Labour market information systems
Term
Labour market information systems
Definition
Systems, mechanisms or processes for gathering, organising and providing information about the state of the labour market and/or professions and jobs. This includes recording changes taking place within the labour market, employment, jobs and the professions.
Comment
Such systems often include databases linked to ICT systems and accessible via the internet. They are usually designed to be used by career counsellors and also by clients on a self-help basis.
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ELGPN Glossary, data base, ICT, information, labour market, system
Profiling
Term
Profiling
Definition
The process of collecting information about a person to form a profile that describes him/her. This may involve collecting a standard set of information, possibly to compare people, or the construction of a one-off description of a person.
A similar approach is also commonly used to profile jobs or occupations and a job or occupational profile may be included in a career information system to make it easier to make comparisons between jobs and occupations.
Comment
Both the profiling of people and the profiling of jobs/occupations are common activities in guidance.
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ELGPN Glossary, guidance, information
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
Term
Information and communication technologies (ICT)
Definition
Technologies which provide for the electronic input, storage, retrieval, processing, transmission and dissemination of information.
Comment
ICT-based tools are used increasingly in career guidance. For example, many career information systems rely on ICT. ICT and related technology are also used to underpin
e-guidance, distance guidance services, on-line and web guidance.
See definition for ‘e-guidance’.
Source
Cedefop; Tissot, P. (2004). Terminology of vocational training policy – A multilingual glossary for an enlarged Europe. Luxembourg: Publications Office, 2004. Available from Internet: http://libserver.cedefop.eu.int/vetelib/eu/
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ELGPN Glossary, communication, distant guidance, information, information technology, online
Evidence
Term
Evidence
Definition
The information presented to support a finding or conclusion. Evidence should be sufficient, competent and relevant: there are four types of evidence: observations (obtained through direct observation of people or events); documentary (obtained from written information); analytical (based on computations and comparisons); and self-reported (obtained through, for example, surveys).
Comment
Evidence can come in a variety of forms provided by a variety of research methods, and can be of varying strength or robustness. The strength or robustness of evidence depends upon the qualitative or quantitative approach used. Social, economic and management indicators can constitute an appropriate evidence base, if they adequately reflect the relation of guidance provision to specific outcomes (i.e. retention rate in education or employment) by, for example, connecting to performance measures and indicators.
Source
United Nations, Monitoring, Evaluation and Consulting Division (MECD). Glossary. Available from Internet: http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/mecd/mecd_glossary/index.htm
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ELGPN Glossary, evidence base, information, method, research