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e-Guidance tools for career management skills Mobility handbook for guidance practitioners

Lifelong Career Development Portal Mobility handbook

For those interested and who can understand Icelandic, the handbook is available online.

EOPPEP as Euroguidance Greece has developed the ment Skills (CMS). This includes interactive CMS
Lifelong Career Development Portal. It provides activities and CMS learning material. The exerci- One of the most frequent questions Icelandic book was outdated and therefore a new and
career development services to youngsters, ses that rely on the most recent academic re- guidance practitioners have asked the Euroguid- revised handbook was published in the beginning
adults and guidance practitioners, such as digitized search are a useful tool for guidance practitioners ance Centre throughout the years is where and of 2015.
career tests, career and mobility information. A and end-users in understanding and accessing how they themselves and their clients can find
special part of the portal, which was completed in several aspects of career development. information about the different possibilities for The handbook has been extremely well received
2015, deals with Career Management Skills. working and studying abroad. To ease their work,
The skills analyzed in the CMS material and exer- and the Euroguidance Centre has already printed
The Digital Personal Folder for Career Planning/ cises are: readiness to happenstance, alternative the Euroguidance Centre compiled a handbook more copies than originally planned. Based on
e-Portfolio Development Tool is a valuable tool career perspectives, career adaptability, social called “Work and studies abroad – a handbook for the feedback received, the counsellors appreciate
for young people and adults to present and docu- awareness, career resilience, self-efficacy in guidance practitioners” in 2012. This handbook having all this information in one place instead
ment their skills with relevance to their labour career planning, and positive orientation to the was based on a similar publication from Sweden of having to look for it in many different places.
market participation, employability and personal future. By means of the exercises the individual (with the permission of the Swedish Euroguid- Some of the tools mentioned (e.g. the Europass
and social capacities. Examples of competences can focus on him/herself, think and evaluate his/ ance Centre). documents and the application for a recognition
to be demonstrated: knowledge of Greek and fo- her strengths and weaknesses, also in relation to With the commencement of the Erasmus+ pro- of studies abroad) have been very useful for
reign languages, numeracy, ICT literacy, creativity, international mobility. Discussions with a career gramme, some of the information in this hand- counsellors and their clients alike.
teamwork, entrepreneurial mindset, interperso- guidance practitioner as well as further intro-
nal and communication skills, etc. spection and reflection on one’s own can help in
making decisions on the future career direction.
The e-portfolio can also be completed in English The handbook contains the following chapters:
(see an example). For younger students and 1. The European dimension in guidance and its importance
adolescents, there is a simpler e-portfolio de- CMS help users of all ages to collect, analyze,
velopment tool. The creation of the e-Portfolio synthesize and organize information about 2. International regulations and agreements for mobility
is based on international studies (incl. Cedefop, themselves, their education and occupations, 3. Study grants in Europe
OECD) and EU-level recommendations (e.g. Key and allow them to better take decisions on
Competences for Lifelong Learning). managing transitions with greater flexibility 4. Working in another European country
and adaptability. These skills support a more 5. International possibilities for guidance practitioners.
On the e-Stadiodromia, there is a special section effective management of careers.
on exercises on how to develop Career Manage-

CONTACT: CONTACT:
National Organization for the Certification of Dóra Stefánsdóttir
Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (ΕOPPEP), Euroguidance Iceland
Career Guidance Directorate - Euroguidance Greece, Email [email protected]
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