The Logic behind Career Guidance: key concepts and definitions Career guidance policy and practice training programme June 13 th, 2016 Helmut Zelloth European Training Foundation International Training Centre of the ILO 2015 www.itcilo.org International Training Centre of the ILO 1
The Logic behind Career Guidance Key concepts and definitions 2
What is Career Guidance? Services intended to assist: Individuals and groups of any age at any point throughout their lives To make: (a) Educational choices (b) Training choices (c) Occupational choices and to manage their careers! Source: OECD 3
What else does it entail? Career beliefs What about the personality? Skills Knowledge Attitudes WORK vs CAREER 4
Changing concept From intervention at key points in life to a lifelong perspective From psychological testing to pedagogical tasting of the world of work From external expert support to career self management skills From individual guidance to group and self-help approaches 5
1. Career choices are amongst the most important decisions in one s life 2. Success and happiness will increase with a career that matches the interests, skills and values of a person 3. Wrong choices will lead to waste of talent, capital and resources 4. Free resources for career guidance needed for making better choices and increase employability 6
More benefits to individuals Link personal potentials to work engagement Increase job satisfaction (better matches) Greater flexibility in a volatile job market Better prepared for work engagement 7
Benefits to the economy Encourage participation in learning Facilitate labour market mobility Link supply-demand and reduce mismatch Improve productivity and efficiency Increases manpower optimisation of nations through a skilled, flexible and mobile workforce 8
Benefits to society Reduce dropout and raises attainment through purposeful learning Reduce social exclusion Challenge stereotypes and discrimination Improve community cohesion through an economically active population 9
How to make it work? Making career guidance work = Passion + Vision + Action If you have vision and action but no passion you will be mediocre.. If you have passion and vision but no action you will be daydreaming.. If you have passion and action but no vision you will reach the wrong goal... 10
What are the models? Curriculum Model Centre Model Individual Model Virtual Model 11
What are the key elements? 12
What are the modalities? Testing Career Counselling Career Management Skills Individual Guidance 7 modalities Work Tasting Career Information Group Guidance 13
ILO Recommendation 195 Career Guidance and Training Supports Members should: (a) assure and facilitate, participation in, and access to, vocational and career information and guidance, job placement services and job search techniques and training support services; (b) promote and facilitate the use of information and communication technology, as well as traditional best practices in career information and guidance and training support services; (c) identify, in consultation with the social partners, roles and responsibilities of employment services, training providers and other relevant service providers with respect to vocational and career information and guidance; (d) provide information and guidance on entrepreneurship, promote entrepreneurial skills, and raise awareness. 14
E.U. Policy priorities EU Council Resolution on Lifelong Guidance (2008) Career management skills Quality assurance of provision Access by all citizens Coordination and cooperation 15
DEMAND and BARRIERS for career guidance in Your Country 16
Group Exercise Please split into groups of 4 people (country mix) and discuss the following questions: Which are the most important (a) barriers for career guidance development in your country; and (b) factors which drive the demand for career guidance in your country. Write your ideas down in form of bullet points on a flip-chart paper. Report back the group results to the plenary.
BARRIERS Large informal economy Informal allocation mechanisms to jobs and employment Phenomenon of parental influence and informal guidance Limitations to career guidance Negative stereotyping of vocational careers and TVET Inflexible and rigid allocation system of students to educational pathways 18
What are the limitations? Rigid allocation system Informal allocation mechanisms to jobs Negative social image of certain careers External influence Lack of qualified staff Informal Economy Limitations to Career Guidance Wrong expectations 19
Making career guidance work = Passion + Vision + Action If you have vision and action but no passion you will be mediocre.. If you have passion and vision but no action you will be daydreaming.. If you have passion and action but no vision you will reach the wrong goal... 20