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Recommendation 4: Experiential career education
There should be dedicated curriculum time for experiential work-related learning in all settings.
Recommendation 5: Community-based services
Career services should be delivered within communities in a way that is aligned to social justice values and provides access to consistent national services.
Recommendation 6: Exposure to fair work
People should have a right to have a wide range of meaningful opportunities to experience work and understand what fair work is
Recommendation 7: Digital enablement, empowerment and engagement
Enhanced digital services and online tools should be developed that present information about the world of work in an inspiring and accurate way.
Recommendation 8: Clear roles for the delivery of career services
Where appropriate, the roles across career services should be defined, to deliver the career development model in a coherent way.
Recommendation 9: Strengthening evaluation and continuous improvement
The effectiveness and impact of the whole career system should be measured using a suite of outcome-based measures that are integrated in all settings, supporting the delivery of responsive and flexible services.
Recommendation 10: Creating a career services coalition
A coalition should be established that ensures the implementation of the Review’s recommendations and the coherence of career services across Scotland, where young people, practitioners, employers and stakeholders are represented.
Working together to build the career services of the future
In a new blog, SDS' Director of CIAG Operations James Russell outlines the importance of co-design at all stages of the Career Review. James shares how this has informed the newly approved Target Operating Model - which provides a high-level overview of how services can deliver on the recommendations.
Delivering Careers By Design
The Career Review has outlined an ambitious redesign of the career system in Scotland, with ten recommendations designed to ensure career services equip people with the skills to thrive in a rapidly changing world of work. The report, subsequently approved by Scottish Government Ministers, outlined a series of ‘next steps’ in order to implement change.
A new operating model for Career Services in Scotland
The operating model is a high-level overview of how services should be organised to deliver on the career review recommendations.