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Summary
This mapping process highlights the following findings. First of all, personal attributes
represent broad behavioural outcomes desired by employers, and these are likely to be
developed in a variety of settings, including work, family, social and educational arenas.
The Blueprint can facilitate the development of these, however it is the identification of
these personal attributes that is perhaps of greatest utility to employers and individuals.
Secondly, the elements and skills from the Employability Skills Framework tend to map
most heavily onto Competency 2: Interact positively and effectively with others,
Competency 4: Participate in lifelong learning supportive of career goals and Competency 7:
Secure/create and maintain work. There are a few skills that also map onto Competency 10:
Understand the changing nature of life and work roles, Competency 8: Make career
enhancing decisions, Competency 5: Locate and effectively use career information, and
Competency 6: Understand the relationship between work, society and the economy.
It is perhaps not surprising given the comprehensiveness and the intention of the Blueprint
that there are many competencies and performance indicators that are unique to career
development. The elements and skills in the Employability Skills Framework do not address
these, as the emphasis of that framework is different from that of the Blueprint. These
unique areas include Competency 1: Build and maintain a positive self-concept,
Competency 3: Change and grow throughout life and Competency 11: Understand, engage
in and manage the career-building process.
There are also many performance indicators within the career competencies that were
mapped onto the Employability Skills Framework which contain important content that is
unique to the Blueprint. Program developers/administrators should therefore be mindful
that addressing employability skills alone is unlikely to prepare people to effectively
manage their own personal career development processes.
Finally, the element of technology within the Employability Skills Framework is relatively
content-specific, and may best be addressed through specific education and training
programs.
AUSTRALIAN BLUEPRINT FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT – ADULTS PD KIT 63