Careers Excellence Seminar

The Careers & Enterprise Company and The Gatsby Foundation are pleased to invite you to the third Careers Excellence Seminar, focusing on the vital role parents play in influencing a young person’s career decision journey:

Excellence in parental engagement with careers – how can we positively engage all families? 

A sustainable careers education strategy sets out to engage all key influencers in a young person’s life. Parents are arguably one of the biggest influencers on young people’s career decision-making and supporting them to hold informed careers conversations with their children, can break down barriers and widen opportunities for all young people to take their best next step. Our Talking Futures programme, developed with The Gatsby Foundation, equips institutions with the tools they need to positively connect with families on careers education and open the dialogue between parents and children.

The event panellists and speakers will explore innovation in this space, showcasing progressive and integrated parental engagement approaches across a range of settings, and effective strategies that have helped to develop relationships with families facing barriers.

By attending the seminar attendees can:

• Gain a greater understanding of the value and impact of high-quality parental engagement in careers, not only on careers and destination outcomes for students, but on wider institution priorities
• Be inspired to be innovative with approaches to parental engagement in careers, particularly with families who are facing barriers