School dropout prevention continues to exercise the mind of policy makers in many countries. The European Ministers of Education (2003), for example, established several reform targets for education systems in Europe for the year 2010 including increased participation in the upper end of second level schooling and the reduction of non-completion rates. … Read More

Given the increasing policy importance being paid to the development of the skills to manage one’s career, learning and work pathways in a lifelong learning context(Council of European Ministers of Education, 2008), this Australian publication is very timely to provide guidance on what exactly these skills look like. A joint … Read More

This is a joint strategy and implementation plan for career guidance services in Northern Ireland of two government ministries/ the Department of Education and the Department for Employment and Learning. Based on extensive consultation exercises on its proposals of 2007, the document outlines a new comprehensive strategy for the delivery … Read More

This is the German translation of the Council of Education Ministers’ Resolution (2008) on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies.

It defines 4 key axes of action for the reform of guidance services in Member States:

Förderung der Fähigkeit zur Planung der beruflichen Laufbahn in jedem Lebensabschnitt;
Erleichterung des Zugangs aller Bürger … Read More

This is the Danish translation of the European Council of Education Ministers’ Resolution (2008) on better integrating lifelong guidance in strategies for lifelong learning. The Resolution defined four key areas/axes to guide national reforms of policies and systems:

fremme af evnen til selv at orientere sig gennem hele livet
lettelse af adgangen … Read More

This November 2008 Resolution of the EU Council of Ministers is an instrument to assist Member States to implement reform of career guidance services within their national strategies for lifelong learning. It highlights four areas for reform:

Encouraging the acquisition of career management skills
Facilitating access to guidance services by all sections … Read More

Le Conseil des ministres d’éducation de l’Union européenne ont adoptés cette Résolution en novembre 2008 afin de aider les états membres a réformer leur politiques, systémés et pratiques de l’orientation tout au long de la vie et de donner un soutien communtaire au travail de la European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN).

La … Read More

El Consejo de la Union Europea de noviembre de 2008 invita los estados miembros a aplicar los siguientes principes rectores:

favorecer la adquisicion permanente de capacidades de orientacion
facilitar el acceso de todos los ciudadanos a los servicios de orientacion
desarrolar la garantia de calidad de los servicios de orientacion
fomentar la coordinacion y … Read More

O Conselho da Uniao Europeia de Novembro de 2008 convidam os estados-membros a:

favorecer a aquisicao da capacidade de orientacao ao longo da vida
facilitar o acesso de todos os cidados aos servicos de orientacao
desenvolve a garantia de qualidade dos sericos de orientacao
incentivar a coordenacao e cooperacao dos diversos intervenientes a nivel … Read More

This Report was presented by Deputy Guégot to the French National Assembly in December 2008. It examined:

problems in initial and continuing training supply: quality, transparency, funding, governance
inequalities for young people and adults in accessing training
difficulties in career guidance provision to support youth and adult participation in training.

It presents 16 propositions … Read More

AFPA is the state institution in France charged with the vocational training of adults. It is unique in Europe and beyond in that it provides a professional career guidance service to trainees prior to course entry, during training and at exit. AFPA’s course completion and qualifications rates are very impressive … Read More

This literature review undertaken (2005)for the Higher Education Careers Services Unit in the UK by the Institute of Employment Research at the University of Warwick, examined career-related interventions and their impact on students’ career related decisions, career learning and progression towards the labour market.

Although there is substantial literature in the … Read More

This report presents the results of the third and final stage of research commissioned by the New Zealand Department of Labour (DoL) to identify:

the reasons for the non-participation in paid employment of those aged 45 years and over;
the potential role of career information, advice and guidance (CIAG) in assisting that … Read More

Given the increasing policy importance being paid to the development of the skills to manage one’s career, learning and work pathways in a lifelong learning context(Council of European Ministers of Education, 2008), this Australian publication is very timely to provide guidance on what exactly these skills look like. A joint … Read More

This is a joint strategy and implementation plan for career guidance services in Northern Ireland of two government ministries/ the Department of Education and the Department for Employment and Learning. Based on extensive consultation exercises on its proposals of 2007, the document outlines a new comprehensive strategy for the delivery … Read More

This is the German translation of the Council of Education Ministers’ Resolution (2008) on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies.

It defines 4 key axes of action for the reform of guidance services in Member States:

Förderung der Fähigkeit zur Planung der beruflichen Laufbahn in jedem Lebensabschnitt;
Erleichterung des Zugangs aller Bürger … Read More

This is the Danish translation of the European Council of Education Ministers’ Resolution (2008) on better integrating lifelong guidance in strategies for lifelong learning. The Resolution defined four key areas/axes to guide national reforms of policies and systems:

fremme af evnen til selv at orientere sig gennem hele livet
lettelse af adgangen … Read More

This November 2008 Resolution of the EU Council of Ministers is an instrument to assist Member States to implement reform of career guidance services within their national strategies for lifelong learning. It highlights four areas for reform:

Encouraging the acquisition of career management skills
Facilitating access to guidance services by all sections … Read More

Le Conseil des ministres d’éducation de l’Union européenne ont adoptés cette Résolution en novembre 2008 afin de aider les états membres a réformer leur politiques, systémés et pratiques de l’orientation tout au long de la vie et de donner un soutien communtaire au travail de la European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN).

La … Read More

El Consejo de la Union Europea de noviembre de 2008 invita los estados miembros a aplicar los siguientes principes rectores:

favorecer la adquisicion permanente de capacidades de orientacion
facilitar el acceso de todos los ciudadanos a los servicios de orientacion
desarrolar la garantia de calidad de los servicios de orientacion
fomentar la coordinacion y … Read More

O Conselho da Uniao Europeia de Novembro de 2008 convidam os estados-membros a:

favorecer a aquisicao da capacidade de orientacao ao longo da vida
facilitar o acesso de todos os cidados aos servicos de orientacao
desenvolve a garantia de qualidade dos sericos de orientacao
incentivar a coordenacao e cooperacao dos diversos intervenientes a nivel … Read More

This Report was presented by Deputy Guégot to the French National Assembly in December 2008. It examined:

problems in initial and continuing training supply: quality, transparency, funding, governance
inequalities for young people and adults in accessing training
difficulties in career guidance provision to support youth and adult participation in training.

It presents 16 propositions … Read More

AFPA is the state institution in France charged with the vocational training of adults. It is unique in Europe and beyond in that it provides a professional career guidance service to trainees prior to course entry, during training and at exit. AFPA’s course completion and qualifications rates are very impressive … Read More

This prospectus is a summary of government plans for England to create an adult advancement and careers service by Autumn 2010. The service will combine skills and training advice with practical guidance on how to overcome the full range of barriers people face in getting on in life. The service linked to … Read More

This study, commissioned by the Educational Guidance Service for Adults (EGSA) in Northern Ireland (NI), attempts to capture the current return to the economy of the investment in career/educational guidance services provided to the adult population by EGSA. This organisation had been in existence in Northern Ireland for 40 years. … Read More

This report undertaken by NICEC researchers examines the public policy context in which workforce career development fits. It describes career practices of employers, trade unions, chambers of commerce, outplacement/coaching agencies, self-help and peer support, and specialised sources of information and expertise. It outlines the role of public policy and of … Read More

The role of career guidance in supporting continuing vocational training and formal adult learning has received little attention in both research and publications. The terms “career guidance” are rarely associated with such activity though elements of information, advice, guidance, and career counselling are integral parts of efficient investment in such … Read More

This expert paper was jointly commissioned by the EC and OECD as part of the international review of policies for career guidance initiated by the OECD in 2001. The author argues that while information may be necessary for career decision-making, it is not by itself sufficient. Rational decision making models … Read More

The Leitch review examined the existing skills base of the adult population in the UK in the context of a global economy and made recommendations on how this base should be improved to enable the UK to successfully compete in the world economy in 2020 as well as to have … Read More

This report presents the results of the third and final stage of research commissioned by the New Zealand Department of Labour (DoL) to identify:

the reasons for the non-participation in paid employment of those aged 45 years and over;
the potential role of career information, advice and guidance (CIAG) in assisting that … Read More

This is a Research Report, RR833, published by the Department of Education and Skills in the United Kingdom. The research was undertaken as part of a government review of advice, information and guidance services for adults. It specifically sought to evaluate a trial extension of Ufi/learndirect telephone guidance service for adults to … Read More

This is the German translation of the Council of Education Ministers’ Resolution (2008) on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies.

It defines 4 key axes of action for the reform of guidance services in Member States:

Förderung der Fähigkeit zur Planung der beruflichen Laufbahn in jedem Lebensabschnitt;
Erleichterung des Zugangs aller Bürger … Read More

This is the Danish translation of the European Council of Education Ministers’ Resolution (2008) on better integrating lifelong guidance in strategies for lifelong learning. The Resolution defined four key areas/axes to guide national reforms of policies and systems:

fremme af evnen til selv at orientere sig gennem hele livet
lettelse af adgangen … Read More

This November 2008 Resolution of the EU Council of Ministers is an instrument to assist Member States to implement reform of career guidance services within their national strategies for lifelong learning. It highlights four areas for reform:

Encouraging the acquisition of career management skills
Facilitating access to guidance services by all sections … Read More

Le Conseil des ministres d’éducation de l’Union européenne ont adoptés cette Résolution en novembre 2008 afin de aider les états membres a réformer leur politiques, systémés et pratiques de l’orientation tout au long de la vie et de donner un soutien communtaire au travail de la European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN).

La … Read More

El Consejo de la Union Europea de noviembre de 2008 invita los estados miembros a aplicar los siguientes principes rectores:

favorecer la adquisicion permanente de capacidades de orientacion
facilitar el acceso de todos los ciudadanos a los servicios de orientacion
desarrolar la garantia de calidad de los servicios de orientacion
fomentar la coordinacion y … Read More

O Conselho da Uniao Europeia de Novembro de 2008 convidam os estados-membros a:

favorecer a aquisicao da capacidade de orientacao ao longo da vida
facilitar o acesso de todos os cidados aos servicos de orientacao
desenvolve a garantia de qualidade dos sericos de orientacao
incentivar a coordenacao e cooperacao dos diversos intervenientes a nivel … Read More

This Report was presented by Deputy Guégot to the French National Assembly in December 2008. It examined:

problems in initial and continuing training supply: quality, transparency, funding, governance
inequalities for young people and adults in accessing training
difficulties in career guidance provision to support youth and adult participation in training.

It presents 16 propositions … Read More

AFPA is the state institution in France charged with the vocational training of adults. It is unique in Europe and beyond in that it provides a professional career guidance service to trainees prior to course entry, during training and at exit. AFPA’s course completion and qualifications rates are very impressive … Read More

This prospectus is a summary of government plans for England to create an adult advancement and careers service by Autumn 2010. The service will combine skills and training advice with practical guidance on how to overcome the full range of barriers people face in getting on in life. The service linked to … Read More

This study, commissioned by the Educational Guidance Service for Adults (EGSA) in Northern Ireland (NI), attempts to capture the current return to the economy of the investment in career/educational guidance services provided to the adult population by EGSA. This organisation had been in existence in Northern Ireland for 40 years. … Read More

The Leitch review examined the existing skills base of the adult population in the UK in the context of a global economy and made recommendations on how this base should be improved to enable the UK to successfully compete in the world economy in 2020 as well as to have … Read More

This report presents the results of the third and final stage of research commissioned by the New Zealand Department of Labour (DoL) to identify:

the reasons for the non-participation in paid employment of those aged 45 years and over;
the potential role of career information, advice and guidance (CIAG) in assisting that … Read More

The ministers for VET of the European Union , the European Social Partners and the European Commission met in Bordeaux, France under the French Presidency of the EU in 2008 to review priorities and strategies in European cooperation in VET. The outcome of their discussions is known as the Bordeaux … Read More

Recommendation 195 concerning human resource development – education, training and lifelong learning – has 11 chapters including:

development and implementation of education and training policies
education and pre-employment training
development of competencies
training for decent work and social inclusion
framework for the recognition and certification of skills
training roviders
career guidance and training support
research
international and technical cooperation.

Members … Read More

Arrimer les études et le travail : l’engagement de l’Alberta en matière de développement de carrière établit des liens plus solides entre l’éducation et le travail, et fournit un accès plus coordonné aux programmes de formation professionnelle et d’emploi, ainsi qu’aux services dans un marché du travail constamment en évolution.

Arrimer … Read More

Given the increasing policy importance being paid to the development of the skills to manage one’s career, learning and work pathways in a lifelong learning context(Council of European Ministers of Education, 2008), this Australian publication is very timely to provide guidance on what exactly these skills look like. A joint … Read More

This is a joint strategy and implementation plan for career guidance services in Northern Ireland of two government ministries/ the Department of Education and the Department for Employment and Learning. Based on extensive consultation exercises on its proposals of 2007, the document outlines a new comprehensive strategy for the delivery … Read More

This is the German translation of the Council of Education Ministers’ Resolution (2008) on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies.

It defines 4 key axes of action for the reform of guidance services in Member States:

Förderung der Fähigkeit zur Planung der beruflichen Laufbahn in jedem Lebensabschnitt;
Erleichterung des Zugangs aller Bürger … Read More

This is the Danish translation of the European Council of Education Ministers’ Resolution (2008) on better integrating lifelong guidance in strategies for lifelong learning. The Resolution defined four key areas/axes to guide national reforms of policies and systems:

fremme af evnen til selv at orientere sig gennem hele livet
lettelse af adgangen … Read More

This November 2008 Resolution of the EU Council of Ministers is an instrument to assist Member States to implement reform of career guidance services within their national strategies for lifelong learning. It highlights four areas for reform:

Encouraging the acquisition of career management skills
Facilitating access to guidance services by all sections … Read More

Le Conseil des ministres d’éducation de l’Union européenne ont adoptés cette Résolution en novembre 2008 afin de aider les états membres a réformer leur politiques, systémés et pratiques de l’orientation tout au long de la vie et de donner un soutien communtaire au travail de la European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN).

La … Read More

El Consejo de la Union Europea de noviembre de 2008 invita los estados miembros a aplicar los siguientes principes rectores:

favorecer la adquisicion permanente de capacidades de orientacion
facilitar el acceso de todos los ciudadanos a los servicios de orientacion
desarrolar la garantia de calidad de los servicios de orientacion
fomentar la coordinacion y … Read More

O Conselho da Uniao Europeia de Novembro de 2008 convidam os estados-membros a:

favorecer a aquisicao da capacidade de orientacao ao longo da vida
facilitar o acesso de todos os cidados aos servicos de orientacao
desenvolve a garantia de qualidade dos sericos de orientacao
incentivar a coordenacao e cooperacao dos diversos intervenientes a nivel … Read More

This Report was presented by Deputy Guégot to the French National Assembly in December 2008. It examined:

problems in initial and continuing training supply: quality, transparency, funding, governance
inequalities for young people and adults in accessing training
difficulties in career guidance provision to support youth and adult participation in training.

It presents 16 propositions … Read More

AFPA is the state institution in France charged with the vocational training of adults. It is unique in Europe and beyond in that it provides a professional career guidance service to trainees prior to course entry, during training and at exit. AFPA’s course completion and qualifications rates are very impressive … Read More

This prospectus is a summary of government plans for England to create an adult advancement and careers service by Autumn 2010. The service will combine skills and training advice with practical guidance on how to overcome the full range of barriers people face in getting on in life. The service linked to … Read More

This study, commissioned by the Educational Guidance Service for Adults (EGSA) in Northern Ireland (NI), attempts to capture the current return to the economy of the investment in career/educational guidance services provided to the adult population by EGSA. This organisation had been in existence in Northern Ireland for 40 years. … Read More

This expert paper was jointly commissioned by the EC and OECD as part of the international review of policies for career guidance initiated by the OECD in 2001. The author argues that while information may be necessary for career decision-making, it is not by itself sufficient. Rational decision making models … Read More

The Leitch review examined the existing skills base of the adult population in the UK in the context of a global economy and made recommendations on how this base should be improved to enable the UK to successfully compete in the world economy in 2020 as well as to have … Read More

This report presents the results of the third and final stage of research commissioned by the New Zealand Department of Labour (DoL) to identify:

the reasons for the non-participation in paid employment of those aged 45 years and over;
the potential role of career information, advice and guidance (CIAG) in assisting that … Read More

This is a Research Report, RR833, published by the Department of Education and Skills in the United Kingdom. The research was undertaken as part of a government review of advice, information and guidance services for adults. It specifically sought to evaluate a trial extension of Ufi/learndirect telephone guidance service for adults to … Read More

This 2011 publication by the Equality and Human Rights Commission looked at how equality and diversity policy issues were being treated in practice by careers services and schools in England.

The Research Report examines:

Young people’s attainment, choices and participation
The role and influence of careers education, information and guidance (CEIAG)
Policy on CEIAG … Read More

Preparing the talent pipeline, youth workforce preparation and workforce entry, was the subject of the 7th International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy held in Iowa, USA, 15-17 June, 2015. Participants examined the labour market challenges facing young people and how career guidance services can assist them in managing … Read More

This Resource Kit, developed by the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN), was designed to help policy-makers and other stakeholders in the European Union to review existing lifelong guidance provision within their country or region, and to identify issues requiring attention and gaps that need to be filled, drawing from … Read More

In the face of growing youth unemployment challenges in Europe, the European social partners (ETUC – THE EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION BUSINESS EUROPE;; – THE CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BUSINESS; UEAPME – EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; and CEEP – THE EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EMPLOYERS AND ENTERPRISES PROVIDING PUBLIC … Read More

CEDEFOP 012015 Newsletter Benefits of Career Guidance

This recent Briefing Note prepared by CEDEFOP, January 2015, illustrates my means of case study summaries the economic, social and individual benefits of career guidance in difficult economic times.

This is the summary version of the review undertaken for USAID on the outcomes of Youth Workforce Development programmes for out of school youth.

This evaluation report was produced for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2013. The paper is based on a literature scan of 54 publicly available studies that were published between 2001 and 2012 on the topics of youth employment, workforce development, livelihoods development, school to-work transition, youth entrepreneurship, … Read More

Survey results of students and youth aged 15-29 years. This survey looks at the challenges facing youth in Canada entering the labour market and their views and experiences of these challenges.

One of the European Union 2020 targets is reducing Early School Leaving (ESL) rate to less than 10 %. A multitude of approaches to combating ESL have been adopted across Europe. Each country has its own strategy and in a number of European countries lifelong guidance is identified as a … Read More

The employment and skills systems need to work together to support individuals into employment with the skills to progress, and in turn, to provide the skills employers demand through responsive workforce development. The Skills for Scotland Strategy and its subsequent refresh in 2010 encourages the integration of employment and skills … Read More

This 2011 report examines the current state of careers services for young people in ENGLAND. It describes some of significant negative effects at local and educational institutional levels of recent changes in government policy concerning such services and of government funding cutbacks for those services. It raises implications for government, … Read More

This report prepared by the Centre for Educational Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, describes a trial of possible measures of young people’s career self management skills and decision-making. The research considered pupils’ use of self-help services, in particular career development websites, and the impact of these websites on pupils’ … Read More

This study, published in December 2010, was commissioned by the Departments of Education and of Business and Innovation of the State of Victoria, Australia. Victoria has a population of 5.5 million inhabitants living mainly in urban areas.

The focus of the study was the effectiveness of career guidance provision for young people in … Read More

This publication (2008) written for the CfBT by Dr Deirdre Hughes is situated in UK policy aims of increasing the participation of young people in further education and training in the UK with specific targeted increases for years 2013 and 2015. In particular the publication examines how the impact of information, advice … Read More

This report (2004) by Chris T King and Sarah Looney of the Ray Marshall Centre of UTA contains a discussion of 30 workforce development performance measures generated by several US states for 7 areas of interest to policy and program leaders and rated by them for usefulness.

The seven areas are: outcomes … Read More

This policy brief (2005) by Sarah Looney and Chris T King provides backround to the movement to develop a standard set of performance measures for publicly funded programmes that comprise the US workforce development system. It also reviews two prominent US proposals: common measures proposed by the Office of Management … Read More

This is a recently signed agreement between the Australian federal government and the States and Territories of Australia. It is designed to address the objectives of the National Education Agreement and the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development already signed by the same parties.

The new agreement covers the engagement … Read More

This 2008 report describes some of the definitional, conceptual and historical foundations of the concept of social inclusion. It summarises the strengths and limitations of Australian and international approaches to the topic so far, and sketches some of the scope of exclusion in terms of locational disadvantage, intergenerational disadvantage, children … Read More

This article written by Tibor Bors Borbely provides the background to the present offer of guidance services in compulsory education and vocational education and training in Hungary. It describes the challenges facing the system and current developments.

Read more

Funded by CfBT Education Trust, this research examined the impact on career guidance provision for young people of new arrangements for budget and management responsibilities by all local authorities in England since such changes came into effect in April 2008.

The authors concluded that there is a need for a stronger … Read More

A 2017 Asian Development Bank consultant review of labour market information in Uzbekistan found that limited resources and information are available to assist youth and adults make informed career decisions.

Existing resources include career orientation programs in Grades 8-9, student visits to Specialized Secondary Colleges, and some Colleges have individual web … Read More

An economic view of factors that contribute and not to job satisfaction!!!

Young people in Nepal face many challenges in making labour market and societal  transitions, both of which are intertwined. Almost 70% of the workforce is engaged in agriculture, mainly family farming. School drop-out to support family livelihood occurs early in schooling. Emigration for work is very important in terms of … Read More

EMPLOYABILITY? WHAT IS IT? WHO DEFINES IT?

A RESEARCH REPORT FROM THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE
OF PERSONNEL AND DEVELOPMENT (CIPD)

CIPD is the professional body for Human Resources (HR) and People Development staff employed in the private and public sectors worldwide.  Its goals include promoting better work and working lives and working practices that … Read More

In September 2015, Education Scotland, an agency of Scottish Government, published a Career Education Standard for children and young people as they make their way through school and learn about the world of work.
The Standard is set out according to:

-the Career Education entitlements of children and young people

-the expected support … Read More

There are several higher education institutions in Ireland that provide training programmes for guidance practitioners, particularly for practitioners who work in schools and in the national adult educational guidance initiative. Such practitioners are employed through public funding from the Department of Education and Skills. In order to bring some coherence … Read More

These EU Guidelines, produced by the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN) provide an agreed reference framework on policies and systems for lifelong guidance across EU Member States. They aim to assist policy makers and policy developers to reflect in a systematic way on existing career guidance services and programmes … Read More

This 2011 publication by the Equality and Human Rights Commission looked at how equality and diversity policy issues were being treated in practice by careers services and schools in England.

The Research Report examines:

Young people’s attainment, choices and participation
The role and influence of careers education, information and guidance (CEIAG)
Policy on CEIAG … Read More

Preparing the talent pipeline, youth workforce preparation and workforce entry, was the subject of the 7th International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy held in Iowa, USA, 15-17 June, 2015. Participants examined the labour market challenges facing young people and how career guidance services can assist them in managing … Read More

This Resource Kit, developed by the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN), was designed to help policy-makers and other stakeholders in the European Union to review existing lifelong guidance provision within their country or region, and to identify issues requiring attention and gaps that need to be filled, drawing from … Read More

PISA 2012, undertaken by the OECD, provided a unique opportunity to examine national differences in career development outcomes for young people and to relate these differences to the characteristics of these young people, of their families, and of schools.  Using the career-related items in the Education Career questionnaire, four scales … Read More

In the face of growing youth unemployment challenges in Europe, the European social partners (ETUC – THE EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION BUSINESS EUROPE;; – THE CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BUSINESS; UEAPME – EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; and CEEP – THE EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EMPLOYERS AND ENTERPRISES PROVIDING PUBLIC … Read More

Survey results of students and youth aged 15-29 years. This survey looks at the challenges facing youth in Canada entering the labour market and their views and experiences of these challenges.

CEDEFOP CAREER GUIDANCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2011

The European Commission and the EU Member States have been working together since the 1990s to develop an entrepreneurial education and training agenda in Europe. It is widely acknowledged that new companies and entrepreneurs are important for innovation, job creation and economic development in Europe. However, traditional education … Read More

Workforce mobility within the European Union is a high political priority for EU education, training and employment policies. The European Commission in April/May 2014 undertook an EU-wide survey  to collect the views of some 27,998 respondents from different social and demographic groups across the Member States of the EU on the … Read More

One of the European Union 2020 targets is reducing Early School Leaving (ESL) rate to less than 10 %. A multitude of approaches to combating ESL have been adopted across Europe. Each country has its own strategy and in a number of European countries lifelong guidance is identified as a … Read More

These benchmarks developed by Careers NZ through an iterative process are designed to help schools to evaluate their success in implementing careers education programmes and to improve their quality. They are presented as a self-review tool and consist of four sections:

Student learning outcomes: career management skills, the competencies that students should … Read More

This is a very useful summary of research results concerning the impact of career guidance for second level school students on their engagement, retention, academic achievement, transitions to tertiary education and the labour market, and career and life success. It draws significantly on school experience in the USA.

Read more

This 2011 report examines the current state of careers services for young people in ENGLAND. It describes some of significant negative effects at local and educational institutional levels of recent changes in government policy concerning such services and of government funding cutbacks for those services. It raises implications for government, … Read More

This report prepared by the Centre for Educational Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, describes a trial of possible measures of young people’s career self management skills and decision-making. The research considered pupils’ use of self-help services, in particular career development websites, and the impact of these websites on pupils’ … Read More

In September 2015, Education Scotland, an agency of Scottish Government, published a Career Education Standard for children and young people as they make their way through school and learn about the world of work.
The Standard is set out according to:

-the Career Education entitlements of children and young people

-the expected support … Read More

There are several higher education institutions in Ireland that provide training programmes for guidance practitioners, particularly for practitioners who work in schools and in the national adult educational guidance initiative. Such practitioners are employed through public funding from the Department of Education and Skills. In order to bring some coherence … Read More

These EU Guidelines, produced by the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN) provide an agreed reference framework on policies and systems for lifelong guidance across EU Member States. They aim to assist policy makers and policy developers to reflect in a systematic way on existing career guidance services and programmes … Read More

EU Ministers with responsibility for vocational education and training have just (June 2015) issued a set of Conclusions on a new set of policy priorities and deliverables for VET for the period 2015 to 2020.

These include:

dialogue and cooperation with social partners and other stakeholders
raising the quality and attractiveness of accessible … Read More

Preparing the talent pipeline, youth workforce preparation and workforce entry, was the subject of the 7th International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy held in Iowa, USA, 15-17 June, 2015. Participants examined the labour market challenges facing young people and how career guidance services can assist them in managing … Read More

This Resource Kit, developed by the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN), was designed to help policy-makers and other stakeholders in the European Union to review existing lifelong guidance provision within their country or region, and to identify issues requiring attention and gaps that need to be filled, drawing from … Read More

PISA 2012, undertaken by the OECD, provided a unique opportunity to examine national differences in career development outcomes for young people and to relate these differences to the characteristics of these young people, of their families, and of schools.  Using the career-related items in the Education Career questionnaire, four scales … Read More

In the face of growing youth unemployment challenges in Europe, the European social partners (ETUC – THE EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION BUSINESS EUROPE;; – THE CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN BUSINESS; UEAPME – EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; and CEEP – THE EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EMPLOYERS AND ENTERPRISES PROVIDING PUBLIC … Read More

Survey results of students and youth aged 15-29 years. This survey looks at the challenges facing youth in Canada entering the labour market and their views and experiences of these challenges.

CEDEFOP CAREER GUIDANCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2011

The European Commission and the EU Member States have been working together since the 1990s to develop an entrepreneurial education and training agenda in Europe. It is widely acknowledged that new companies and entrepreneurs are important for innovation, job creation and economic development in Europe. However, traditional education … Read More

Workforce mobility within the European Union is a high political priority for EU education, training and employment policies. The European Commission in April/May 2014 undertook an EU-wide survey  to collect the views of some 27,998 respondents from different social and demographic groups across the Member States of the EU on the … Read More

One of the European Union 2020 targets is reducing Early School Leaving (ESL) rate to less than 10 %. A multitude of approaches to combating ESL have been adopted across Europe. Each country has its own strategy and in a number of European countries lifelong guidance is identified as a … Read More

This recent publication by Careers New Zealand provides a set of quality benchmarks for career development programmes and services in tertiary/post-secondary further and higher education and training in New Zealand. It outlines a clear and consistent framework to enable tertiary organisations and external bodies to review the effectiveness of their … Read More

This is a practical example of the development of a career studies module for tertiary education students, produced by Pat McCash and published by the Centre for Career Management Skills at the University of Reading, UK. It provides an outline of a module that includes: career and learning, career and … Read More

This publication (2008) written for the CfBT by Dr Deirdre Hughes is situated in UK policy aims of increasing the participation of young people in further education and training in the UK with specific targeted increases for years 2013 and 2015. In particular the publication examines how the impact of information, advice … Read More

In the current economic climate, it is essential that graduates are prepared to enter the workplace, possessing key employability skills which will enable them to compete in today’s job market. Universities and employers both have an important role to play in providing work placements, internships and opportunities which can assist … Read More

Arrimer les études et le travail : l’engagement de l’Alberta en matière de développement de carrière établit des liens plus solides entre l’éducation et le travail, et fournit un accès plus coordonné aux programmes de formation professionnelle et d’emploi, ainsi qu’aux services dans un marché du travail constamment en évolution.

Arrimer … Read More

Given the increasing policy importance being paid to the development of the skills to manage one’s career, learning and work pathways in a lifelong learning context(Council of European Ministers of Education, 2008), this Australian publication is very timely to provide guidance on what exactly these skills look like. A joint … Read More

This is a joint strategy and implementation plan for career guidance services in Northern Ireland of two government ministries/ the Department of Education and the Department for Employment and Learning. Based on extensive consultation exercises on its proposals of 2007, the document outlines a new comprehensive strategy for the delivery … Read More

This is the German translation of the Council of Education Ministers’ Resolution (2008) on better integrating lifelong guidance into lifelong learning strategies.

It defines 4 key axes of action for the reform of guidance services in Member States:

Förderung der Fähigkeit zur Planung der beruflichen Laufbahn in jedem Lebensabschnitt;
Erleichterung des Zugangs aller Bürger … Read More

This is the Danish translation of the European Council of Education Ministers’ Resolution (2008) on better integrating lifelong guidance in strategies for lifelong learning. The Resolution defined four key areas/axes to guide national reforms of policies and systems:

fremme af evnen til selv at orientere sig gennem hele livet
lettelse af adgangen … Read More

This November 2008 Resolution of the EU Council of Ministers is an instrument to assist Member States to implement reform of career guidance services within their national strategies for lifelong learning. It highlights four areas for reform:

Encouraging the acquisition of career management skills
Facilitating access to guidance services by all sections … Read More

Le Conseil des ministres d’éducation de l’Union européenne ont adoptés cette Résolution en novembre 2008 afin de aider les états membres a réformer leur politiques, systémés et pratiques de l’orientation tout au long de la vie et de donner un soutien communtaire au travail de la European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN).

La … Read More

El Consejo de la Union Europea de noviembre de 2008 invita los estados miembros a aplicar los siguientes principes rectores:

favorecer la adquisicion permanente de capacidades de orientacion
facilitar el acceso de todos los ciudadanos a los servicios de orientacion
desarrolar la garantia de calidad de los servicios de orientacion
fomentar la coordinacion y … Read More

O Conselho da Uniao Europeia de Novembro de 2008 convidam os estados-membros a:

favorecer a aquisicao da capacidade de orientacao ao longo da vida
facilitar o acesso de todos os cidados aos servicos de orientacao
desenvolve a garantia de qualidade dos sericos de orientacao
incentivar a coordenacao e cooperacao dos diversos intervenientes a nivel … Read More

This Report was presented by Deputy Guégot to the French National Assembly in December 2008. It examined:

problems in initial and continuing training supply: quality, transparency, funding, governance
inequalities for young people and adults in accessing training
difficulties in career guidance provision to support youth and adult participation in training.

It presents 16 propositions … Read More

This publication (2007) of the Department for Schools, Children and Families of the United Kingdom sets out a framework for the planning, managing and reviewing of information, advice and guidance services for young people aged 11 to 19 years. The 12 standards were developed through a lengthy consultation process and their operation … Read More

The acquisition and development of career management skills has become an EU policy priority in the field of education and training as evidenced in the Council of Education Ministers’ Resolutions on lifelong guidance (2004, 2008). This atttached extract from the UK’s Qualifications and Curriculum Authority provided by www.cegnet.co.uk outlines the

-learning objectives
-possible teaching activities
-learning outcomes

for … Read More

This literature review undertaken (2005)for the Higher Education Careers Services Unit in the UK by the Institute of Employment Research at the University of Warwick, examined career-related interventions and their impact on students’ career related decisions, career learning and progression towards the labour market.

Although there is substantial literature in the … Read More

This Charter adopted by FEDORA, Forum Europeén de l’Orientation Academique, is a statement of the value of guidance and counselling provision in higher education in Europe that seeks the support of policy makers, higher education institutions and international organisations to have such provision implemented. FEDORA is a European Association whose … Read More