Vocational Guidance in Europe

The situation for career counselors today is particularly complex. Transformational areas such as the Corona pandemic, the climate crisis, the economic situation, and an aging population are bringing rapid changes to the demands of the labor market.
This book addresses the challenges in the European labor market from the multinational perspective of career counselors. It includes multiple contributions from different countries that address the country-specific challenges that generate support and development needs for counselors. Measures, solution strategies and future forecasts are included. The contributions are based on the Academia+ project, in which a total of three online training series for career counselors from across Europe on the topics of "Counseling Migrants and Refugees," "Future Jobs," and "Demographic Change" were conducted and evaluated.
The book is intended to be a guide for professionals in the vocational training field and to facilitate and support a practice-oriented initial interview from the counselor's point of view.

Presents transnational perspective on current challenges on european labour markets and societies Provides an overview on country specific strategies for counsellors Shares tips and insights from practitioners

Autorentext
Clinton Enoch is Professor of Counseling Sciences at the University of Applied Labor Studies of the Federal Employment Agency, Schwerin (Germany) . He is project leader in different ERASMUS+ projects.
**Jane Porath** is Professor for Education, especially Vocational and Business Education, at the University of Applied Labor Studies of the Federal Employment Agency, Schwerin (Germany). She was project leader of the ERASMUS+ ACADEMIA+ project.

Rebeca Garcia-Murias was involved in the organization and didactic-methodical implementation of online trainings and the communication with experts and participants in her position as a research assistant at the University of Applied Work Science of the Federal Employment Agency, Mannheim (Germany).

Christoph Krause is a research assistant at the University of Applied Labor Studies of the Federal Employment Agency, Schwerin (Germany). He was involved in the organization and didactic-methodical implementation of online trainings and communication with experts and participants.

Inhalt
Part I.- Chapter 1. Academia+.- Part II. Vocational Guidance in Europe: Challenges, Needs, Solutions and Development Perspectives.- Chapter 2. Cyprus: Migrants' Inclusion in the Labour Market, Education and Society of Cyprus - Current Needs and Perspectives for Change.- Chapter 3. Finland: Vocational Guidance in Finland.- Chapter 4. Germany: The Challenges of Career Counselling in Germany.- Chapter 5. Greece: Challenges Perspectives Against a Difficult Background in Vocational Guidance.- Chapter 6. Ireland: Access to Guidance Provision for Migrant Groups Within Youth Information and the Further Education Sector.- Chapter 7. Lithuania: Are We Ready for Tomorrow Challenges? A Thematic Analysis of Career Development and Prospects Within Lithuania.- Chapter 8. Luxembourg: 'somewhere Over the Rainbow' or 'is There Really a Land Where the Dreams of Social Justice and Equity Do Come True? .- Chapter 9. Spain: Challenges and Perspectives in Times of Inflection on Career Guidance and Counselling in Spain.- Chapter 10. Upcoming Challenges for Vocational Guidance in Europe.