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The DeBruce Foundation's new Agilities Comparison tool is designed to help you compare the occupations that use YOUR strengths and interests! Try it out today: https://lnkd.in/gzGrReQW Pro Tip: Click the Agility icon anywhere in the list to find out how that Agility ranks in other careers. #ExpandingPathways #EmploymentEmpowerment #CareerLiteracy

The latest myfuture Insights report is up! Thank you Tracy Ryan for contributing your knowledge and insight into the career success of First Nations students. The report offers five practical steps to help career educators develop culturally appropriate practice, and points to a host of other useful resources. Be sure to sign up to Tracy's webinar on the 12th of March, "Supporting First Nations kids toward career success: A yarn with educators": https://lnkd.in/gfkxSvrV

Curious to hear what professionals wish they had had known at the start of their careers? Then look no further than this week’s post in our five-week series. ❔ This week’s question: “What do you wish you had been told at the beginning of your career?” Two more weeks to go!     #careerlearninganddevelopment #workintegratedlearning #RRU 

Decisions about your future can be daunting, but you're not on your own. Talking to a National Careers Service adviser can help you consider your next learning & training move. ➡️ https://ow.ly/rqVq50QRpEj #SkillsForLife #ItAllStartsWithSkills

👉 Employers learn how we can support you in your neurodiverse talent strategy! 😀 The goal of the CMU's Olitsky Family Foundation Career Readiness Program is to reduce barriers to employment for individuals who might identify with having cognitive and/or emotional differences. This program takes a multi-faceted approach, including engaging with employers. In this session, you will: - Understand the purpose of the program.  - Learn how the program supports employers in their efforts for neuroinclusion, universal design, and supporting mental well-being in the workplace. - Identify opportunities for employers to engage with a diverse group of talent at CMU. This will be our First CMU Talent Insider production for the academic year, sign up today!.......and it's free!

Data-driven decisions are essential for successful outcomes. Check out this wonderful tool to examine progress in career readiness.

The content and opinion in this article just shows what some think of careers guidance practitioners it made me curse!! https://lnkd.in/gGMdvRnf

In today's edition of the WTF Career week, one thing that stood out for me was the importance of "Confidence" Initially lacking confidence as someone who preferred to keep things to myself, I am unlearning and relearning along the way. The fireside chat further reinforced the value of being confident in myself. #CareerDevelopment #ConfidenceBuilding #WTFCareerWeek #WTFC24 #WTFCareerWeek24 #Tech4Dev Tech4Dev

Recruiting the most qualified area businesses to provide new career pathways for workers in specialized Goodwill Career Training programs can be a lengthy process. Yet, that is what Workforce Boards (WDBs) face every day. It takes time to know the right businesses to target and to understand if the business is in a good financial position to participate. For example, is the business growing and hiring or downsizing? Those insights are important to know before you contact them. EconoVue is proud to support WDBs to accelerate targeted business engagement through data-driven outreach strategies. Read this week's use case about targeted industries and specialized training. https://lnkd.in/eWqTKDqi #WorkforceDevelopment #GoodwillTrainingProgram

“Better do a little well, than a great deal badly.” -         Socrates No one – no person, no business, no government agency – can be all things to all people all the time. To attempt it is to guarantee failure and disappointment.  We see the most successful workforce boards and programs are those with two common traits: a focus on ‘quality vs. quantity’ and increasing their adoption of ‘data-driven decision making’ to guide tactical program activity and to influence strategy. At #EconoVue our entire mission is helping workforce boards focus resources to be more effective:  ·      Enabling them to make better data-driven decisions on strategy and practices. ·      Delivering better program results through targeted business engagement. ·      Refining their focus into more precise segments of their business ecosystem to be more effective and successful. It sounds counterintuitive, but it works:  Aim to do less, but to do it better.