Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Trends, Issues and remaining
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Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
4 overlapping reviews:
OECD – CEDEFOP, (and ETF),
DG Employment – World Bank
50+ countries, of which 29 in Europe
Broadly similar policy challenges
Tool to benchmark and review practices
Role of European Lifelong Policy Network
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
…services intended to assist
…individuals and groups
…of any age
…at any point throughout their lives
…to make educational, training & occupational choices
…and to manage their careersdefinition
definition
definition
definition
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
a private and public good promotes LLL goals addresses LM issues fosters social inclusionguidance
guidance
guidance
guidance
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europeyouth adults access inform staff funding
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
support complex transitionsextend guidance provisionpromote the guidance-oriented schoolensure guidance is not crowded outembed guidance in curriculumcater for needs of out-of-school youth
youth adults access inform staff funding
youth
youth
youth
youth
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
adults
adults
adults
adults
narrowly targetedguidance function mutedjob mobilitycareer managementrole of enterprisestrade union inputneeds of older workers
youth adults access inform staff funding
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
access
access
access
accessserious limitations are evident
potential of ICTsself-service, self-help modesguidance at home, work, leisure sitesdigital dividecall centre technology
youth adults access inform staff funding
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
inform
inform
inform
inform
thorough, objective, reliable ‘information dump’?fragmented, unconnectedconsolidate data setsconnect educational and career
information with LM dataquality issues: usable, reliable,
up-to-date information
youth adults access inform staff funding
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
great diversity
multiplicity of roles
differences between education and PES staff
little specialized initial training
process of professionalization
youth adults access inform staff funding
staffing
staffing
staffing
staffing
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
main burden is on the statedevolution and subsidiarityoutsourcingdangers of policy vacuumoverlap, standards, inequity
in service provision market and quasi-market
provision
youth adults access inform staff funding
funding
funding
funding
funding
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Need for more determined leadership 3 key mechanisms: legislation, quality
standards, evidence-based monitoring Key role of the state Need for support from social partners More cross-sectoral collaboration Role of National Guidance Forumsleadership
leadership
leadership
leadership
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe Key trends
from… …to CG as secondary
Psychology-based
Focus on nation state
Target: ‘at risk’
Delivery at key points
‘Curative’ in scope
Institution-based
Legal entitlement
Multi-disciplinary
Europe-wide mobility
Mainstream service
Provided lifelong
Educative
Ubiquitous
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe Key trends
from… …to State as key provider
Non-specialised staff
Poorly professionalised
Same-level personnel
Focus on provision
Centrally managed
Unregulated
Other providers
Initial & ctd. Training
Clear entry/progression
Diff staff categories
Self-access, self-service
Monitored decentralisation
Codes, standards…
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe Key trends ctd.
from… …to
Homogenous service
Sectorally segmented
Targets individuals
Outside curriculum
Education # LM data
Under-researched
Differentiated service
Cross-sectoral collab
Targets groups
Permeates curriculum
Consolidate databases
Systematically reflexive
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
Career Guidance Career Guidance across Europeacross Europe
…rich thesaurus of noteworthy practice…
…draw inspiration for a heightened degree of strategic and enlightened leadership…
…for the benefit of the individual, the economy and society alike.