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Lifelong guidance in France: Career transition counselling - the
cornerstone of provisions in creating career paths

Career transition counselling (Con- The system provides customised activities to allow projects to come
seil en Evolution Professionnelle, support to put a person’s career alive.
CEP) is now a statutory provision into perspective. Secondly, it offers
in France in which people have a knowledge-based assistance in en- Source: Le Quotidien de la forma-
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right to individual career counsel- trepreneurial skills such as creating tion, newsletter of Centre Inffo
ling. The service is free of charge, projects, verifying their feasibility or
provided outside the workplace, to identify skills or qualifications to Article by Cédric Morin
and is available to all individuals be recognised, acquired or devel- France
- employees and job seekers, but oped. Thirdly, counselling is also
also freelance workers or public offered in the implementation of 1 Order of 16 July 2014 determining the
agents. The service is offered by the project, such as available fund- CEP specifications
local employment offices. ing, writing contracts and other

The provisions on offer rely above
all on the involvement of the
employees or job seekers, with
the aim of finding their individual
career paths. With this in mind,
the new career counselling law
(January 2015) has a central role
in coordinating other resources
(personal training account, voca-
tional interviews or validation of
prior experience) to create strate-
gies aimed at acquiring skills and
increasing employability.

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