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Career Review background and timeline
Consultation on the Career Review is currently underway and its recommendations will help shape our Strategic Plan.
Who are careers services for?
Young people, their parents and carers, employers and the career system will all benefit from the Career Review.
Boosting student and graduate employability through technology
In a challenging labour market, the Careers and Employability Team at the University of Aberdeen harnessed existing technology to quickly design and deliver a new programme of support to meet the needs of students and new graduates in a time of unprecedented change.
Career Review Programme Board
We're working with the Programme Board members to achieve the key objectives of the Career Review.
Scotland’s internationally recognised careers system
Grahame Smith, former STUC General Secretary and Chair of the Career Review Programme Board, highlights the areas of Scotland’s internationally recognised careers system which are currently delivering effective services for customers, practitioners, and the wider career ecosystem.
Career Services in Scotland
Information on career services in Scotland including the categories of career service providers, the career strategy and the career system.
Design Principles
The design principles are a set of values that the Career Review is using to guide the design and development process for new career services, changes to existing services and a target operating model to support these.
Engaging businesses to support young people
Dr Liz Cameron OBE, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, writes about the importance of involving the business community in shaping a new careers eco-system.
More than the sum of the parts? Challenges for Scotland’s career ecosystem
Professor Tristram Hooley was asked to investigate career provision in Scotland and working with colleagues produced the Exploring Scotland's Career Ecosytem report. In this blog, Tristam details what they found and highlights some key challenges
Employer support provides insight into a future career
Whether it happens during school, further and higher-education or through a young person’s own initiative, gaining experiences of the world of work can bring countless benefits.