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life, much will change. Cate and John (2007) recognise that viewing time as a
bipolar construct may be a western perspective. Time may be perceived in a
ʻmore multidimensional and fluidʼ way (p. 199) in non-western cultures, with
implications for perspectives on career development.
At European level, attention is increasingly being focused on both the policy
context and professional delivery of career guidance within the broader context
of lifelong learning (Sultana, 2008; Cedefop, 2009). This chapter argues for a
continued link between policy and practice in career guidance and the
emerging policy concern with the ageing population, and particularly the older
workforce. Experience of later working life is important in its own right, but it
also has direct impacts on both health and financial wellbeing in oldest age.

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