Abstract

PADILLA-CARMONA, Teresa; SANCHEZ-GARCIA, María Fe  and  SUAREZ-ORTEGA, Magdalena. Career counseling needs of employment public services users in Spain. Rev. bras. orientac. prof [online]. 2016, vol.17, n.2, pp. 150-162. ISSN 1679-3390.

This article explores the career counseling needs of 1816 users of employment public services, in relation to the competencies required for the planning of the vital and professional project. It aims to identify differences between the general population and the priority attention groups (women, young people, people with low skills, unemployed over 45, rural population). The collection of information was done through an ad-hoc designed questionnaire. The results allow to identify three dimensions in the set of career counseling needs: 1. those related to career management, 2. realistic goal planning and 3. job search, in which are found significant differences depending on one or several of the variables considered.

Keywords : career counseling; needs assessment; career planning; unemployment; public policy.

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