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Austrian experience in guidance supporting parents in career counselling their children. 22.11.2013. Overview. Information Supply. Events. General. Target-group specific. Need for target -group- specific actions. ( vertical and ) horizontal gender - segregation on the job market
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Austrian experience in guidance supporting parents in career counselling their children 22.11.2013
Overview Information Supply Events General Target-group specific
Need fortarget-group-specificactions • (verticaland) horizontal gender-segregation on thejobmarket • segregationconsolidatesgenderpaygap • femaleadolescents: outstandingly limited viewofcareerchoices • importantroleofsocialisationand parental influence
Guidebook for Parents I • publisher: Public Employment Service (PES) • suggestions for sources of job-related information • PES counselling • selected websites • selected events
Guidebook for Parents II • suggestions specifically about how to support children • when looking for apprenticeships • when elaborating interests and strengths • when creating applications & handing them in
DVD Careerand Educational Choices • publisher: Public Employment Services (PES), Chamberof Labour • parent-orientedinformationabout • whicheducationsuitstheirchildren • howtogettraineepositions • counsellingcenters
„Checking Chances“ • publisher: Ministry of Education • support to • identify children‘s (job-related) competencies and strengths • identifiy children‘s (job-related) interests • strengthen given competencies
Parent-Oriented Information aboutCareerChoicesof Girls/Boys • publisher: MonA-Net • separated brochures concerning male and female adolescents • suggestions how to support and encourage children to seek for gender-“untypical“ jobs
„Spurensuche“ („Tracking“) • publisher: „mut!“-partners • assistingparentsandtheirdaughterswiththeirvocationalchoices • supporttoidentifystrengths, interestsandpossibilities • informationaboutstructuraldiscriminationoffemaleemployees/workers
Job Information Center (BIZ) • organiser: Public Employment Service (PES) • targetgroup: adolescents, schools, parents • aims: supplyinginformationaboutprofessionsand (further) education • parents‘ role: company, informingthemselves
Parents‘ Evenings I • organisers: different schools and institutions, e.g. within KL:IBO („Learning competencies by individualization and career guidance“) • target group: pupils and their parents
Parents‘ Evenings II • aims: • identifyinterests • learnaboutstrengthsandweaknesses • consider different careerchoices • parents‘ role: playfulinteractionwiththeirchildrenandpeers
Companion toChooseOne‘s Profession I • organiser: Styrian Economic Society • target group: • adolescents and their environment • emphasis on work with parents in workshops and parents‘ evenings
Companion toChooseOne‘s Profession II • aims: • supportingparentstoidentifychildren‘sstrengthsandweaknesses • raisingparents‘ awarenessfor stereotypes • transferofinformationabout job-relatedperspectives • parents‘ role: activeinvolvementandinteractionwithchildren, teachersand „companions“
Fair on Education and Career I • organiser: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science, PES • target group: people interested in (further) education and career choices
Fair on Education and Career II • aims: • providing information about a wide range of educational and vocational possibilities • on-site counselling • parents‘ role: company, informing themselves, giving advice
Viennese Daughter‘s Day I • organiser: Vienna Board of Education, Federal EconomicChamber, Women‘sCity Council • targetgroup: Femaleadolescents (aged 11 to 16)
Viennese Daughter‘s Day II • aims: • giving insights into professional practice • emphasis on technical, mechanic and scientific professions • cope with gender stereotypes • parents‘ role: company, encouragement
Boy‘s Day I • organiser: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Ministry of Education • target group: male adolescents from 12 years on
Boy‘s Day II • aims: • giving insights into professional practice • emphasis on care work, educational and social professions • cope with gender stereotypes • parents‘ role: company, encouragement
All in all… Information Supply Events General Target-group specific
References – Information Supply • GuidebookforParents: http://www.ams.at/_docs/001_elternratgeber.pdf • Careerand Educational Choices: http://www.ams.at/wien/ueber_ams/14169_26564.html • Parent-orientedinformationaboutcareerchoicesofgirls/boys: http://www.mona-net.at/zine/article/1911 • Spurensuche: http://www.mafalda.at/pics/3b54ed535e19c23ab91fab51e9bd13b2.pdf • CheckingChances: http://www.eduhi.at/dl/chancencheck.pdf
References - Events • BIZ: http://www.ams.at/buw/14142.html • KL:IBO: http://bo-hs-gemeinsamlernen.bmukk.gv.at/default.aspx • Companions: http://www.stvg.at/home.nsf/Alles/61E3EB4F23F3FB5BC1257669004F7A65/$file/09_05_BFB-LBM_Handout%20Elternarbeit_ZeMH.pdf • Fair on educationandcareer: http://bestinfo.at • VienneseDaughter‘s Day: http://www.toechtertag.at • Boy‘s Day: www.boysday.at