CPF. Employer survey - barriers to engaging with career education

Business and industry, we'd like your insights

Career education can range from one off school visits judging a science fair, to working with teachers on their lesson plans, to hosting placement students.

This survey aims to identify the barriers faced by business and industry to engaging with career education. It forms part of the work of the Cross Party Forum discussion group on careers education. The findings from this will shape discussions on continuing to improve life chances for young people by bridging the gap between education and the world of work.

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* 1. A bit about you and your organisation. Please indicate which of these are the best fit.

Individual person

Micro business (less than 10 employees)

Small business (between 11 and 50 employees)

Large business (between 251 and 1000 employees)

Medium business (between 51 and 250 employees)

Enterprise (more than 1000 employees)

Multiple locations in the UK only

Multi-national locations

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* 2. Which sector is your business in? For example finance, retail, manufacturing.

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* 3. Company name (optional)

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* 4. Have you ever taken part in any career education engagement in the past?

Yes

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* 5. Please indicate whether these factors are a barrier to you engaging in career education with schools. Where 0 is not at all, 1 is somewhat and 2 is yes.

	0	1	2	N/A
Don't know how to make contact with the school	Don't know how to make contact with the school 0	Don't know how to make contact with the school 1	Don't know how to make contact with the school 2	Don't know how to make contact with the school N/A
Unsure of what would be involved	Unsure of what would be involved 0	Unsure of what would be involved 1	Unsure of what would be involved 2	Unsure of what would be involved N/A
The arrangements and requirements from the school are too complicated	The arrangements and requirements from the school are too complicated 0	The arrangements and requirements from the school are too complicated 1	The arrangements and requirements from the school are too complicated 2	The arrangements and requirements from the school are too complicated N/A
Do not feel confident or best placed to engage children and young people	Do not feel confident or best placed to engage children and young people 0	Do not feel confident or best placed to engage children and young people 1	Do not feel confident or best placed to engage children and young people 2	Do not feel confident or best placed to engage children and young people N/A
Lack of materials, such as banners and leaflets, or lack of kit to use	Lack of materials, such as banners and leaflets, or lack of kit to use 0	Lack of materials, such as banners and leaflets, or lack of kit to use 1	Lack of materials, such as banners and leaflets, or lack of kit to use 2	Lack of materials, such as banners and leaflets, or lack of kit to use N/A
Lack of time or people available	Lack of time or people available 0	Lack of time or people available 1	Lack of time or people available 2	Lack of time or people available N/A
It does not align to the company priorities	It does not align to the company priorities 0	It does not align to the company priorities 1	It does not align to the company priorities 2	It does not align to the company priorities N/A
Lack of budget for sponsorship or funding	Lack of budget for sponsorship or funding 0	Lack of budget for sponsorship or funding 1	Lack of budget for sponsorship or funding 2	Lack of budget for sponsorship or funding N/A
Our workplace is not suitable for visitors, e.g. health and safety concerns	Our workplace is not suitable for visitors, e.g. health and safety concerns 0	Our workplace is not suitable for visitors, e.g. health and safety concerns 1	Our workplace is not suitable for visitors, e.g. health and safety concerns 2	Our workplace is not suitable for visitors, e.g. health and safety concerns N/A
We're unsure of safeguarding procedures and whether we have them in place	We're unsure of safeguarding procedures and whether we have them in place 0	We're unsure of safeguarding procedures and whether we have them in place 1	We're unsure of safeguarding procedures and whether we have them in place 2	We're unsure of safeguarding procedures and whether we have them in place N/A
We don't think it would make a difference to our business or sector	We don't think it would make a difference to our business or sector 0	We don't think it would make a difference to our business or sector 1	We don't think it would make a difference to our business or sector 2	We don't think it would make a difference to our business or sector N/A

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* 6. Please indicate any other barriers to you engaging with schools in career education

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* 7. Please provide an email address that we can use should we wish to follow up any of your responses.

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* 8. Can we contact you with further information on career engagement work, and ways in which you could support the work of Founders4Schools?

Yes