A whopping 38 per cent spending cut across England coincides with a shrinking jobs market and fears that a "lost generation" will take a firmer hold in society. A separate study by Derby University confirms concerns that careers advice has been disproportionately hit.
While many Connexions services have been decimated around the country, the government's promised all-age national careers service won't be up and running until next year, leaving a void in the meantime for many young people.
When it does launch, there are no guarantees yet that the all-age service will cater for the particular needs of young people who are making the leap from school and into work or further learning. And it is likely that the all-age service will be online and telephone-based rather than face-to-face. This might make it cheaper to run, but if a reductionist programming of someone's strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes, is allowed to pass for careers advice, it will be close to useless.
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