Launch of a new working paper and OECD major project on career readiness:
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/career-ready_e1503534-en

The paper reviews academic literature that analyses national longitudinal datasets evidencing teenage career-related indicators of better than expected adult employment outcomes. It then draws on PISA2018 data to see how countries compare and explores variations by social characteristics. The analysis is influenced by Arjan Apparadui’s conception of the Capacity to Aspire, and sees career-related indicators as evidence of young people’s access to resources that allow them to demonstrate critical agency through their transitions. The paper is a follow up to Dream Jobs? Teenagers’ career aspirations and the future of work.

The Career Readiness in the Pandemic project launches with a webinar with Andreas Schleicher, Jennifer Mckenzie (National Centre for Guidance in Education, Ireland) and Anthony Mann on December 18 at 2 pm CET: https://meetoecd1.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qmZJJLHATgeitSP_orN7-A

Over the next twelve months, the OECD will:

· Publish two further working papers exploring longitudinal evidence from OECD and national longitudinal datasets across a wide range of countries

· Publish eight guides for practice drawing out practical insights from the research

· Create a new online repository of key research and practice examples

· Hold an online conference in the autumn of 2021

· Create data-driven tools for policy makers and practitioners to enhance provision