Career guidance in public employment services across Europe

• Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
• Main Authors: Sultana, Ronald G., Watts, Anthony G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2006
• Subjects: Career development > European Union countries; Vocational guidance > European Union countries; Civil service > European Union countries; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/35032; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-006-0001-5

The results of a survey of Public Employment Services in all the Member-States of the European Union, plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, are reported. The career guidance services offered within these structures are reviewed, in three categories: career guidance elements within personalised employment services; specialised career guidance provision; and other relevant provision, including career and labour market information and the delivery of services to students. Four trends are identified: towards self-service provision; towards tiering of services; towards decentralisation; and towards outsourcing. Finally, four issues are addressed: quality and impact measurement; role tensions; foregrounding the identity of career guidance; and the role of Public Employment Services in relation to lifelong access to career guidance. peer-reviewed