#WeAreCareers S5 E1 – Why we need a career guidance guarantee

I had the great privilege of joining Chris Webb and MeetSabiha on #WeAreCareers yesterday. If you haven’t watched this show before, you really should. It is a regular YouTube show which looks at all things careers and features all sorts of interesting guests. You can get it most easily by subscribing to the CDI YouTube…

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The future of work and how to stay employable

It was a real privilege to be interviewed by Jeremy Cline on the Change Work Life podcast the other day. Jeremy’s podcast is essential listening for everyone in the career development world. He now has 112 episodes, most of which consist of conversations between Jeremy and other experts in different aspects of career development. Recent…

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Chase Terrace Academy – Professional Career Forum (April)

Professional career forum (April) Back in April I was invited to present at the Chase Terrace Academy Professional Career forum. This is exactly the sort of local professional development community of practice that we need in careers. Like many other of these networks it has experienced a boost during the pandemic and has moved online….

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Reaching the hard to reach

Reaching the ‘hard to reach’ – A creative conversation A couple of months ago I was invited to take part in one of David Cameron‘s ‘creative conversations’. These are professional development events for Skills Development Scotland. In this session I discussed the involvement of families in supporting the career development of young people with Phil…

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Reaching the hard to reach

Reaching the ‘hard to reach’ – A creative conversation A couple of months ago I was invited to take part in one of David Cameron‘s ‘creative conversations’. These are professional development events for Skills Development Scotland. In this session I discussed the involvement of families in supporting the career development of young people with Phil…

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So what’s really going on in the jobs market?

I recently participated in the the Nottingham Trent University Wednesday Employer Webinar. In this I join with other guests to discuss the current state of the student labour market. This is what we had to say… If you like this you might want to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more video content.

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Interview on Careers Up North

Ingrid Bårdsdatter Bakke interviews me in the latest episode of the Careers Up North – karrierefaglig synsing podcast about career guidance, policy and social justice. The podcast is in a mix of Norwegian and English, but sadly I don’t dare to try to speak any Norwegian. So for non-Scandinavians you will still find lots to listen to……

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You and yours

Yesterday I was on Radio 4 show You and Yours talking about the employment prospects for graduates. I find these kinds of media appearances really difficult. You always have so little time and so it is really easy to get squeezed into saying something too simplistic and missing out on a lot of the nuance….

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