participant questions employability strategy & careers service review 2011 - aminder k nijjar
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Participant Questions
As part of a review of a draft employability strategy and a mini-review of a Careers Service within an educational establishment, the following is a sample of the questions or themes I, as the reviewer asked the stakeholders.
Educational Establishment Staff (outside the Careers Service)1. Initial reactions to the Employability StrategyFollowing an exploration of specific sections within the Employability Strategy: 2. In what capacity do you link with the Careers Service (CS)?3. Is anything missing from the Strategy? / Is there anything else you think should be included?4. How does the CS contribute to your department’s goals?5. What does the CS do well?6. What does the CS need to improve on?7. What do you think the CS should do less of/stop doing?8. How does the CS compare with other careers services within the same type of educational
establishments you have come across?9. In an ideal world, how would you like employability to develop in this educational
establishment? 10. What are your views on the particular model the CS is proposing?
Careers Service Staff1. What are the CS's successes / main achievements?2. What do students / academic departments / employers etc value most about your project /
work / the CS?3. What are the main challenges you experience?4. What are the main successes of your area of work?5. If you were asked to show how the time, money and energy spent on your project / area of
work was well spent, how would you do this? / How do you know if your project is working well?
6. If you were in charge / had a magic wand and resources were not an issue, what changes would you make:
In your project / area of work? In the CS? More widely in the organisation for employability? – What could be done in the
organisation to improve employability? 7. Are the CS's services adequately delivered?8. What are the CS’s current strengths?9. What would you like to see changed in the CS?10. Where is the waste in the CS? / What are the weaknesses within the CS?11. In what ways can the CS improve? How could these improvements be made?
Aminder K [email protected]
2012
12. Is the intended target market being reached?13. How do you think your work is judged? / Is your work valued?
External Stakeholders 1. Initial reactions to the Employability Strategy2. Is anything missing from the Strategy? / Is there anything else you think should be included?3. What are the CS's main strengths? / What is the CS's unique selling point? / What does the
CS do well? / What is the CS known for?4. How does the CS compare with other careers services you deal with?5. In an ideal world, what else would you like this organisation or the CSC to do for or with
you?6. How can this organisation really improve its relationships with employers?
Aminder K [email protected]
2012