| Topic/Theme |
Description/The aim of the Theme |
| 1.Introduction to the Career Guidance Course |
| 1.Introduction Interview, talk before starting a guidance course with adult participants |
Why am I here? What support do I need? |
| 2. The Role of Career |
| 2.1. Career and its role of the career in the process of self-development |
What does a career mean and what is the role of the career in a life of a person? |
| 2.2. The Models of Career |
What type of career is suitable for me – vertical or horizontal? |
| 2.3. Vision of Career |
Where do I see myself in the future? |
| 2.4. The role of the stereotypes during the process of choosing of career |
How can stereotypes influence a career choosing process? |
| 2.5. Additional Career Support |
Where can I search for additional career support and guidance? |
| 2.6. Mentoring |
What is mentoring?
Why and how to choose a mentor? |
| 2.7. Couching |
What does “couching” mean?
Why and how to choose a couch? |
| 3. Education System and Forms |
| 3.1. Education system and levels of vocational qualifications |
What kind of education system exists in my country? Where am I in this system? What are my opportunities for further studies? |
| 3.2. The importance of lifelong learning |
What does “lifelong learning” mean? Why lifelong learning is important in the career? |
| 3.3. Education possibilities in resident country |
What kind of education institutions and study programmes are provided within my country? |
| 3.4. Education possibilities abroad |
What kind of education institutions and study programmes are provided in foreign countries? How to apply for studies abroad? |
3.5. Study costs,
scholarships and study loan |
How much money do I need to start to study? Where to get the money for studies? Is it possible to get scholarships? If “yes”, then where? |
| 3.6. Recognition of previous education |
What does “recognition of previous education” mean? |
| 4. Professions |
| 4.1. Diversity of professions and perspective of professions |
What kinds of professions exist? |
| 5. Self-study and self0development |
| 5.1. Identification of competences, skills, talents and experience |
What are my talents, competences, skills, experience, the level of self-esteem? |
| 5.2. Self-development |
How can I develop needed skills and competences for a successful career? |
| 5.3. Increasing of self esteem |
How to increase my self-esteem? |
| 5.4. Motivation and its role in the process of development of career |
What is the role of motivation in the process of development of career? How to raise motivation? |
| 5.5. Values
|
What are my values? How my value system can influence my professional career? |
| 6. Job Search |
| 6.1. Work opportunities |
Where to look for work opportunities and vacancies? |
| 6.2. Job opportunities abroad |
How to search for work abroad? |
| 6.3. The role of experience in development of career |
What to do if I do not have professional experience? Should I choose a career according to my experience? |
| 7. Business Communication |
| 7.1. Written Business Communication |
How to write CV? What is the best template for CV? How to develop a Motivation letter? |
| 7.2. E- Business Communication |
How to write business e-mails? |
| 7.3. Social Networks |
How can profiles in social networks influence the opinion of the potential employer? |
| 7.4. Behaviour during the job interview |
How to behave during a job interview? |
| 7.5. Business etiquette |
What to wear for the job interview and to work? How to behave during business meetings? Why is it important to know and to follow the rules of business etiquette? |
| 8. Employment Relationship |
| 8.1. Types of employment – self-employed, contract of employment, enterprise agreement, royalty agreement. |
How can I be employed? What kinds of agreements exist? |
| 8.2. Entrepreneurship |
How to start my own business? |
| 8.3. Volunteering |
How to start volunteering? Why volunteering is valuable for career? |
| 8.4. Unemployment
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Where to get help in the situation of unemployment? What benefits will I get as unemployed? How to return to a labour market? |
| 8.5. Labour law, duties and responsibilities of employer and employee |
What are my rights as employee? What are employer’s duties? |
| 9. Decision-making process |
| 9.1. Summary of the career guidance process |
What I have got from this programme? Do I have enough information to start work on career development? What I have already done to start to develop my career? |
| 9.2. Next steps |
What I should do – step by step –to achieve my aims? |
| 10. Reflection |
| 10.1. Reflection visit after one month |
What I have done to achieve my aims? |
