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Younger people tend to be more ting their career priorities and explo- always seek to understand and help

concerned with ambition and with ring the opportunities available to the unique person who appears be-

building both the visible aspects of them. That requires career counsel- fore them.

career (qualifications, employment) lors with professional knowledge of The interview was conducted by Stefan

and the subjective aspects of their psychological processes, economic Grajcar/Euroguidance Centre Slovakia
own working identity. Towards the conditions and specific learning, Short news
end of working career, we found that training and work opportunities.

people were more concerned with
Cohorts of so-called best agers, i. e. WBS - Joint project effort
evaluation of personal priorities for those of 50 years or more, will be The Business Foundation for Education
their remaining decades, for balance (BFE) presented the results of the
more numerous in the next decades
between life roles, and for personal than now, which is also due to the project Web Based Job Search Support
satisfaction. Some people feel that (WBS) to 60 Bulgarian stakeholders –
fact that the age of retirement has policy makers, career advisors and
continuing in work satisfies personal
been increased. How should gui- national education experts from all
needs; others need to continue for dance and counselling services take regions. The seminar, which took place
th
financial reasons. It is very important on April 26 in Sofia, was the closing
this into consideration?
to “tune in” to the individual and national event of the WBS project.
Our viewpoint in the chapter was
work with their own priorities. But that special services for older people
that’s true of good guidance at any WBS combines the efforts of partners
could be valuable, as the ambiance from Italy, Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
age. Poland, Slovenia and Spain, all of whom
and promotional materials could be
launched online career guidance web-
What do you think is psychologically suited to their preferences. However,
sites in their respective countries. The
the biggest challenge in the process we felt a good service could be
project promoter is ASEV, Italy. The
from working life into retirement? delivered within an all age service as partners developed a unique web 2.0-
By the time people are aged 50 and long as staff active with this client based methodology for online career
older, they will have had a long group had some additional training support. The highly interactive web
space provides job seekers with indi-
experience of work. For some, that to understand the particular needs
vidual online career advice and support
will have been a satisfying experience and life-stage of older people. Once from experienced guidance practi-
with positive personal growth and again, I would stress that the tioners. The website contributes to the
achievement. For others at the difference between a late-career promotion of career services and in-
opposite extreme, work will have high-ranking professional worker and creases access for all users.

been an instrumental activity to earn someone who has spent decades in
The tool was piloted with users over the
income, and their real interests will casual, poor quality employment past year and its features have been
lie in other aspects of their personal, outweighs the chance coincidence of optimised in response to their recom-
social and cultural life. You can having the same birth date. menddations. Romania and Greece join-
imagine many shades of difference So to answer your question, and ed the project and launched their nati-
along the spectrum between these confirm the theme running through onal versions of the website.

two extremes. Good career guidance, my comments, all clients are Since 2011 the Bulgarian website
for people of any age, includes close different. With many years of www.zakarierata.com has attracted
attention to the unique individual working experience, those differen- more than 16 000 visitors, and more
and their personal intentions. People ces may have become more than 1400 registered active users.

of all ages need support in articula- ingrained. Career counsellors should LachezarAfrikanov/Euroguidance Bulgaria

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Editors:
Clarissa Cordroch (responsible)
Euroguidance Germany

Hilary Lynch, Euroguidance Ireland
Dóra Stefánsdottir, Euroguidance Iceland
www.euroguidance.net Dovile Rudzenske, Euroguidance Lithuania

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