Data-driven guidance: new OECD work on teenage indicators of career readiness
As the healthcare emergency becomes an employment crisis, it is more timely than ever to reflect on the effectiveness of career guidance interventions and ask what works and why.
This week ... Read More
Category: Discussion and Working Papers
31
Oct2019
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission's science and knowledge service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to European Union policy. It has published a series of working papers on the links between labour, education, and ... Read More
October 31, 2019John McCarthy
31
Oct2019
Virtual assistant, you-tuber, app-developer.There are jobs that 20 years ago were not imaginable.Other jobs have almost disappeared.
This report is the work of The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, which employs scientists to carry out research in order to ... Read More
October 31, 2019John McCarthy
28
Jun2019
How governments can support citizens to build fulfilling careers was the focus of the ninth International Symposium for Career Development and Public Policy, held in Tromsø, Norway on 17th-20th June 2019. During the Symposium representatives from 33 countries and from UNESCO, the OECD, European Commission, European Training ... Read More
June 28, 2019John McCarthy
10
Jun2019
We are pleased to bring to your attention the four synthesis papers arising from the 33 country papers prepared for the 9th International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy which will be held shortly in Tromso, Norway. They concern how policies and systems for ... Read More
June 10, 2019John McCarthy
11
Sep2018
The OECD has recently published a working paper that examines features of good career guidance practice in assisting young people to make informed career choices. It highlights the essential role and importance of employers in helping the career learning of young people - learning about occupations, the world of work, ... Read More
September 11, 2018John McCarthy
26
Jun2018
What can behavioural economics propose for better labour market policy interventions to assist newly unemployed persons to regain employment? Some suggestions are quite useful while others are more controversial! Read here!
One challenge that unemployed persons face is identifying their own transferable skills and seeing such transferable ... Read More
June 26, 2018John McCarthy
06
Jun2016
View and download the presentations on Labour Market Information and Career Guidance from the CEDEFOP event 16 May 2016 on this topic
They include:
ICT and LMI in career guidance
Skills mismatches and guidance policies
Integrating labour market and skills intelligence within wider skills governance strategies
Analysing online vacancies for LMI
Developing an ... Read More
June 6, 2016John McCarthy
15
Jan2015
This Concept Note on Nordic perspectives on career competences and guidance (2014) was commissioned by the Nordic Network for Adult Learning (NVL) in co-operation with the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network, ELGPN. It explores:
what is meant by career management competences (in the Nordic language context it is more meaningful to talk ... Read More
January 15, 2015John McCarthy
14
Dec2020
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