A case from Denmark, presented at the NVL CMS seminar in Malmö, November 2017

1. Career change with adults
- Systematically work with career learning in
individual guidance
Deputy head Jan Svendsen
Regional Guidance Center Copenhagen
November 24th 2017

2. The Danish educational system

3. Guidance in transitions
Youth Guidance
Centres
Regional
Guidance Centres

4. Lifelong Guidance
Regional
Guidance Centres

5. Regional Guidance Center, Studievalg
Established 2004
Mission:
To help citizens choose higher
education and career on a well
researched basis
Approach:
Neutral and nationwide guidance
7 centres
Contract with Ministry of Higher Education and Science

6. Seven Regional Guidance Centres
Studievalg Copenhagen
Studievalg Zealand
Studievalg Funen
Studievalg Jutland-South
Studievalg Jutland-East
Studievalg Jutland-West
Studievalg Jutland-North

7. Target groups
• Students at upper secondary education (Gymnasium)
• Students in vocational education and training, VET
• Other citizens who want to start on a higher
education
 Late starters; students on breake year(s)
 Drops-outs from higher education
 Adults wanting to change career
 Foreigners

8. Face-to-face sessions
20 min. session
 From 24 - 48 available
sessions in a week
 People booking their own
session time at web-page
SUBJECTS:
 Doubt
 Rules regarding application
 Programmes (Mainline
educational system
and/or Adult and
continuing educational
system)
 Labour market
45 min. session
 8 sessions available in a
week
 Guidance counsellor
booking the session time
SUBJECTS:
 Working with severe doubt,
confusion and mis-
managed choices
 Personal strengths and
weakness’ regarding
education
 Opportunities for further
education in Adult and
continuing educational
system (mainly adults)

9. Our contact with adults in
individual sessions
• Anonymous – we do not write anything in
central systems
• Often 1 session (45 min), a few times 2
sessions
• Our mission: Be able to choose on a well-
researched basis
How is our framework?

10. Framework for career guidance
Danish framework 2016 (CEFU), inspired by Bill Law
Knowledge about and
experience with me
Knowledge about and
experience with
education, subjects
and jobs
Knowledge about my actions and
decisions
Understanding
Focusing
Sifting
Sensing

11. The individual session
Knowledge
about and
experience with
me
Knowledge
about and
experience with
education,
subjects and
jobs
Knowledge about my
actions and decisions
Understanding
Focusing
Sifting
Sensing
• Adults born and raised in
Denmark
• Foreigners having lived in
Denmark for a short
period
• Students in gymnasium

12. Adults
Knowledge about and
experience with me
Knowledge about and
experience with
education, subjects
and jobs
Knowledge about my actions and
decisions
Understanding
Focusing
Sifting
Sensing
• Knowledge about and
experience with education
• Knowledge about and
experience with labour
market
• Knowledge about and
experience with my
interest/ strengts
• Experience with my way of choosing education and job

13. • Students in
gymnasium
Tomm, K. (1988, 6)
Workflow in the individual session
• Knowledge about and
experience with education
• Knowledge about and
experience with
labour market
• Knowledge about and
experience with my interest/
strengts
• Experience with my way of
choosing education and job

14. Tools