In the spring of 2004 we have completed the pilot project of the Leonardo da Vinci programme called “Virtual Vocational Orientation Package  – Virtuorientation - with the help of the Internet to professional career”, where we have continued with the development of career guidance model in vocational and professional schools.

For this purpose we have set up a website www.virtuorientation.net, in cooperation with domestic (Velenje school centre – project manager, Vocational Education Centre of Slovenia, Employment Service of Slovenia and PIA company from Velenje) and foreign partners from Austria, Italy, Czech Republic and Great Britain. On this website all information and internet links are collected in one place, and allow much simpler, faster and efficient access to information that provides help during the choice of profession, continued education, as well as during the seeking for employment and planning and managing career, etc. The website is dedicated to different target groups, all who search for up-to-date information from the fields of education and labour market.

Virtuorientation is dedicated to:

• primary school students,
• secondary school students,
• trainees,
• university students, etc.,

namely all who wish to discover their interests, abilities, personal features and obtain information on possibilities, ways and requirements of education and obtaining scholarship, on where and how to find employment, how to approach the employer and present oneself to him, how to find help and who can help them in achieving success.

With this project we have tried to increase the level of information in the field of educational, professional and life path of an individual and encourage him into more active role in efforts for personal and professional development for greater quality of life.

We have also prepared and published written material, a leaflet in Slovenian and English language, a brochure on the use of website, a manual for counsellors (Using computer in career guidance) that is used by counsellors in primary and secondary schools and vocational counsellors at the Employment Service of Slovenia and other institutions.

The users state that the main value of the Virtuorientation project is that it has collected up-to-date information and internet links from the field of education and labour market in one place, that the programme is clear and its use simple. In a year and a half we have had more than 6500 visitors on the website.

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