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Working together to help young people achieve their potential
www.inspiringthefuture.org
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Context
When it comes to deciding on a career today’s young people face very difficult decisions and the financial penalty for making a bad decision is higher than ever beforeSlide3
What influences young people? Family, relatives / friends of family / relatives
School teachers curriculum Careers advisorsMedia inc social media, web etcEmployers /ees
- working in range of industries and across the private, public and third sectors Slide4
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5 Key findings:95% of young people would
like employers to be more involved in providing advice and guidance about careers and jobs42% of young people had no contact with employers at all
Young people who had been in contact with four or more employers were nearly twice as likely to believe that they had a good idea of the knowledge and skills needed for the jobs they wanted to do
90% of employers agreed they should take a role in helping to provide careers advice related activities to young people Slide6
Professor Louise Archer, King’s College, LondonSurvey of 9000 10/11 year old childrenSlide7
General lack of knowledge of careers in science Slide8
Taskforce YouGov survey of 19-24 year olds
Some schools and colleges arrange for their students (aged between 14 and 19) to take part in activities which involve employers or local business people providing things like work experience, mentoring, enterprise
activity,
careers advice, CV or interview practice. On how many different occasions do you remember such employer involvement in your education?0
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4 or moreWhich of the following BEST applies to you?NEETs26.1%23.4%16.6%15.6%4.3%Non-NEET73.9%76.6%
83.4%84.4%95.7%Weighted Base2723501456469Correlation between NEET status at 19-24 and number of employer engagement activities undertaken whilst in education (aged 14-19)Kendall’s Tau C P value = 0.001Slide9
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Research
It’s
who you meet:
why employer contacts at school make a difference to the employment prospects of young
adults –
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hows a significant link between young people’s experience of the world of work whilst at school and the chances of them becoming NEET26.1% of young people who could recall no contact with employers whilst at school went on to become NEETThis reduced significantly to 4.3% for those who had taken part in four or more activities involving employersNational Careers Council – ‘An Aspirational Nation: Creating a culture change in careers provision’ – Calls for more careers insights for young people, and highlights how employers could support schools and colleges and give young people insights into the world of work‘Employers should encourage their employees to volunteer to go into schools and colleges to give students insights into different careers, enthuse them about the world of work and provide access to active experience of work’.Slide10Slide11
Our
vision: to ensure that every school and college has an effective partnership with employers to provide its young people with the inspiration, motivation, knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to help them achieve their potential and so to secure the UK's future prosperity.
Our Partnerships
BoardSenior representatives of the national organisations representing schools and colleges;...and employers;Slide12
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What is Inspiring the Future?
Inspiring the Future is a FREE service whereby employees from all sectors and professions from
Apprentices to CEOs pledge one hour a year to volunteer to go into state schools and colleges to talk about their jobs, careers, and the education routes they took
It is a FREE service endorsed by Government (with cross-party support), the UK’s main teacher and employer representative organisations and many leading employersIt makes a difference to young people. Good quality research shows that who you meet as a teenager shapes the success with which young people go into adult life
Teachers overwhelmingly want young people to hear more from people in the workplace
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We have signed up nearly 16,000 volunteers from 4,000 different organisations and our growth is steadily rising
Over 6,000 teachers from more than 3,00 schools and colleges have already signed up, and we have recently launched our Primary Futures campaign to primary schools
Over 40,000 invites have been sent from teachers to volunteers
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School Teacher Cumulative Line Graph
Volunteer Cumulative Line GraphSlide15
Benefits for Employers
Free secure service that makes it easy to engage with state schools and colleges by matching employee volunteers
Communicating with young people offers excellent personal development opportunities for employees
An effective means of supporting corporate social responsibility and long-term recruitment objectivesA gateway to working with schools and colleges, across a wide range of activities that support learning and progressionFree reports for employers through dedicated registration links"I
just thought I would drop you a note about the careers fair today. It was a great event where young
people were given the opportunity to explore ALL the different options open to them when they leave school. The young people I met were really engaged and I really enjoyed
assisting
them on widening their horizons". Volunteer PwC15Slide16
ITF Employer Reports
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First Name
Last Name
Job role/Title
Education Centre Name
Latest Invite ResponseActivity Menu ItemITF Activity Date
Hours Project ManagerKidderminster CollegeI’m happy to be involvedCareer Insights04/03/20141 Higher ApprenticePriory SchoolI’m happy to be involvedCareer Insights04/03/20141 IT ConsultantGreenbank High SchoolI’m happy to be involvedCareer Insights10/07/20141 Training ManagerRossett SchoolI’m happy to be involvedMock Interviews11/07/20141 DirectorRossett SchoolI’m happy to be involvedHelp with CVs11/07/20141 Business Development Manager
Kidderminster CollegeI’m happy to be involvedCareer Insights04/03/20141 Junior DeveloperThe George Eliot SchoolI’m happy to be involvedCareer Insights07/03/20141 Recruitment OfficerAldermoor Farm Primary SchoolI’m happy to be involvedCareer Insights09/06/20141 Graphic DesignerDunraven SchoolI’m happy to be involvedCareer Insights09/07/20141 Communications ManagerSt Bede's Catholic School & 6th Form College I’m happy to be involvedCareer Insights04/07/20141 HR Business PartnerWhitley AcademyI’m happy to be involvedCareer Insights03/07/2014
1 Graduate AccountantBishop Vesey's Grammar SchoolI’m happy to be involvedCareer Insights30/06/20141Slide17
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Impact Slide18
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Impact Slide19
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"The
applicants really enjoyed the session and it was great to have
help
from such an enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteer. In fact, 2 out of the 6 applicants who attended
the session
on 17
th January, have since secured an Apprenticeship position which is brilliant". Northampton CollegeBenefits for Schools and CollegesNearly 16,000 diverse volunteers waiting for teachers to invite them to talk to their pupils about their jobs, and the routes they took to get there, or even CV and interview insights at the click of a buttonHow does it workWhen teaching staff log on to the system, they get a list of all those people registered in their area who can speak to young people about different specialisms and activities, and it’s a simple process to send a message through the system to get in touchSpecialismsActivitiesApprenticeshipsCareer InsightsDesign and ManufacturingHelp with CVsEnterprise/EntrepreneursMock InterviewsMaths – Using it at work
Numeracy relating to careers (Primary)Science and TechnologyReading relating to careers (Primary)Languages – French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Urdu, ArabicBeing contacted about becoming a school governorSlide20
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Types of Events – Schools/Colleges use ITF for
Careers Networking
Careers Fair
TalkSlide21
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Impact Slide22
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Signing up is
quick and easy Slide24
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Signing up is
quick and easy
Add different specialisms
Tell schools a little bit about your job and qualifications
Select different activities you could help with
Add different locations where you can volunteer inSlide25
Example of volunteer profilethat a teacher will viewSlide26Slide27
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Impact Slide28
Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women Campaign
The
Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Women
campaigns aims to get 15,000 inspirational women by the end of 2014 into schools, talking to girls to broaden their horizons and raise aspirations
Follow the Inspiring Women
blog:
www.itfinspiringwomen.wordpress.com
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Inspiring the Future: Inspiring Languages
Already there are hundreds of
volunteers who use languages in their jobs who've offered to go into schools to talk to pupils from lawyers to engineers
and psychologists, using their languages in organisations ranging from Rolls Royce to Save the Children, from PR companies to banks.Languages include French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Urdu, and many more.Inspiring Languages Week is promoted jointly by charity the Education and Employers Taskforce, the British Council, the British Academy, Speak to the Future, Routes into Languages and many other organisations How to get involvedExisting Inspiring the Future volunteers, or
people signing up to Inspiring the Future for the first time, simply go to: www.inspringthefuture.org and either login or go to register and click ‘Volunteers register here’.
In the ‘My Job Profile’ section,
they select ‘Languages’ from the section ‘Do you have experience at work of any of the following’
and their profile will be available to teachers looking for people that can speak to young people about using languages in their job/career."Inviting working professionals into schools to give pupils first hand insights into the breadth of the jobs market and its recruitment demands is a great example of the sort of good practice that Ofsted expects schools to include when providing young people with effective independent careers guidance." Karen Adiaanse HMI, National Lead for Careers Guidance, OfstedSlide30
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Example of some of the Employers and Professional bodies signed up Slide31
Key ContactsFor any queries please contact:
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Department
NameJob TitleEmail AddressTelephone NumberInspiring the Future DirectorPhil
PyattDirector – Inspiring the Future
phil.pyatt@educationandemployers.org
0203 206 0454
Employer EngagementOliver HallamBusiness Development Manageroliver.hallam@educationandemployers.org0203 206 0507Inspiring Women CampaignGabriella OakleyInspiring Women Engagement Managergabriella.oakley@educationandemployers.org 07703 734840Schools TeamCharlotte LightmanSchools Liaison Managercharlotte.lightman@educationandemployers.org0203 206 0510PR & CommunicationsCarol GloverPR & Communications Managercarol.glover@educationandemployers.org07939 061 850General Enquiriesenquiries@inspiringthefuture.org0203 206 0510