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International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance 3/2006

01-12-2006 | Original Paper

Students’ career concerns: challenges facing guidance providers in higher education

Authors: Marjatta Lairio, Leena Penttinen

Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance | Issue 3/2006

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Abstract

The study reported here examined higher education career guidance at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. In a survey (N = 880), students were asked to describe how much thinking they had done about their future career and forthcoming transition from university to working life. The use of different sources of guidance and counselling service providers was examined from the perspective of a student-centred holistic model of guidance. On the basis of the empirical findings, challenges facing career guidance in higher education are discussed.
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Metadata
Title
Students’ career concerns: challenges facing guidance providers in higher education
Authors
Marjatta Lairio
Leena Penttinen
Publication date
01-12-2006
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published in
International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance / Issue 3/2006
Print ISSN: 1873-0388
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1782
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-006-9107-z

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