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include all those who have access to the Internet and who consider the
help provided by a device, site or digital platform relevant. Psychologists
will necessarily have to develop specific skills in this new format, because,
contrary to what one might think, providing information and guidance
services using new technologies is not an easy task4.

A third challenge is based on the assumption that the issues of training,
professional practice and guidance are deeply intertwined especially
because in the multiple configurations of the current work contexts, the
alternation between education/training and professional practice is
increasingly frequent, and the provision of career services to the whole
population, within a network that conveniently articulates the resources of
the education/training and employment systems, is highly desirable.

The fourth challenge is at the level of the evaluation of interventions.
Several documents on education, training and employment policies make a
clear reference to the need to observe visible impacts on the
competitiveness and productivity of society as a result of the interventions
of the guidance services. Demonstrating the effectiveness of career
interventions remains a major undertaking for all those with technical and
policy responsibilities in the areas of education, employment and training.
This importance should be reflected into permanent and more widespread
investment in evaluation that ensure that consultants benefit from quality
interventions and that psychologists use cost-benefit indicators in their
design and implementation. This can undoubtedly be one of the strategies
to follow, or one of the challenges to be faced with, if we want to see
reflected in the educational and employment policies the guidelines that
lead to the reinforcement of psychological intervention in the field of
careers development6,7.

It is in a context of intervention that it is increasingly difficult to interpret
that it is necessary to answer the question: what do psychologists have to
offer to people who, while still being part of the education system, prepare
for their entry into the labour market, or for those who are part of the
labour market, to deal with multiple and sometimes unexpected changes8?

Indeed, the domain of career counselling and guidance, which has always
sought to respond effectively to social concerns9,10,11 now risks becoming
obsolete if it is not able to rethink its priorities and, consequently, of
introducing a range of new practices within its scope of action12, being able