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Career Skills Platform Providing LMI to young students in Corona times

The Career Skills Project is a European initiative, which helps individuals of all ages understand, assess and During the pandemic, Swedish guidance practitioners have struggled with how to provide workplace training
develop their career management competencies through a free Career Management Platform available in 6 for their pupils. Most of the ordinary places have been withdrawn, and even under normal circumstances, there
languages. is a shortage.
Through "Yrkesjakten" (Career hunt), the Swedish Public Employment Service has developed a tool that brings
the workplaces to the pupils. They offer virtual work films, so-called VR videos (Virtual Reality). The films aim
can find them more easily. Visitors can search for the most
to help young people to get an idea of different professions and their work routines.
suitable services by different criteria – location, type of
service and target group. Moreover, the platform allows
practitioners to demonstrate their capacity and share The next step is to place the mobile into the VR glasses,
useful resources addressing career management skills, select a movie and click on the VR icon and get started.
such as news, events, initiatives, good practices, online
tools and training materials to users. Growing interest
There has been a growing interest in VR study visits
among schools around the country, and more and more
The 3-year KA3 initiative is coordinated by the Business
schools are ordering VR glasses in order to increase the
Foundation for Education in Bulgaria and involves
labour market knowledge among their students for
recognized career guidance experts and training
guidance purposes. Today there are several hundred
professionals from the University of Jyväskylä - Finland,
thousand views, which shows that the tool is used widely
Réseau International des Cités des métiers - France, VHS
around Sweden.
Cham - Germany, Institute of Entrepreneurship
Development - Greece, and Aspire-international in the Yrkesjakten is one of the items on offer at the public
United Kingdom. employment office website page “utbildningsmaterial”
(educational material): arbetsformedlingen.se
The team has developed a comprehensive Career Skills VR study visits
Catalogue of 12 most essential competencies, identified Many young people find it difficult to choose which (Most of the films are available on YouTube)
as crucial and most demanded in the following decade
Thus, the project aims at becoming a one-stop-shop for profession to study for. The Swedish PES has for a long
across Europe and beyond. The Catalogue explains each
professionals and citizens in Europe regarding career time worked to get young people out into the workplaces,
skill and demonstrates the different levels of proficiency in
management skills. to make it easier for them to form an opinion about certain
a simple framework, similar to the one of the European professions. Even before the pandemic, many companies
languages. Users can identify their career skills level and only accepted 2-4 study visits per year, which made it
For more information, follow the Facebook page
needs for improvement, using the career skills difficult to meet the large demands. Yrkesjakten opens up
facebook.com/Career.Skills.Project
assessment tool. for VR study visits in an easily accessible way. Around the
clock, through a mobile, the students can visit the various
Further, a free Career Skills MOOC (massive open online
course) will help them upgrade their career skills in the 12 companies and get an idea of the different professions. In
Euroguidance Bulgaria this way PES hopes to increase the interest in the labour
areas. The online course will be held in seminars at the
end of 2021. It will include video lessons and articles, market, and in that way reduce dropouts.
practical cases and expert tips, as well as tasks and
exercises to help users improve their career management Many professions on offer
skills. Through a 360 camera, the PES has filmed VR study visits
to various workplaces, such as ambulance nurses,
The free online Career Service Map links providers and
construction managers, taxi drivers, assistant nurses in Any questions regarding the tool can be sent to
individuals who look for information, guidance, and
various fields, biomedical analysts, firefighters, truck [email protected]
support. It allows career counselors to register on the
drivers, welders, mechanical engineers, , police officers,
career counseling services map so that potential clients
property managers, innovation professions, dental nurses,
veterinarian etc.
Nina Ahlroos
To be able to experience the profession in VR –
Euroguidance Sweden
students need:
a mobile phone (which most of them already have)

Project No: 612877-EPP-1-2019-1-BG-EPPKA3-PI-FORWARD a pair of VR glasses (available for purchase at a very
low cost in many different stores)

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