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Key issues in career guidance in Slovenia

Covering: Systemic organization and strategic planning | Establishing links between key role-players and ensuring quality | Educational possibilities for guidance experts | Resources and access to information | Integrating career education into curriculum | Connection between career guidance and labour market

Systemic organization and strategic planning

Individuals should be able to set goals and plan their life
Tatjana Ažman, Grammar School Vič
Of the professions offered at our school centre, only few are 'sold out'
Marjeta Primožič, Velenje School Centre
In Slovenia, there is no institution that would promote career guidance development
Danilo Kozoderc, Mladinski ceh society
There are too many individuals who cannot find the desired occupation, due to a lack of systematic career guidance provision
Vera Nuhijev Galičič, TIN Ljubljana
The role of labour funds in career planning for redundant workers
Karmen Vaupotič, Regional Labour Fund Podravje
Guidance is still not recognized as an important element in ensuring efficiency of the labour market, education, training and social justice
Anja Kopač, University of Ljubljana
In practice we need to continually prove the importance, efficiency and quality of the activities
Tanja Vilič Klenovšek, Slovenian Institute for Adult Education
The workshops partly fill the gap and represent a good complement to the school curriculum
Nataša Fras Haslinger, EIM, Human Resources Development Centre
At the national level there is a need for an institution that would have the overview over various providers of career counselling
Darja Jamnik, Employment Service of Slovenia

Establishing links between key role-players and ensuring quality

In secondary school, career guidance should be managed with the help of cooperation of different social subsystems
Tatjana Ažman, Grammar school Vič
The representatives of the Employment service of Slovenia do not regularly cooperate with counsellors in meetings any more
Marjeta Primožič, Velenje School Centre
Cooperation between the governmental and non-governmental sector in this field is problematic
Danilo Kozoderc, Mladinski ceh society
Some counsellors are poorly aware of their clients' problems
Vera Nuhijev Galičič, TIN Ljubljana
Without more holistic approach and solutions, redundant workers cannot be employed successfully enough
Karmen Vaupotič, the Regional Labour Fund Podravje
Wider cooperation during program planning and recruting would be reasonable
Nataša Fras Haslinger, EIM, Human Resources Development Centre
Slovenian unions do not recognize their role in ensuring life-long guidance
Anja Kopač, University of Ljubljana
Counselling centres were perceived as competition in the education and labour market
Tanja Vilič Klenovšek, Slovenian Institute for Adult Education
Cooperation with other institutions is well established
Darja Jamnik, Employment Service of Slovenia

Educational possibilities for guidance experts

There are practically no educational programmes for secondary school counsellors available
Tatjana Ažman, Grammar school Vič
Continuous professional training is necessary
Marjeta Primožič, Velenje School Centre
There is a lack of training provision and professional meetings in this field
Danilo Kozoderc, Mladinski ceh society
Continuous professional training is the basic condition for a good counselling process
Vera Nuhijev Galičič, TIN Ljubljana
There is a lack of focus on professional meetings
Karmen Vaupotič, The Regional Labour Fund Podravje
Sometimes guidance pracitioners are not trained enough for their work
Nataša Fras Haslinger, EIM, Centre for Development of Human Resources

Resources and access to information

Grammar school students need help in learning about themselves, their professional and study interests
Tatjana Ažman, Grammar school Vič
Digital age and increasing need for quickly accessible information call for the establishment of a database
Marjeta Primožič, Velenje School Centre
Information on the variety of offers and possibilities is extensive, but dispersed
Danilo Kozoderc, Mladinski ceh society
In the PLYA programme there are many young participants who were unsuccessful in school because of unsuitable counselling on secondary education decision making
Vera Nuhijev Galičič, TIN Ljubljana
Guidance practitioners depend mostly on personal commitment in finding additional resources
Karmen Vaupotič, The Regional Labour Fund Podravje
Possibilities of education and training in career guidance are in general very scarce
Nataša Fras Haslinger, EIM, Centre for Development of Human Resources
At the SIAE we ensure that counsellors are updated on new developments in counselling
Tanja Vilič Klenovšek, Slovenian Institute for Adult Education
The advantage of RCVG is provision and access to regularly updated information in one place
Darja Jamnik, Employment Service of Slovenia

Integrating career education into curriculum

The youth needs time and opportunity to understand themselves and the world of work
Tatjana Ažman, Grammar school Vič
Inclusion of career guidance into curriculum at all levels of education is becoming our ever greater commitment
Marjeta Primožič, Velenje School Centre
Career guidance is still not perceived as important in most schools
Danilo Kozoderc, Mladinski ceh society
It would be reasonable if young people would acquire knowledge and skills for seeking employment in school
Vera Nuhijev Galičič, TIN Ljubljana
Experience show that the young require a lot of time for identifying their potential
Karmen Vaupotič, the Regional Labour Fund Podravje
The young have difficulties identifying what they have to offer to potential employer
Nataša Fras Haslinger, EIM, Centre for development of human resources
Integration of career guidance content is left upon individual teachers or school counsellors
Tanja Vilič Klenovšek, Slovenian Institute for Adult Education
Provision of career guidance in primary schools is left upon of counsellor’s inventiveness
Darja Jamnik, Employment Service of Slovenia

Connection between career guidance and labour market

Recognition of informally acquired knowledge is rare
Vera Nuhijev Galičič, TIN Ljubljana
There is a difference between the need for workers and actual employment
Karmen Vaupotič, The Regional Labour Fund Podravje
There was not enough done to stimulate young people for deficient vocations
Nataša Fras Haslinger, EIM, Centre for development of human resources
Career guidance is an important link between the individual and the system
Anja Kopač, University of Ljubljana
There is a lack of analytical monitoring of the labour market trends
Tanja Vilič Klenovšek, Slovenian Institute for Adult Education
At the moment, in Slovenia there is a gap between the labour market demand and supply
Darja Jamnik, Employment Service of Slovenia
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