Careers guidance is recognized as increasingly important as young people experience longer and more complicated post-school transitions into and through education, training, and the labor market. They may need to change career several times over their lifetime and to undertake continuing education and training. The Careers Service is the main provider of careers guidance to young people. This "Briefing" reports the experiences and views of some of the Careers Service's young clients--4th and 5th year pupils--who were surveyed as part of a wider research project on the Effectiveness of Careers Services.(Author)