Changes at "🏛️ Youth-Led Fairer Career Support through Cross-Sector Action "
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- <p><strong>What is the issue?</strong><br>Young people face a career support system that’s inconsistent, outdated, and fails to prepare them for the realities of the labour market. Career advisors are under-resourced, many placements are shallow or tokenistic, and young people lack the networks, confidence, and tools to navigate options. Employers willing to help are held back by regulation, costs, and a lack of structured coordination. The result: a landscape where opportunity is unfairly distributed and far too dependent on chance.</p><p><strong>What is being proposed?</strong></p><ol>
- <li><p><strong>Incentivise better-quality work experience</strong><br>Offer <strong>public support to employers</strong>, including tax incentives, recognition schemes, or microgrants, in exchange for hosting <strong>meaningful, rights-based, and skills-building placements</strong> — especially for students facing structural disadvantage.</p></li>
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- <p><strong>Update the national career support framework</strong></p>
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- <li><p>Provide <strong>modernised training</strong> for advisors (incorporating AI/CV tools, inclusive counselling, and real labour trends)</p></li>
- <li><p>Ensure <strong>longer and more frequent one-on-one sessions</strong> for personalised guidance</p></li>
- <li><p>Build a <strong>national framework</strong> with <strong>flexibility for regional adaptation</strong> to reflect local employment ecosystems</p></li>
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- <li><p><strong>Simplify access through insurance reform</strong><br>Governments should <strong>relax, simplify, or subsidise insurance processes</strong> that currently block small and medium employers from hosting students safely. National-level schemes could de-risk youth placements.</p></li>
- <li><p><strong>Enable meaningful partnerships and engagement</strong><br>Promote <strong>regional hubs or alliances</strong> of employers, schools, and youth groups to co-design placements and career education that respond to real needs. Include <strong>youth voices</strong> in the process.</p></li>
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- <p><strong>Harness data and digital platforms</strong><br>Develop or strengthen platforms where:</p>
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- <li><p>Young people can <strong>search for placements</strong>, get <strong>certificates</strong>, and <strong>track progress</strong></p></li>
- <li><p>Employers can <strong>standardise offers</strong></p></li>
- <li><p>Public actors can <strong>coordinate and monitor reach and quality</strong></p></li>
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-</ol><hr><h3>✏️ Clarifications & Amendments (from the forum):</h3><ul>- +</ol><h3>Clarifications & Amendments (from the forum):</h3><ul>
- <li><p>✅ <strong>Transferable skills</strong> and <strong>workplace literacy</strong> (e.g., jargon, norms, expectations) must be a core goal of placements. That’s how young people can benefit even if they change sectors later.</p></li>
- <li><p><strong>Can local governments afford this?</strong> Not alone — funding should be national but <strong>strategically decentralised</strong>, ensuring <strong>core budgets reach local actors</strong> to implement effectively.</p></li>
- <li><p><strong>Nationally-set framework, regionally adapted</strong>: A dual-level structure is key. National bodies should define standards, but <strong>local networks</strong> must adapt them to realities on the ground.</p></li>
- <li><p><strong>Standardisation</strong> through <strong>clear guidance</strong>: Create a common language and set of criteria for placements (rights, outcomes, mentorship, etc.), backed by <strong>employer toolkits</strong>.</p></li>
- <li><p>🧑🏽🤝🧑🏻 <strong>Who brings people together?</strong> A publicly funded <strong>coordinating entity or regional hub</strong> should be tasked with convening employers, educators, and youth — co-design is essential.</p></li>
- <li><p>💻 <strong>Digital platforms</strong> should be <strong>engaging, certifying, and accessible</strong> — like a LinkedIn for youth experience. They can reduce barriers and allow cross-sector collaboration.</p></li>
- <li><p><strong>Equitable distribution of funds</strong>: Spread resources <strong>across education, youth services, and small business support</strong>, ensuring long-term use and <strong>inter-institutional collaboration</strong>.</p></li>
- </ul><p><strong>Expected outcomes:</strong></p><ul>
- <li><p>Improved equity in access to job-related learning</p></li>
- <li><p>Higher quality of placements and advice</p></li>
- <li><p>Empowered young people with better tools and knowledge</p></li>
- <li><p>Reduced employer barriers and stronger community links</p></li>
- <li><p>A more just and future-oriented pathway to employment</p></li>
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