Professionalism: the common competence which binds the career workforce in effective practice

This webinar with a presentation by Professor Rachel Mulvey (University of East London) will consider the competences which career professionals need to do an effective job. In doing so it will ask what is considered effective as a career intervention. This in turn leads to questions about the nature and purpose of career support in the current economic and social context. It argues that the career workforce across Europe comprises a number of professional roles (CEDEFOP, 2009) with some variation in specialist know-how. It concludes, nevertheless, that professionalism (NICE, 2012) is the common factor which binds the careers workforce in its practice.

The webinar is organised by the National Centre for Lifelong Guidance Expertise (eVOKES, http://www.evokes.fi/) at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, in co- operation with the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network, ELGPN (http://elgpn.eu), and the International Association for Vocational and Educational Guidance, IAEVG (http://www.iaevg.org).