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Pathfinders in Jyväskylä
The International Summer School "ICT in Guidance"
For the last 20 years, Euroguidance Estonia the Danish e-guidance system during my
has offered Estonian career guidance Academia visit to Aarhus, so I now have a great
professionals the opportunity to train and interest in what else can be done and what the
familiarize themselves with counselling experience in other countries is like.
services from other countries. One such
Talviki: I decided to take part in order to obtain new
opportunity is the Nordic Summer University in
Jyväskylä, Finland, which focuses on the use knowledge on how to better use IT solutions in
career counselling and exchange experiences and
of Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) in guidance. ideas with other professionals. As an e-counsellor
in chat, I also wanted to keep up with the IT industry
and keep abreast with new solutions.
What did you learn from the Summer School
that you can apply to your working life?
Sirje: A lot of group work was used in the summer
school, discussions and exchanges of experiences
took place, and the use of different environments.
We got to use everything immediately in practice.
Our 30-member group was very enthusiastic and
friendly; we learned a lot from each other and
enjoyed working together. A great deal of thought
was given to the chat and email advisory service.
In 2018, the teachers were from Iceland, Malmö Although I've been consulting via chat, I have not
and Jyväskylä Universities, as well as experienced been the biggest fan of it, so it was good to discuss
experts from the e-counselling centre of the Danish it with others and think about how to make
Ministry of Education. For the Estonian consulting more accessible and of a higher quality.
practitioners, this was is a unique opportunity to Talviki: The study week was very professional and
obtain an international formal education certificate well organized. I expected to learn about some
(5 ECTS). Two of them, Sirje Tarraste, Estonian practical knowledge of new IT applications that
career counsellor from the Rajaleidja (Pathfinder) would help me make better use of innovative
Centre in Tartu, and Talviki Rumberg, career solutions in my work. For example, I learned about
counsellor from a similar centre in Tallinn, describe the concept of co-careering, which is a situation
what they learned and why they decided to where people comment on each other's posts in
participate. social media by sharing personal experiences,
information and advice, and how career
Sirje and Talviki, why did you decide to take
counsellors can contribute to the conversations
part in the Summer School?
and thus provide their assistance. In addition, I got
Sirje: The summer school interested me because some new knowledge about using the video to
I wanted to know more about different e- provide feedback on CV/motivation letters,
counselling opportunities. I tried a chat service and LinkedIn's possibilities in career counselling and
advised clients via email. Basically, I use all kinds the benefits of using chat through customers’ eyes
of e-opportunities for group counselling to make in Denmark.
them more modern and to approach young people
in their own "language." I was briefly exposed to Margit Rammo
Euroguidance, Estonia
