AAA
Search
Close this search box.

Exploring Future Employment Pathways

Career pathways have become less predictable and today’s youth face significant challenges making sense of the ever-changing world of work. For those just entering the workforce, understanding and navigating the labour market in more personalized, responsive and targeted ways is essential. AI and big data are bringing disruption to the workforce, but they have also brought promising advancements in workforce innovation and HR technology. Sophisticated job matching, assessment and market analytics tools are increasingly accessible, but their adoption across the employment and training ecosystem remains inconsistent.

In 2019, OTEC, and a coalition of partners that included First Work, MaRS Data Catalyst Centre and the Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity, worked with the Future Skills Centre – Centre des Compétences futures (FSC-CCF) to test an innovative, evidence-based, approach to skills development for the new economy. The initiative, known as Project Integrate, tested the potential impact and feasibility of a single technology-enabled employment
and training pathway for youth.

Working with employment service provider networks across Canada, the project conducted systems research and field testing with a range of promising employment-related technologies in each of the following three phases in the employment pathway: Engagement, Systems Navigation and Career Laddering. Job seeker, organizational and systems-level factors were evaluated to determine the potential impact and implications of a single, user managed, employment pathway.

Partner with Us

Career pathways are not linear, and job seekers, whether they are youth, new to Canada or are re-entering the workforce for any reason, need the skills, tools and resources to navigate the future of work. At OTEC, we conduct systems research and collaborate with stakeholders to design, prototype and field-test technology-enabled employment solutions for job seekers who face a variety of barriers to work.

If you are an organization interested in adopting and testing innovative career-building solutions for youth to access and keep good quality jobs, please connect with us today!

Related Report

Workforce Development Innovation Does One Size Fit All? Diversity in Digital Training, Employment, and Career Navigation Platforms
OTEC & First WorkJun 2021

Does One Size Fit All? Diversity in Digital Training, Employment, and Career Navigation Platforms

This Whitepaper highlights best practices of employment-related platforms and recommendations on how technology-enabled employment pathways can enhance youths’ job outcomes and improve their career navigation experience.

Workforce Development Innovation How Digital Platforms Are Tailoring Youth Pathways To Employment
OTEC & First WorkJun 2021

How Digital Platforms Are Tailoring Youth Pathways To Employment

This Report provides a summary of consultations, and a scan of digital tools and platforms utilized by youth and the youth employment services sector. Based on this discovery, it presents a Youth Path to Employment framework.

Workforce Development Innovation A Blueprint for Digital Employment Services for Youth
FutureFit AI, OTEC, First Work & MaRS Data Catalyst CentreFeb 2021

A Blueprint for Digital Employment Services for Youth

This Executive Summary Report provides an overview of Project Integrate and provides a blueprint for a technology-enabled employment pathway for youth.

Workforce Development Innovation Getting Youth Back to Work: Design Principles for Digital Employment Services for Youth during COVID-19
FutureFit AI, OTEC, First Work & MaRS Data Catalyst CentreApr 2020

Getting Youth Back to Work: Design Principles for Digital Employment Services for Youth during COVID-19

This Whitepaper identifies principles for digital adoption and design considerations in developing a blueprint for digital employment services to support Canadian youth in their return to work after the initial shock of COVID-19.

Workforce Development Innovation Equipping Youth Employment Services for the Future of Work in Canada
FutureFit AI, OTEC, First Work & MaRS Data Catalyst CentreJan 2020

Equipping Youth Employment Services for the Future of Work in Canada

This Foundational Report provides an overview of extensive secondary research conducted to identify best practices for technological adoption as well as insights to understand employment trends and implications for youth in the future of work.

Lead Partners

Funded By

×

Download Resource