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Please help me with our construction survey – Adventures in Career Development
I have been involved in running a survey on careers professionals attitudes to construction for the last three years. It has been a really useful survey (see my recent post setting out some of the findings). But, if we are going to do this kind of research, we really need everyone to engage with the…
The Career Development Handbook – Adventures in Career Development
Trotman have just published the new book that I have written with Rosie Alexander and Gill Frigerio. Entitled The Career Development Handbook it sets out everything that you ever wanted to know about career development policy, practice and theory. The book is aimed at new and training careers professionals. So in the UK that is…
NICEC Journal special issue on career and sustainability – Adventures in Career Development
We have just published a new issue of the NICEC Journal which focuses on career and sustainability. I had the great pleasure of editing this special issue, so if you want to find out more you can read my editorial. Other articles address. Enhancing the sustainability of careers in disruptive times by Ans De Vos…
Career guidance practitioners’ attitudes to construction – Adventures in Career Development
For the last few years, the Construction Industry Training Board has been undertaking research with careers practitioners to find out how they are engaging with the construction section. In this blog we set out some of the main findings from last year and explore what the implications might be for careers practice. The overall picture…
Call for papers: Career guidance and schools – Adventures in Career Development
I will be keynoting the online Career Guidance in Science and Practice conference next April. This looks like it is going to be a fantastic event which will bring people together to discuss career guidance in schools. The organisers are currently calling for papers, workshops and other contributions focused on career guidance in schools. If…
Book your place for iCeGS annual lecture 2024: Professor Guðbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir on ‘counselling socially disadvantaged clients’ – Adventures in Career Development
The iCeGS annual lecture will take place on the 20th November 2024 at the Kedleston Road, Derby Campus. Attendance is free, but pre-booking is essential. The lecture will be given by Gudbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir, Professor Emerita, University of Iceland and Professor at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. She will discuss the evidence on 'counselling…
Call for papers for the NICEC journal – Adventures in Career Development
The Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling is seeking submissions for the Spring 2025 issue. This issue will be an open call and articles may be submitted on any topic relevant to career development. For consideration, full articles need to be submitted by December 6th 2024 to the journal platform. Further information…
Transitions and recruitment in the Midlands – Adventures in Career Development
Today I'm addressing the Institute of Student Employers Midlands group. I'm going to be talking about the policy context for student transitions and recruitment and then moving on to give some data about both the supply and demand sides of the student labour market. In particular I'm interested in thinking about how we can build…
Come and work with us at iCeGS as a Lecturer in Career Development – Adventures in Career Development
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Lecturer in Career Development (Teaching) to support the growth and development of our teaching and learning portfolio, including the MA in Career Guidance and Development which incorporates the Qualification in Career Development (QCD) awarded by the Career Development Institute and our Career Leaders programmes. Further details are…
Keynoting the CDI conference – Adventures in Career Development
I'm pleased to announce that I will be keynoting the CDI conference on the 26th & 27th November at the Studio, Birmingham. I will be talking about how career guidance can support us in breaking down barriers to opportunity. As well as me there will also be speeches from Jane Hubbuck (Deputy Director for Careers, Department…
A career development handbook for low- and middle-income countries – Adventures in Career Development
Over the summer the International Labour Organization published a new handbook for career development for low- and middle-income countries. The handbook introduces a new career development framework that can be used to establish career education and career guidance programmes. It can be used to enhance, integrate and develop curricular and non-curricular activities and help organise…
Last chance to sign up for an MA in career guidance and development this year – Adventures in Career Development
It is almost time to start our new intake for the MA in Career Guidance and Development at the University of Derby? We are still open for applications for the 24/25 academic year for our MA programme. If you study with us you will become part of the International Centre for Guidance Studies which is the leading…
Online research: Launch webinar – Adventures in Career Development
At the end of May I released a new book called Online Research which I co-authored with Rachel Buchanan. To give people an insight into the new book we organised a webinar last month, which we have now posted on the iCeGS YouTube Channel. In the webinar we discuss the book, some of the key…
Technology and inequality – Adventures in Career Development
I recently participated in a panel discussion on 'technology and inequalities' as part of the OECD's Future Dreaming Conference 2024. In the discussion, myself, Anthony Mann and Tricia Berry discuss the way in which careers interventions can disrupt inequality and explore how they interface with new technologies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0HvySHcyEM
Evidence on green guidance: A review of the literature – Adventures in Career Development
The Exploring Green Guidance project has just published a new literature review focusing on the evidence that supports green guidance. The paper explores literature which examines the intersection between career, career guidance, sustainability, green issues and environmental concerns. It finds that the literature is clear that climate change is real and already happening and that…
What does the Green Party manifesto mean for careers? – Adventures in Career Development
Like Pokemon, I've got to catch em all (my cultural references are as on point as the King's). So before the election I'm going to quickly report on the Green Party's manifesto. The manifesto is called Real Hope, Real Change which is essentially the party trolling the other political parties in a fairly amusing way.…
Guest post: Should Job Centres provide career guidance? – Adventures in Career Development
In the light of the Labour Party's promise to align Jobcentre Plus and the National Careers Service in England, Professor Pete Robertson offers some useful reflections on the opportunities , and pitfalls, that such a move might offer. One of the promises in the Labour Party manifesto for the Westminster election is to kickstart economic…
What does the Reform Party manifesto mean for careers – Adventures in Career Development
My tour of the manifestos has now reached Britain populist right wing party the Reform Party (the people who brought you Brexit). At the time of writing they are surging in the polls and looking to capture around a sixth of the votes. Because of our weird electoral system this is only likely to result…
Career Development Policy Group: Election webinar – Adventures in Career Development
Earlier this week I participated in a webinar organised by the Career Development Policy Group to discuss the current election and what it means for career guidance. We discussed the Career Guidance Guarantee and talked through the party manifestos. It is worth a listen if you are interested in these kinds of policy issues. https://www.youtube.com/live/aGRe3dpPIrk
Practitioners perspectives on green guidance – Adventures in Career Development
We have just published a new paper as part of the Exploring Green Guidance project. The paper sets out the findings of a survey of 674 (mainly European) career guidance practitioners conducted in late 2023 and early 2024 about green guidance. The survey reports that the clients of career guidance need help with a range…
What does the Lib Dem manifesto mean for careers – Adventures in Career Development
I'm working my way through all the manifestos for parties in the current election to see what they have to offer for careers. I started with the current government (pretty much ignores careers), then went to the Labour Party (not bad on career, but not so good on the wider economic and public sector picture).…
What does the Labour Party manifesto mean for careers? – Adventures in Career Development
The Labour Party have now launched their manifesto, which is simply entitled Change. As they are the party most likely to form the new government it is important to think about what it means for the careers sector. As ever there are lots of people who have offered more detailed analysis of what the whole…
The Career Guidance Guarantee – Adventures in Career Development
As you will have probably spotted, there is an election on in the UK. I'm hoping to say a lot more about this over the next few days, but I'm struggling a bit to find the time. But it is worth calling attention to the work of the Career Development Policy Group. This group is…
What does the Conservative manifesto mean for careers? – Adventures in Career Development
It is the time of the election when parties start to release their manifestos. As I have done oft times before, I will try and keep up and give my take on what the different parties are promising for careers. First up The Conservative and Unionist Party Manifesto 2024 which is entitled Clear plan, bold…
New date for the Online Research webinar (20th June) – Adventures in Career Development
Thanks to everyone who has booked to the Online Research webinar so far. We have had to change the date to Thursday 20th June, but it will be running twice at 5am UK time (mainly for non-UK audiences, but early risers are also welcome) and 11.30am UK time. The webinars are being held to celebrate…
One month to go until NICEC conference – Adventures in Career Development
There is just one month to go until NICEC conference. If you haven't booked your place yet, there is still time! The conference will focus on career and sustainability. We are defining sustainability broadly, as ‘the integration of social equity, economic vitality and environmental health and well-being in order to create thriving healthy, diverse and…
Policies for a green transition: Exploring contemporary environmental and sustainability policies for green guidance. – Adventures in Career Development
I am involved in a project called Exploring Green Guidance which is, unsurprisingly given the title, exploring what the idea of 'green guidance' means and develop new approaches to practice. We are just at the beginning of the project, but we have produced our first publication which is entitled Policies for a green transition. This…
Launch webinar: Online research – Adventures in Career Development
The webinar will take place twice first on Tuesday 18th June (10am, UK time) and secondly on Thursday 20th June (5am, UK time). Please book for the slot that makes most sense for your time zone. To celebrate the publication of their new book on online research methods, Professor Tristram Hooley and Dr Rachel Buchanan will be…
Can technologically mediated career guidance address inequalities – Adventures in Career Development
On Wednesday I was invited to address the OECD's conference Future dreaming: Career guidance in the age of digital technologies. I was invited to be part of a session looking at the intersection between digital technologies and social justice. This builds on the paper that I published with the OECD earlier this year called Challenging…
Career education for social justice and equity: In memory of Ronald Sultana – Adventures in Career Development
Last week, Rie Thomsen and I gave a webinar to practitioners in Australia via MyFuture. In it we talked about career guidance and social justice, paid tribute to the work of Ronald Sultana and set out our five signposts model. There seemed to be a lot of interest in these approaches. We will hopefully be…
New book: Online research – Adventures in Career Development
Rachel Buchanan and I have just produced a new book entitled Online Research. It is the second edition of my previous book Online Research Methods, but is to all intents and purposes a completely new book, as the last 10 years have completely revolutionised the practice of online research. In the book we provide a…
Flourishing while careering through an imperfect world – Adventures in Career Development
Today I'm presenting at the Canterbury Christ Church University conference on Living now, thriving together: Community sustainability and wellbeing for possible futures conference. This is part of my role as a visiting professor at CCCU. I'm going to be talking about Flourishing while careering in an imperfect world. This is what I'm planning to say.…
A systematic review of research into career guidance policy in the Nordic countries (2008-2022) – Adventures in Career Development
Over the last year or so I have been working with a very inspiring group of Nordic colleagues to investigate research into career guidance policy. This weekend we successfully published our article A systematic review of research into career guidance policy in the Nordic countries (2008-2022). In the article we look at the research which…
Reframing careers practice in a hybrid world – Adventures in Career Development
A couple of weeks ago I was very privaleged to take part in a CDI/NICEC webinar entitled Reframing career practice in a hybrid world. The event was hosted by Rosemary Mclean and Cathy Brown on behalf of NICEC and also saw contributions from me, Sikin Jynge and Nalayini Thambar. The whole event was recorded and…
Study for an MA in career development with me at the University of Derby – Adventures in Career Development
Are you interested in studying for an MA in Career Guidance and Development? If so, we are now open for applications for the 24/25 academic year for our MA programme. If you study with us you will become part of the International Centre for Guidance Studies which is the leading global research centre in career…
Is ‘integrated guidance’ a solution to supporting careers in a hybrid workplace? – Adventures in Career Development
Last week my colleague Sikin and I tool part in one of the Cutting Edge webinars organised by CDI and NICEC. These webinars are designed to connect research and theory with practice. This webinar included input from us, Rosemary Mclean, Cathy Brown and Nalayini Thambar. We were all discussing the shift of life and work…
Book now for NICEC conference 2024 – Adventures in Career Development
NICEC Conference 2024 is focused on Career and Sustainability. We are defining sustainability broadly, as ‘the integration of social equity, economic vitality and environmental health and well-being in order to create thriving healthy, diverse and resilient communities now and in the future'. It will be taking place on the 2nd and 3rd July in Birmingham,…
Ikke bare god å snakke med [Not just good to talk to] – Adventures in Career Development
My colleagues at the Inland Norway University have just released a new book called Ikke bare god å snakke med [Not just good to talk to]. It covers all aspects of professional career guidance in Norway and includes two chapters co-written by me. The book argues that career guidance addresses a range of big and…
A legacy of solidaric critique and hope for a better world: A meditation on the scholarly contribution of Ronald Sultana – Adventures in Career Development
I have been very pleased to collaborate on a new article with my colleagues Rie Thomsen and Manwel Debono on a new article exploring the legacy of Ronald Sultana. The article is called A legacy of solidaric critique and hope for a better world: A meditation on the scholarly contribution of Ronald Sultana and appears…
Exploring practitioners’ pedagogic stances in relation to integrated guidance: A Q-Method study – Adventures in Career Development
We have just published a new article in the Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance. In the article my colleagues Sikin, Ingrid and I explore how practitioners understand and relate to the concept of integrated guidance. We used a Q-method approach to examine this issue, which was methodologically new ground for me, so thanks…