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Career ready?: How schools can better prepare young people for working life in the era of COVID-19

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  • Anthony Mann

    (OECD)

  • Vanessa Denis

    (OECD)

  • Chris Percy

    (University of Derby)

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The focus of this working paper is on how secondary schools can optimise young people’s preparation for adult employment at a time of extreme labour market turbulence. By reviewing academic analysis of national longitudinal datasets, it is possible to identify indicators of comparative adult success. How teenagers (i) think about their futures in work and what they do to (ii) explore and (iii) experience workplaces within and outside of schools is consistently associated with better than expected employment outcomes in adulthood. Data-driven career guidance will take such indicators into account within delivery. Analysis of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 illustrates substantial variation in the extent of such career readiness between and within countries. Variation in career readiness is particularly associated with disadvantage. More effective education systems will ensure schools systematically address inequalities in teenage access to information and support in preparing for working life.

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  • Anthony Mann & Vanessa Denis & Chris Percy, 2020. "Career ready?: How schools can better prepare young people for working life in the era of COVID-19," OECD Education Working Papers 241, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:eduaab:241-en
    DOI: 10.1787/e1503534-en
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    1. Jane Greve & Morten Saaby & Anders Rosdahl & Vibeke Tornhøj Christensen, 2021. "Uncertain occupational expectations at age 19 and later educational and labour market outcomes," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 35(2), pages 163-191, June.
    2. Fouarge, Didier & Steens, Sanne & Wetzels, Martin, 2024. "Behavioural Effects of Providing Labour Market Information to Students Evidence from an Eye-tracking Pilot Study," ROA Technical Report 004, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
    3. Steven Sek-yum Ngai & Lin Wang & Chau-kiu Cheung & Jianhong Mo & Yuen-hang Ng & Pinqiao Wang, 2021. "Development and Validation of the Youth Career Development Competency Scale: A Study Based on Hong Kong Youth," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-16, November.

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