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New publication on career guidance in the Nordic

Countries

A new book entitled Career and Career Guidance in the Nordic Countries has recently been published

in the series on Career Development. It explores the place, the processes and the theories of career

guidance in the Nordic region.

“In the new book we discuss how career guidance

brings together individuals’ paths through life, learning

and work and how people interface with social

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institutions including the education system,

employers, civil society and the state” says Erik

Hagaseth Haug, associate professor from Norway,

who is one of the editors.

The book is a true collaboration project with the other

authors coming from Finland, Denmark and the UK.

Furthermore, writers from all Nordic countries have

contributed with articles under 4 main themes.

Setting Nordic career guidance in context

Career guidance policy and systems

The careers professions and professionalism
ON THE EUROPEAN STAGE AND

Career guidance practice across the life course

BEYOND The third theme, focusing on professionalism,

includes an article under the heading Developing

guidance competences for learning mobility. Here,

representatives of the Euroguidance centres in

Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden discuss how

guidance professionals can support international

mobility of learners, from a Nordic perspective.

Building on experience from the whole Euroguidance

Network, the chapter draws attention to the need for

guidance to explore the value of studies abroad and

that practitioners need a set of identified

including students, researchers, practitioners and

competencies to offer high quality mobility guidance.

policy makers. The theoretical scope and the

empirical relevance for general guidance is evident

“Career and Career Guidance in the Nordic

and makes the book relevant for a broad audience in

Countries explores what kind of context the Nordic

region offers for the pursuit of career, how the the guidance community.

development of careers are supported in welfare

societies, and how career guidance is enacted in this The book is published by Brill/Sense and can be

ordered from them, both as e-book and hard copy:

context”, says Erik Hagaseth Haug.

brill.com

The intended target groups for “Career and Career

Guidance in the Nordic Countries” is anyone

interested in career and career development,