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Information on the variety of offers and possibilities is extensive, but dispersed

Danilo Kozoderc, Mladinski ceh society

Information on the variety of offers and possibilities is extensive, but dispersed. There is no central institution that would collect information and enable access through a website. Institutions, dealing with are mostly oriented towards employment seekers and offer specific information that is useful in the career guidance process, but only presents a small fragment.

Specialized provision for career guidance practitioners does not exist in practice. The problem can be attributed to the unclear responsibility for the development of this field.

Providers of career guidance are not cooperating sufficiently and information does not circulate. The exchange of information can only happen if a certain basic infrastructure is established.

There is little literature in Slovenian language on career guidance available and even less articles and expert books that were originally written in Slovenian.  Developed tools are used by the organizations in their programmes with little exchange. I am not sure about the status of various tests, however. I think that they are mostly available to psychologists and are definitely not accessible broadly enough.

Insufficient informing is caused by the non-existence of a central institution that would deal with career guidance in Slovenia. Information on the variety of offers and possibilities is extensive, but dispersed.

Institutions that provide career guidance are mostly oriented towards the unemployed. There is no professional association for career guidance practitioners that could also collect and provide certain information.

Career guidance practitioners struggle individually and rediscover what has already been discovered, which often demands a lot of energy. Therefore, those who do not see this as a priority do not even deal with it, especially school counsellors.

One of most important issues with secondary school students is that they have only little information on possible professions and study programmes. Plenty of information on study programmes is available, but they do not know how to access it. I suppose that no one has been guiding them in finding this information.

Possible solutions:

  • Central institution for career guidance should selectively collect information and publish it on a website and perhaps in a specialized publication;
  • The government should support and encourage such activities through public tenders; there is a need for a project that will comprehensively collect and provide information;
  • Establishment of an association for career guidance practitioners.
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