Definition

Range of activities designed to help individuals take educational, vocational or personal decisions and carry them out before and after they enter the labour market.

Comment:

• Guidance and counselling may include:
  
  
  • counselling (personal or career development, educational guidance);
  • assessment (psychological or competence-/performance-related);
  • information on learning and labour market opportunities and career management;
  • consultation with peers, relatives or educators;
  • vocational preparation (pinpointing skills/competences and experience for job-seeking);
  • referrals (to learning and career specialists).
    

• Guidance and counselling can be provided at schools, training centres, job centres, the workplace, the community or in other settings.

Source: Cedefop (2014) "Terminology of European education and training policy: A selection of 130 key terms"