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“Getting an inspiration from foreign colleagues”
Interview with Croatian councellor Danijel Mišura who undertook

job shadowing on a study visit to England

“I highly recommend using mobility as a way of learning! Mobility is an opportunity for getting new ideas, using
foreign languages in real life situations and boosting self-confidence. As a matter of fact, I’m about to implement
new workshops at CISOK inspired by what I’ve learned during my mobility period: More specifically, I would like
to organise workshops about adult learning methods to engage adult clients in the learning process after longer
breaks.”

Danijel Mišura is a guidance counsel- the UK, offering an abundance of in- After gaining an insight into counsel-
lor working at the Croatian Lifelong formation for all target groups. What ling of pupils in Leeds, I got a chance
Career Guidance Centre (CISOK) the students find most interesting to learn about counselling service
in Osijek. He took part in the job are the descriptions of job profiles offered to adults in different organ-
shadowing visit to Leeds, UK, organ- but the portal also offers self-assess- isations: Opportunity (part of the
ised by Euroguidance Croatia in June ment questionnaires, search tools for Aspire-igen group) offering job-pre-
2015, to give Croatian practitioners job offers and tips and tricks on how paratory services to adults over the
an opportunity to learn from their to write a good résumé. age of 19; Job Centre Plus – an
fellow counsellors in other countries.
Upon his return from Leeds Danijel
was interviewed about his mobility
experience:

“I wanted to get an insight into
everyday work of career counsellors
in another European country – how
they work with clients, which meth-
ods and techniques they apply. As
our Centre mostly works with pupils
and the unemployed, the job shad-
owing was tailored to fit our needs –
we got an opportunity to job shad-
ow experts counselling pupils and
job-seekers.”

How was the visit organised? What
did you learn in Leeds?

“On my first day I observed the work
of Christine Humberstone, an experi-
enced guidance counsellor currently
working in three schools in Leeds.
She mostly counsels students at the
age of 16, in the final year of second-
ary school, using a variety of tools
and methods to support and encour-
age them to explore further educa-
tion possibilities and the world of
work on their own. One of the useful
tools Christine is using is the portal
1
of the National Careers Service , of-
ten used by guidance practitioners in 1) https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk

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