Archive: February, 2017

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GERMANY: QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCES IN CAREER GUIDANCE

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The German BeQu-Concept – now available in English "Quality development in career guidance and counselling is an essential issue in lifelong guidance policy and systems development. Very few countries have statutory or binding quality standards and compulsory requirements for the qualification and competences of guidance and counselling professionals. With the funding ... Read More
February 27, 2017John McCarthy

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FULFILLING WORK: WHAT DO OLDER WORKERS VALUE ABOUT WORK AND WHY?

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This post follows well on the last post entitled Changing Places! This Report, commissioned by the Centre for Better Ageing (UK) and undertaken by the Institute for Employment Studies (Brighton), presents the workplace and job-related factors that make employment fulfilling for older workers, offering insights into both the attitudes of older ... Read More
February 27, 2017John McCarthy

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CHANGING PLACES: MID-CAREER REVIEW AND INTERNAL MOBILITY

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Why is there a growth in the percentage of older workers in the workforce in your country? New pension requirements? Skills shortages? Removal of age discrimination? All of the above? Other? Do you have policy responsibility and/or interest for the development and retention of older workers engaged in arduous work (work ... Read More
February 27, 2017John McCarthy