SCHOOLS CAREERS ADVICE
How employers and schools can forge closer ties to nurture future talent
Following her keynote speech at the Festival of Global People, Marianne Curphey talks to Angela
Middleton MBE, author of Bridge That Gap and founder of apprenticeship training provider MiddletonMurray, about the challenges facing young people heading out into the modern world of work.
D
uring her keynote speech on How employers can support schools, young people and their career ambitions, Angela Middleton talked about the
gap between leaving school and gaining a first job, and how schools and employers can make the transition into the workplace a better experience. “Young people are leaving school with a lack of vision and a lack of self-belief,” she said. “They don’t know what they are capable of. Schools are still driven by Ofsted and they want to provide vision and a life plan for students, but they have to achieve academic standards.” Middleton’s presentation examined the
partnership that needs to be generated by schools and employers, so that the transition into the workplace is made easier by the career experience gained while at school through work experience.
Employers could address the challenge by creating a global
online community with schools using LinkedIn. They could offer work experience placements and they could share job specifications with schools in order to help young people get an idea of the skills and qualifications they will need in the future workplace. Middleton added that employers could also offer taster days and develop a plan for new entrants. “Parents and teachers could also play their part, helping children to think about what sectors they might like to work in for the future and how school helped them to achieve their employment goals,” she said.
ENCOURAGING A FUTURE FIT WORKFORCE During her presentation and panel discussion on the Future fit workforce – tech AI and beyond, Middleton talked about how software and digital jobs now each made up 10% of posts currently being advertised and that digital marketing is now taking over from telesales. Camila Bolen of NYC Navigator discussed how the Millennial workforce was interested in a better work-life
16 | RELOCATE | SUMMER 2019
ANGELA MIDDLETON MBE
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