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Calls for earlier careers advice for school kids

Calls have been made to give school children earlier careers advice to make sure they make the right decisions for their futures. Members of the West Midlands Combined Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee said young people needed to know what was out there for them at an earlier stage – particularly in new industries emerging in the region.

They also said ‘meaningful work experience’ was crucial for helping people map out the career path they truly want and not end up in jobs they hate. Dr Fiona Aldridge, Head of Insight and Intelligence in Economic Delivery, Skills and Communities, said they were developing an all age careers strategy to help schools in this area.




Councillor Ian Kettle said: “Very often careers advice is very late in the school experience. We should start earlier so people started to get ideas what is out there and what adult life could be for them.

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“I like the idea of not having career hubs at the end of school but within the last three years of the curriculum to give a wider experience of what is out there in the world of work for young people.”

Dr Aldridge said: “As part of the devolution deal, we’ve been given responsibility to develop an all age career strategy. The earlier we can help people think about their careers the more options they have.

“It’s not that people necessarily know what they want to do early on but they rule things out earlier on. The more exposure we can give them to a range of careers – and the range of careers within the region is really changing – is really important.”

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