Career Guidance and Public Policy [electronic resource]: Bridging the Gap /
Sweet, Richard.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Watts, A. G.(Anthony Gordon)
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2004.
OECD countries are attaching rising importance to lifelong learning and active employment policies as tools of economic growth and social equity. Effective information and guidance systems are essential to support the implementation of these policies, and all citizens need to develop the skills to self-manage their careers. Yet there are large gaps between these policy goals and the capacity of national career guidance systems. Based upon a review conducted in 14 OECD countries, this publication explores how these gaps might be narrowed. It advocates improved national co-ordination arrangements and greater attention to research and data collection to inform policy makers. It also promotes the development of improved and more specialised training programmes for practitioners and the creation of more specialised career guidance organisations for the delivery of services.
Overview and Key Conclusions -- Chapter 1. Policy Challenges for Career Guidance -- Chapter 2. Is Career Guidance Up to the Challenge? -- Chapter 3. Meeting the Career Guidance Needs of Young People -- Chapter 4. Meeting the Career Guidance Needs of Adults -- Chapter 5. Widening Access through Innovative and Diverse Delivery -- Chapter 6. Providing Career Information More Effectively -- Chapter 7. Staffing Career Guidance -- Chapter 8. Funding Career Guidance -- Chapter 9. How Can Policy Influence the Practice of Career Guidance -- Chapter 10. Building Policy Frameworks for Lifelong Guidance -- References -- Annex 1. How the Review was Conducted -- Annex 2. Career Education in the United States -- Annex 3. The Training, Qualifications, and Work Roles of Staff Providing Personal Career Guidance in Schools and Public Employment Services -- Annex 4. Estimates of Total Government Expenditure on Career Guidance in Three Countries (Australia, Austria, England)
"Richard Sweet and Tony Watts ... were the authors of this comparative report"--P. 3.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-155).
OECD countries are attaching rising importance to lifelong learning and active employment policies as tools of economic growth and social equity. Effective information and guidance systems are essential to support the implementation of these policies, and all citizens need to develop the skills to self-manage their careers. Yet there are large gaps between these policy goals and the capacity of national career guidance systems. Based upon a review conducted in 14 OECD countries, this publication explores how these gaps might be narrowed. It advocates improved national co-ordination arrangements and greater attention to research and data collection to inform policy makers. It also promotes the development of improved and more specialised training programmes for practitioners and the creation of more specialised career guidance organisations for the delivery of services.
Vocational guidance
Manpower policy.
Continuing education.
Social policy.
Vocational guidance.