Career Guidance

Comtent:
Part I. A framework for career guidance in low- and middle-income countries.
I. Career guidance in today?s world.
A. What is career guidance?
B. What are the goals that career guidance promotes?
C. What approaches are recommended?
D. What is the relevance of career guidance in low- and middle-income countries?
E. What might be the elements of an approach for low- and middle-income countries?
II. Understanding the country context.
A. Cultural values.
B. Labour market characteristics.
C. Institutional infrastructure.
III. Career information resources.
A. National labour market structure and trends.
B. Local labour market structure.
C. Information for migrating workers.
IV. Promotion of work choice, search and maintenance skills development.
A. Career education.
B. Career counselling/employment counselling/job placement.
C. Labour market adjustment/employment/ workforce development programmes.
D. Skills development for self-employment.
V. Organization of career guidance service delivery.
A. In-person services.
B. Self-service delivery of career guidance.
C. Tiered services.
VI. Training and staff development to support service delivery.
A. Initial training of guidance practitioners.
B. Continuing staff development.
C. International professional development initiatives.
VII. Governance and coordination framework.