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Public policy for career guidance: Imagining a more ambitious agenda (2020)
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.

Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia (2020)
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, political, social and economic facts about Armenia. Then, a more specific... Read More about Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia.

A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance (2020)
Journal Article
Egdell, V., & Robertson, P. J. (2021). A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21, 447-463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09445-0

In this article, we provide a balanced critique of Sen’s Capability Approach (CA) with reference to its potential to inform career guidance theory and practice. There are varying understandings and interpretations of the CA. Some see capabilities as... Read More about A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance.

The Aims of Career Development Policy: Towards a Comprehensive Framework (2020)
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 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 literature describing the intentions of governments when they seek to intervene in... Read More about The Aims of Career Development Policy: Towards a Comprehensive Framework.

Evidence-Based Practice for Career Development (2020)
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 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 development, but its implicit medical model is problematic to apply to the so... Read More about Evidence-Based Practice for Career Development.

The Oxford Handbook of Career Development (2020)
Book
Robertson, P. J., Hooley, T., & McCash, P. (Eds.). (2021). The Oxford Handbook of Career Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190069704.001.0001

Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work (2020)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J., Cimini, N., Post, J., & Corry, J. (2020). Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 44(1), 5-12. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4401

This paper argues that trade unions represent natural allies for career services, as they have shared interests in addressing issues of social justice at work. This potentially valuable partnership has been underdeveloped. Two case studies of innovat... Read More about Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work.