Getting Skills Right Career Guidance for Adults in Latin America
Career guidance for adults is a fundamental lever to help adults successfully navigate constantly evolving labour markets. As labour markets in Latin America are hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and mega trends such as globalisation and digitalisation continue to impact labour demand, support is ur...
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2021.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Executive summary
- 1 Recommendations
- Coverage and inclusiveness
- Raise awareness about formal career guidance opportunities through media campaigns and active outreach to vulnerable groups
- Provision and service delivery
- Expand public provision (including PES) and associated funding to offer affordable or free high quality career guidance services to vulnerable adults
- Quality and impact
- Strengthen general public service delivery quality standards and include a component that considers career guidance specifically
- Develop a skills profiling tool that can be used by providers, particularly when working with adults who have no formal qualifications
- Governance and funding
- Consider forming a working group with all relevant stakeholders to improve career guidance policy and provision
- Develop a system of regular reporting standards between local employment offices, national ministries and other relevant public bodies, and facilitate international exchanges of good practice
- Design financial measures to reduce the direct and indirect costs of career guidance for vulnerable adults
- 2 Why is career guidance for adults important in Latin America?
- Introduction
- Labour market context in Latin America
- Substantial underutilisation and underdevelopment of skills
- Education and skills supply in Latin America
- Skills imbalances in Latin America
- Career guidance for adults in Latin America
- References
- Notes
- 3 Coverage and inclusiveness
- Introduction
- What share of adults uses career guidance services in Latin America?
- Is adult career guidance in Latin American countries inclusive?
- Why do adults seek career guidance in Latin America?
- What are the barriers to accessing career guidance in Latin America?.
- What share of adults look online for information on employment and training options in Latin America?
- Informal means to access information about employment, education and training opportunities
- References
- Notes
- 4 Provision and service delivery
- Introduction
- Which actors deliver career guidance services to adults in Latin America?
- Overview of different providers
- Private career guidance providers
- Education and training institutions
- Employers and employer groups
- Public employment services and dedicated public career guidance services
- Trade unions
- Associations
- Which channels are used for career guidance service delivery in Latin America?
- How do adults learn about career guidance services?
- How have career guidance providers in Latin America adapted their offer in the context of the COVID-19 crisis?
- References
- Notes
- 5 Quality and impact
- Introduction
- How satisfied are adults with career guidance services in Latin American countries?
- What are the outcomes of guidance in Latin American countries?
- Policies to promote high-quality career guidance services in Latin America
- Using high-quality labour market information
- Tailoring career guidance services to adults' needs
- Standardising training and qualifications of career guidance advisors
- Certifying providers against quality standards in service delivery
- Monitoring outcomes
- References
- Note
- 6 Governance and funding
- Introduction
- How is career guidance governed in Latin America?
- Horizontal co-ordination between ministries
- Vertical co-ordination between levels of government
- Engaging stakeholders in setting career guidance policy
- What is the role of career guidance strategies in Latin America?
- How is career guidance for adults funded in Latin America?
- Adults' out-of-pocket spending.
- Government contribution to funding
- Employers' contribution to funding
- References
- Note
- Annex A. Methodology note on Survey of Career Guidance for Adults
- References
- Notes
- Annex A. Methodology note on Survey of Career Guidance for Adults.
