Public policy for career guidance: Imagining a more ambitious agenda
Digital Artefact
Robertson, P. (2020)
Public policy for career guidance: Imagining a more ambitious agenda. [Blog]
This short article argues that career development services are relevant to a wider range of public policy objectives than have previously been considered.
The Aims of Career Development Policy: Towards a Comprehensive Framework
Book Chapter
Robertson, P. J. (2021)
The Aims of Career Development Policy: Towards a Comprehensive Framework. In P. J. Robertson, T. Hooley, & P. McCash (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Career Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190069704.013.9
This chapter explores and questions the aims of public policy for career development. In the early years of the 21st century, an international consensus emerged in the literat...
Should public health be a goal of career guidance policy?
Presentation / Conference
Robertson, P. (2019, September)
Should public health be a goal of career guidance policy?. Paper presented at International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) Annual Conference 2019, Bratislava, Slovakia
In terms of public policy, career guidance has one foot in the employment domain and the other foot in the education domain. It is used by governments to pursue objectives rel...
Policy in Scotland: The outcomes of the ‘Career Review’ process
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2022)
Policy in Scotland: The outcomes of the ‘Career Review’ process. Career Matters, 10(2), 18-19
No abstract available.
Career guidance and public mental health
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2013)
Career guidance and public mental health. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 13(2), 151-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-013-9246-y
Career guidance may have the potential to promote public health by contributing positively to both the prevention of mental health conditions and to population level well-bein...
Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J., & Melkumyan, A. (2021)
Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21, 309-327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09443-2
This article provides an account of current public policy for career guidance in the Republic of Armenia. Brief background information is provided in terms of key geographical...
Opportunities and risks in the use of AI in career development practice
Journal Article
Wilson, M., Robertson, P., Cruickshank, P., & Gkatzia, D. (2022)
Opportunities and risks in the use of AI in career development practice. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 48(1), 48-57. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4807
The Covid-19 pandemic required many aspects of life to move online. This accelerated a broader trend for increasing use of ICT and AI, with implications for both the world of ...
Evidence-Based Practice for Career Development
Book Chapter
Robertson, P. J. (2021)
Evidence-Based Practice for Career Development. In P. J. Robertson, T. Hooley, & P. McCash (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Career Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190069704.013.26
Evidence is essential to enable practitioners and services to best meet the needs of their service users. The concept of evidence-based practice has been imported to career de...
Introduction: Rethinking Career Development
Book Chapter
McCash, P., Hooley, T., & Robertson, P. J. (2021)
Introduction: Rethinking Career Development. In P. J. Robertson, T. Hooley, & P. McCash (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Career Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190069704.013.2
This chapter introduces readers to The Oxford Handbook of Career Development and to the field of career development. The origins of the field are discussed in relation to voca...
Developing career capabilities in “NEET” young people: experiences of participants in the Prince’s Trust team programme
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2018)
Developing career capabilities in “NEET” young people: experiences of participants in the Prince’s Trust team programme. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 46(6), 752-764. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2018.1434130
This qualitative study focuses on the impact of a supportive 12-week programme intended to empower young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) to purs...