Canisp's vision for the future....

First of all the name - it definitely has to have "Careers" in the title. Most people come in thinking of their career, which may, or may not require upskilling. I also like the thought of having something local in the title eg "careers Fife" as I think people feel its more theirs if this is the case, and stops it seeming so governmental. I would definitely like to see better links with community education and social enterprise schemes, particularly in deprived areas, as I think these can help improve confidence and purpose in people's lives, enabling them to move on to greater things if they want to.

It would definitely be an all age service, as I hate the thought of certain groups being unable to access the service, especially as people are likely to need careers advice at several points throughout their life nowadays.

In terms of techniques used I'd like to see the organisation being a bit more "boundary pushing" in order to stay at the front of practice. This could be done by different areas piloting different theories and techniques of guidance to find out what really works in practice.

Lots of emphasis would be on building people's confidence as I think Scotland as a nation still lacks this. Confidence building would have to start early in schools, by getting pupils more involved in different activities, enabling them to have better self-awareness, and this would continue with older groups such as women returners and disabled clients. There would also be more emphasis and links with organisations encouraging people to be entrepreneurial as Scotland has one of the lowest rates of business start-ups in the world. Given all the fantastic inventions that Scots have come up with