10%. Actual outcomes may be higher than what has been measured.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

CAREER DEVELOPMENT AT WORK: A review of career guidance to support people in employment
By iccdppadm @ 7:05 AM :: 1829 Views :: 0 Comments :: Public Policy, Guidance for Employed Adults, Co-ordination and Leadership, European Union (EU), CEDEFOP, Expanding Access to Guidance

This report undertaken by NICEC researchers examines the public policy context in which workforce career development fits. It describes career practices of employers, trade unions, chambers of commerce, outplacement/coaching agencies, self-help and peer support, and specialised sources of information and expertise. It outlines the role of public policy and of publicly funded services and describes the policy challenges for policy makers and social partners in delivering career development services for the employed.

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

New Zealand Skills Strategy 2008: A Discussion Paper
By iccdppadm @ 6:16 AM :: 1300 Views :: 0 Comments :: Guidance for Employed Adults, New Zealand, Expanding Access to Guidance

This paper sets out the background to the discussion and consultative process that the New Zealand government has embarked on to address medium to long-term anticipated skills shortages. Key aspects of the proposed strategy include developing management and leadership capacity in the workplace, supporting workers to better influence skills development, and strong partnerships between the workplace and formal education and training systems.

Of the four priority areas proposed for action for 2008, improving access to careers information, advice and guidance for employed adults and young people is central to two of these: supply, demand, and measurement of skill acquisition and retention; and young people at work. The role of the New Zealand Careers Service in leading this component of the skills strategy and action plan is highlighted.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Matching Supply and Demand in Enterprise Based Training: The Role of Training Consultation by Dr Bernd Kapplinger
By iccdppadm @ 12:35 PM :: 3133 Views :: 0 Comments :: Guidance for Employed Adults, EU, Germany

The role of career guidance in supporting continuing vocational training and formal adult learning has received little attention in both research and publications. The terms "career guidance" are rarely associated with such activity though elements of information, advice, guidance, and career counselling are integral parts of efficient investment in such training and learning for training providers, for employers, and for individual workers. In this article Dr Bernd Kapplinger examines the role of "training consultation" in matching supply and demand in enterprise based learning drawing on the experiences of 7 EU countries. Continuing vocational training is a key part of strategies for workforce development and lifelong learning.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Who Am I? The Inadequacy of Career Information in an Information Age by W. Norton Grubb
By iccdppadm @ 3:27 AM :: 3156 Views :: 0 Comments :: Guidance in Schools and Training, Guidance for Unemployed Adults, Guidance for Employed Adults, Improving Career Information, OECD, European Commission (EC)

This expert paper was jointly commissioned by the EC and OECD as part of the international review of policies for career guidance initiated by the OECD in 2001. The author argues that while information may be necessary for career decision-making, it is not by itself sufficient. Rational decision making models in economics such as the "expected utility model" demand more of consumers than simply information absorption. Career decision making is a complex phenomenon. There are many ways in which career education and learning can be enhanced.

Monday, September 17, 2007

LEITCH Review of Skills UK 2006
By iccdppadm @ 2:10 AM :: 3269 Views :: 0 Comments :: Career Development, Guidance for Young People at Risk, Guidance for Unemployed Adults, Guidance for Employed Adults, Guidance for Older Adults, Expanding Access to Guidance, Europe, United Kingdom

The Leitch review examined the existing skills base of the adult population in the UK in the context of a global economy and made recommendations on how this base should be improved to enable the UK to successfully compete in the world economy in 2020 as well as to have a prosperous society for all. Chapter 6 entitled "Embedding a Learning Culture" considers how the existing careers advice and information services support national learning strategies, and how they can be improved to provide better support for such strategies, especially demand or citizen led training provision in a Learner Account approach..

Friday, March 30, 2007

45 PLUS: CHOICES IN THE LABOUR MARKET - QUALITATIVE STUDY
By iccdppadm @ 4:03 PM :: 3310 Views :: 0 Comments :: Guidance for Unemployed Adults, Guidance for Employed Adults, Guidance for Older Adults, Guidance for Disadvantaged Groups, New Zealand

This report presents the results of the third and final stage of research commissioned by the New Zealand Department of Labour (DoL) to identify:

the reasons for the non-participation in paid employment of those aged 45 years and over;
the potential role of career information, advice and guidance (CIAG) in assisting that group;
and what options for targeted CIAG would be most beneficial to this group.

Using a qualitative research approach, this research stage focused on subgroups of mature non-participants identified in the survey. Subgroups included people who were actively looking for paid employment and those who were not, and groups based on age, gender, ethnicity and carer responsibilities and/or disability.

The level of importance paid employment played in their emotional and financial well-being were the main drivers in underpinning their interest in entering/re-entering the workforce rather than demographic and situational characteristics. Knowing how to gain job-seeking assistance depended on how motivated mature non-participants were to re-enter the workforce, and how recently they had looked for work. The research also explored the satisfaction of mature non-participants with existing career information, advice and guidance services and how they conceptualise an ideal careers service for their age group.

Friday, March 30, 2007

AN EVALUATION OF THE UFI/LEARNDIRECT TELEPHONE GUIDANCE TRIAL by Rosie Page, Becci Newton, Ruth Hawthorn, Will Hunt and Jim Hillage
By iccdppadm @ 3:28 PM :: 3309 Views :: 0 Comments :: Guidance for Unemployed Adults, Guidance for Employed Adults, Expanding Access to Guidance, Assessing Effectiveness, Europe, United Kingdom

This is a Research Report, RR833, published by the Department of Education and Skills in the United Kingdom. The research was undertaken as part of a government review of advice, information and guidance services for adults. It specifically sought to evaluate a trial extension of Ufi/learndirect telephone guidance service for adults to handle a substantially larger volume of calls, and to test a three stage call back and action planning model of such provision. The research also examined issues such as the generation of demand for telephone guidance versus the capacity to meet such demand, the short-term positive outcomes achieved, and the cost-effectiveness of telephone guidance versus face to face guidance.

The results show high demand, less use of the three stage model, more positive outcomes related to action planning by users including user satisfaction, and similar costs for telephone guidance as per face to face interviews.