Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are six reports that we found interesting this week:
The Future Is Social and Emotional: Summary for Executives (The Conference Board of Canada)
Employers want new hires to arrive with both technical knowledge and social and emotional skills. The latter contribute to career success and positive social outcomes, but workers are not consistently acquiring these skills prior to entering the workforce. The problem is that our educational systems do not focus specifically on social and emotional skills development.
Making Informed Choices in an Uncertain and Changing Job Market (LMIC)
In March 2020, Canada experienced the largest one-month increase to the unemployment rate since 1976. Despite these job losses — which are likely to continue in 2020 — evidence from past recessions and downturns suggests that new job opportunities will emerge. To make informed career, training and educational decisions, Canadians need to know where these job opportunities exist and what their work requirements are.
Canadian Survey on Business Conditions: Impact of COVID-19 on businesses in Canada, March 2020 (Statistics Canada)
Nearly one-third (32.3%) of businesses who responded to the survey reported that their revenues from the first quarter of 2020 were down by 40% or more from the same quarter a year earlier. Another 21.2% of businesses reported their revenues had decreased by 20% to 40% over the same period.
How Community Colleges Are Advancing Equity in Career and Technical Education (MDRC)
MDRC’s scan revealed that community college CTE programs are increasingly committed to achieving equity goals. It also revealed some common promising practices they are adopting to increase opportunity and reduce equity gaps (that is, differences in outcomes between social groups). These practices apply to various points along the education pathway, from outreach and recruitment to post-employment support.
The role of parents in providing careers guidance and how they can be better supported (Warwick Institute for Employment Research)
The aim of this study was to understand how parents and carers can be betters supported by schools and colleges to feel more informed and confident about the support and advice they give to their children about their career choices.
COVID-19 and the world of work (International Labour Organization)
This updated report finds the proportion of workers living in countries with recommended or required workplace closures has decreased from 81% to 68% over the last two weeks, mainly driven by the lifting of workplace closures in China. The situation has worsened elsewhere.
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