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The adoption of the Gatsby Benchmarks as statutory guidance is transforming career education across UK schools and colleges. Since 2018, more than 90% of institutions have embedded the framework and increased benchmark coverage from just 23% in 2017 to 73% in 2024. Even as workplaces are reshaped by AI, talent mobility and shifting economic regulations, the Gatsby benchmarks remain highly relevant. What is changing, however, is the rapidly growing importance and impact of digital tools for educators and employers to operationalise these benchmarks. A new generation of technologies is enabling schools, colleges, and businesses to collaborate more effectively, scale impactful programmes, and better prepare young people for the world of work. Read more.

American Student Assistance® (ASA) and ProjectSet established a partnership in 2023 to initiate middle and high-school students into the world of Durable Skills. ProjectSet designed and delivered a suite of work-based learning tasks and activities for EvolveMe®, ASA’s career experimentation and skill-building platform. Launched in 2023, EvolveMe is an award-winning, platform that incentivizes young people to take actions that advance their career interests. Through the platform, teens have access to more than 180 diverse career experimentation tasks—powered by innovative partner organizations like ProjectSet—with an 81 percent completion rate. The collaboration has had outstanding impact since the launch of EvolveMe in early 2023. More than 100,000 students have engaged on ProjectSet tasks and activities on EvolveMe, clocking over 50,000 hours. Moreover, 93% of them completed their tasks and gave a 9.4 average feedback rating. Clay Colarusso, CMO and SVP of Digital Strategy (ASA) says, “ProjectSet has been an incredible partner in helping our students build durable skills. Their self-guided, personalized programs have high conversion and completion rates among our students. We are excited to continue building on this partnership!” For a deeper look at how ASA and ProjectSet have teamed up to help students build the durable skills they need for career and lifelong success, and the results we’ve seen thus far, read the full case study below. Click here to read the full case study.

Many school district leaders are adopting the Life Ready Student model to address the gap between K-12 education and workforce needs. In 2019, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) highlighted this issue, focusing on two key questions: How can schools bridge the gap in soft skills—also known as durable skills such as time management and resourcefulness—and how can education and business leaders collaborate to better support students? Continue Reading...

As digitisation takes an increasing hold in our personal and professional lives, video CV is emerging as a fresh, powerful way to present ourselves. A video CV is a short audio-visual  presentation for us to showcase our skills, experiences, and capabilities in a way that goes beyond the limitations of a traditional static, paper-based resume in 3 key ways!    1. Personalise, Beyond Words  A video CV puts face and voice to the text and words in a traditional resume. It lends a human touch by uncovering your motivations, passions, and unique attributes in a way that resonates with recruiters on a personal level. Speaking confidently and maintaining eye contact, you can narrate your journey and achievements in a video CV more powerfully than a long list of qualifications can.    2. Get Yourself Heard, Get Away From the Herd  Use the magic of colours, movements and sounds in a video CV to engage your audience effectively. Simply speak into a camera or use visually engaging slides, images, video clips or sounds to highlight your unique attributes and suitability for a role. For example, you may provide a short demo of a relevant project when applying for a software coding role; or present a design portfolio when applying for a digital marketing, PR or media role. Overall a video CVs demonstrates your proficiency in handling digital communication media.    3. Don’t Choose, Don’t Lose You don’t need to choose either/ or; use a video CV in addition to – not in place of – the traditional text CV. This way, you offer your audience a choice and yet leverage the power of different media forms to grab their attention. As the job market becomes increasingly competitive, job seekers are scrambling to find ways to stand out from the crowd. Video CVs offer a novel and impactful way to capture recruiters' attention and differentiate oneself from other candidates. Remember: the objective of you CV is not to get you the job…. But just to get you on the list of interviewees.    Light, Camera, Action!  So, grab your camera, script your story, and step confidently into the future of job applications with your very own video CV.  Take that important step into the digital age to stand out in a hyper-competitive and super-crowded job market. You may want to view these examples to get some creative ideas on how to script your winning video CV.     Check Out Some Inspiration: