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Euroguidance Insight

In this issue
April 2012

► Career Compass and Career Mat: Two new Dutch guidance tools
Short news
► Germany: Interview with Professor Ertelt on Vocational Guidance

Positive User Survey ► Slovenia: Using the V-A-K-O-G -system in workshops
According to a survey carried out
in 2010, the majority of adults ► Turkey: Interview with Professor Akkök on the interaction with
utilising guidance services in the
Nordic countries seems to be ve- Euroguidance and ELGPN
ry content with the service they
had received. The responders
would, nonetheless, be interest-
ed in influencing these services
from the start. Euroguidance Netherlands

Half of those interviewed in Swe- produced new guidance tools
den, Iceland and Denmark were
not invited to provide formal The Dutch Euroguidance centre pu- al questions are incorporated in the
feedback on their guidance ses- blished a Career Compass with the career competences identified by
sions. Finland and Norway, on
the other hand, had requested objective to help clients identifying Kuijpers. The career compass con-
such feedback from many of their career competences more ea- tains both practical and theoretical
their users. Over 70% of all res- sily. The publication is based on re- information competences.
ponders stated that they had not search and practical experience; it is
participated in any meetings or Also a Career Compass Mat has
discussion groups on guidance a practical tool for career counsel-
services. Of those interviewed, lors in the educational sector or in been developed. It is in the shape of
75% in Denmark and 92% in Ice- the business community. Marinka a circle with an area well over 3 m2.
land indicated that they had not Kuijpers, lecturer in pedagogy at With this tool clients can make phy-
participated in the design and The Hague University of Applied Sci- sical steps concerning the questions
strategies of guidance services. related to their career competen-
ences is responsible for the descrip-
Users find it very important to be tion of career competences. Essenti- ces. As is known from Neuro Lingui-
more involved in the entire guid- stic Programming the connection
ance process. This result is in line between physical and mental expe-
with previous research which riences increases one’s awareness.
found that users know best what The Mat can be used individually or
they need and that time and mo-
ney could be saved if they were in groups.
involved at all levels. The most
common form of guidance in the Peter Deursen/Euroguidance Netherland
Nordic countries is the face-to-
face interview. The report (in The career compass can be down-loaded
English) is available at here: www.euroguidance.nl
http://www.nordvux.net/downlo
ad/6821/voice_of_users.pdf . Those who are interested in the Career
Compass Mat should contact the Dutch
Dóra Stefánsdóttir, Euroguidance Iceland Euroguidance centre:
([email protected]) [email protected]