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Global
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General
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development interest in education and guidance is apparent from its main website (http://oecd.org), which includes signposts to an array of avenues. It has conducted country surveys into guidance policies and practices, which are accessible via the main website.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
- UNESCO offers some funding opportunities for projects involving young people. A UNEVOC project (a UNESCO project for vocational education and training) is being managed by the Learning & Skills Development Agency (LSDA) in the UK.
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World Bank
- The World Bank funds research and knowledge sharing in key areas, and has a website designed to ease access to information sources.
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The OECD site has access to government links for nations, listed alphabetically.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
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Australia
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MyFuture
- This website provides links to a range of sponsors, including governmental and private suppliers and champions across the Australian states.
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Jobsearch
- This is a governemt-led initiative with web access to information on jobsearch across the territories.
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Ozjac/ Curriculum Corporation
- Ozjac is a computer programme designed to help young people and adults find answers to job, course and career questions. It is managed by the Curriculum Corporation.
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Ozjac/ Curriculum Corporation
Canada
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Canadian Career Consortium
- Its mission as a national organisation is to act as a national forum to initiate, develop and co-ordinate market information to enable all Canadians to make transitions.
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Canadian Career Development Foundation
- CCDF is a charitable foundation committed to advancing the understanding and practice of career development. Their website includes an extensive list of partnering contacts, both national and international.
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Canadian Guidance and Counselling Forum
- CGRF publishes the ERIC (Educational Research Information Centre) Digests for the guidance community.
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Counsellor Resource Centre
- This is an international site on career development, designed for the guidance community and including access to resources to enhance knowledge and professionalism.
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National Life Work Center (NWLC)
- NWLC is a not-for-profit organisations which aims to work with a range of partners to develop services and materials to help Canadians make informed decisions and become self-reliant in connecting with appropriate employment and learning opportunities and in managing their careers. Accessible via:
New Zealand
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Kiwicareers
- Kiwicareers is a government-funded website containing New Zealand job, industry and training information. Accessible via:
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Career Services, A review in an International Perspective.
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- Access a pdf copy of the report by A.G. Watts (2007) Career Services, A review in an International Perspective. A discussion of Careers Services in New Zealand. Career Services in New Zealand is the most fully-integrated version of a national multi-channel all-age service in the world that is dedicated to career planning support. The OECD Career Guidance Policy Review suggested that ‘the priority for policy makers in most OECD countries should be to create separate, and appropriate, occupational and organisational structures to deliver career guidance'. In organisational terms, Career Services represents a prime exemplar of the recommended approach.
United States of America
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College contacts
- Colleges and universities act as careers guidance contact points for information and resources, e.g.
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Careers
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National Career Development Association
- The NCDA is a division of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and its mission is to promote the career development of all people over their life span. NCDA provides services to both the public and to professionals, including professional development activities, research, information, standards and public information. Accessible via:
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Private job-search facilities
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State one-stop centers
- A one-stop workforce development center
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