Over the last three years, large numbers of workers have been losing their jobs and experiencing involuntary unemployment for extended periods of time, as much as two years or more. This is a situation that creates a tremendous challenge for career counselors. This paper begins by providing an historical, economic context for the discussion and…

The knowledge economy is changing the way people work. New labor market entrants can expect to experience a succession of jobs in a number of industry sectors during their working lives. They may have concurrent part-time jobs at one time, and no paid work at other times. Work periods will be interspersed with periods of learning, either full- or…

This material sets out recent thinking on career development to inform the future of Connexions and education for citizenship. It contains abstracts of significant publications; summaries of background thinking; references to sources of information and ideas; ways to link thinking to practice; and summary charts. Each of 10 sections is in 2 parts.…