The programme below is created according to the research results and upgraded after the process of piloting. The programme provides the suggested topics. On the website www.adultguidance.lv and www.motivated.lv is a full version of guidance programme available with the suggested methods and provided resources in all project partners’ languages – Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic.
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
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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? |