The Exploring Green Guidance project is the gift that keeps giving. During our final conference in Bratislava we managed to bring together lots of the key experts in green guidance to make a short film explaining what the concept means and why it is worth engaging with. The video is available to view on YouTube […]
Last week I had the honour to talk to Jeevan Matharu the host of the Vancrux Podcast (find it on YouTube or Spotify). In the podcast we talk about what is going on with careers at the moment and try and reflect on how people should think about their careers if they want to both […]
A couple of weeks ago we held a session bringing together a wide range of researchers and practitioners involved in green guidance. We presented the outcomes of our Exploring Green Guidance project and also heard from practitioners who have been working with these ideas. If you are interested in becoming a green guidance ambassador then […]
At the weekend I delivered a session as part of our Masters programme at the University of Derby. It looked at a lot of the nuts and bolts of career guidance policy systems, in particular focusing on England, but also taking in some other systems along the way. It finishes with some discussion of the […]
Here is another of my short career theory videos. In this one I talk about Bill Law’s career theory. This is part of a career theory course that we are running at the Inland Norway University which we are structuring around the work of Knud Illeris. As I say in this lecture, there are some […]
I periodically create short videos on different aspects of career theory. In this video I talk about motivation and motivational theories and then segue into discussion of the related area of social-cognitive career theory. I’ve produced this for a course that I’m teaching at the Inland Norway University (so the slides are in Norwegian, or […]
For those of you who were unable to join us at the University of Derby in December for Dr Sanna Toiviainen’s annual lecture we have managed to capture it on video. In the video, Sanna discusses posthuman theory and relational sociology as new theoretical strands that can inform both the study of career and the […]
This week I took part in another Global Careers Month event, this time convened by the NCDA, CCDF and CERIC in North America. The session explored how can career development professionals can move beyond acknowledging disruption social, economic and labour market disruption to shaping solutions. We explored decent work during a cost-of-living crisis; integrating career […]
Last week I had the privilege of being involved in an event to celebrate global careers month. The event was convened by the ILO and featured contributions from Pedro Moreno da Fonseca, Jaana Kettunen, David Blustein, Marcelo Afonso Ribeiro and myself. In this webinar we explore the transformative impact of career guidance as a key […]
Last week we ran a webinar to provide an introduction to The Career Development Handbook. Just in case you have missed it, this is a new book written by Gill Frigerio, Rosie Alexander and myself. The book is designed to give a comprehensive introduction to the field and practice of career development. The book is […]
