Sustainable Career Guidance during the Pandemic: Building Pathways into a 'New Normal'

Autor/inn/en	Šapale, Sandra; Iliško, Dzintra; Badjanova, Jelena
Titel	Sustainable Career Guidance during the Pandemic: Building Pathways into a 'New Normal'
Quelle	In: Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 12 (2021) 1, S.140-150 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2255-7547
DOI	10.2478/dcse-2021-0010
Schlagwörter	Sustainability; Career Guidance; Competence; COVID-19; Pandemics; Career Development; Technology Uses in Education; Career Counseling; Counselors; Counseling Techniques; Computer Mediated Communication; Resilience (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nachhaltigkeit; Berufsorientierung; Kompetenz; Berufsentwicklung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Counselor; Counsellor; Counsellors; Berater; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced regular patters of career guidance. Globally everything has stopped: projects were postponed, and workplaces were closed but this situation has pushed career counselors to search for new opportunities about how career guidance could be carried out. The pandemic has intensified existing challenges in society, adding complexity for the processes of a transition of educational systems towards digitalization and have intensified the need for remote career guidance. Young people become particularly vulnerable to the digital divide. Career development support has been at risk with the emergence of an unpredictable future. However, career guidance during the pandemic can serve as a tool for understanding the situation in depth and searching for new opportunities that exist, by helping individuals to overcome anxiety. While practicing physical distancing, career counselors have kept active professional networks in assisting their clients with their needs. The operation of career guidance has been transferred mainly to the online format and has required the counselors to develop new skills and competencies. The methodology employed in this study included interviews with individual career counselors about the main challenges and solutions discovered during the lockdown. Career counselors were questioned also about how they shaped a more sustainable and flexible online career guidance system. They revealed details about their struggles and hopes encountered in the situation of crises. The authors point to critical areas for improvement that career counselor can provide to their clients during the lockdown. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01