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Vocational guidance

Term

Vocational guidance

Definition

Help for individuals to make choices about education, training and employment.

Comment

Sometimes used as a synonym for career guidance or guidance.
See related definitions for ‘Career counselling’, ‘Career guidance’, ‘Guidance’.

Source

Hawthorn, R. (1991). Who Offers Guidance. Sheffield: Employment Department.

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ELGPN Glossary, career counselling, career guidance, vocational, guidance

Guidance

Term

Guidance

Definition

Help for individuals to make choices about education, training and employment.

Comment

Career or vocational guidance is often just called guidance by practitioners. Guidance is in fact an umbrella that encompasses counselling as well as activities such as informing, coaching, teaching, assessment and advocacy.
See earlier comments under ‘Career guidance’.
Sometimes used as a synonym for career guidance or vocational guidance.

Source

Hawthorn, R. (1991). Who Offers Guidance. Sheffield: Employment Department.

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ELGPN Glossary, career choice, career guidance, coaching, vocational guidance, career counselling, services, guidance