Worklife Guidance -by whom, how and where?

 

It might be carried out:

• Literally in the workplace, that is, on the employer's premises

• On the premises of a guidance service

• In an adult learning centre

• In the home

It might equally take place in trade union offices, in a clubhouse, and so on. Guidance might be conducted face-to-face, over the telephone or electronically (for example, by email or through career guidance web sites). Similarly, a variety of people might carry out the guidance, formally or informally, including:

• In-house guidance counsellors, who are employees of the organisation

• Guidance counsellors located in separate organisations, including the state Employment Service

• providers of further and continuing education,

• folk high schools; and workers' education services;

• Visiting guidance counsellors, organised by employers or trade unions 

• Trade union trained educational ambassadors or learning advisors

• Fellow-workers offering peer guidance or mentoring

• Retired workers offering mentoring to vulnerable young workers

• Line managers, for example, through an appraisal system or informal chat

• Guidance could also be conducted by human resource personnel.

 

 

Source / after: The Social Partners and vocational guidance for lower-paid workers. Final Project Report. Dr Pamela Clayton, University of Glasgow. 2007. Link to the report.