All Outputs (10)

Developing Career Capabilities For Young People In Transition To Adulthood (2017)
Book Chapter
Robertson, P. (2017). Developing Career Capabilities For Young People In Transition To Adulthood. In K. Niven, S. Lewis, & C. Kagan (Eds.), Making a difference with psychology (234-240). London: Richard Benjamin Trust

This chapter provides a brief accessible outline of a research project funded by the Richard Benjamin Trust. It describes use of the 'capability approach' to understand a programme run by the Princes Trust to support young people who are not in empl... Read More about Developing Career Capabilities For Young People In Transition To Adulthood.

Bhaskar and Sen: Two foundations on which to build a new approach to career guidance and life planning (2017)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2018). Bhaskar and Sen: Two foundations on which to build a new approach to career guidance and life planning. Indian Journal of Career and Livelihood Planning, 6(1), 22-28

This paper argues for a new perspective on guidance and life planning that is informed, but not dominated, by pre-existing Western conceptions of career. Two scholars are highlighted as providing potential foundations for a new approach. Firstly, the... Read More about Bhaskar and Sen: Two foundations on which to build a new approach to career guidance and life planning.

Introduction to a special issue dedicated to Bill Law (2017)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2017). Introduction to a special issue dedicated to Bill Law. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 39(1), 2-3. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.3901

Item is the editorial to a special issue of Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling dedicated to the memory of Bill Law.

Promoting student well-being: Are you better than you think? (2017)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2017). Promoting student well-being: Are you better than you think?. Phoenix (AGCAS journal), 20-21

Dr Pete Robertson, Associate Professor & Programme Leader for Career Guidance in the School of Applied Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University, outlines proactive approaches that careers services can adopt to respond to the challenges of supporting s... Read More about Promoting student well-being: Are you better than you think?.

Not lovin’ it: How insecure work creates insecure lifestyles for the poorest in society (2017)
Digital Artefact
Robertson, P. (2017). Not lovin’ it: How insecure work creates insecure lifestyles for the poorest in society. [Online magazine]

This short article argues that teaching young people to be flexible workers is only good up to a point. They also need to learn to recognise and avoid exploitation in the workplace.

Job search information behaviours: an ego-net study of networking and social media use amongst young jobseekers (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Mowbray, J., Hall, H., Raeside, R., & Robertson, P. (2017, June). Job search information behaviours: an ego-net study of networking and social media use amongst young jobseekers. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2017, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

Positive psychology and career development (2017)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2018). Positive psychology and career development. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 46(2), 241-254. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2017.1318433

Positive psychology has been an influential movement within psychology in the early years of the 21st century. It is now timely to assess the value of its contribution to career education and guidance. This paper provides a critique of this perspecti... Read More about Positive psychology and career development.

The role of networking and social media tools during job search: an information behaviour perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Mowbray, J., Hall, H., Raeside, R., & Robertson, P. (2017). The role of networking and social media tools during job search: an information behaviour perspective. Information Research, 22(1),

Introduction. The paper presents a critical analysis of the extant literature pertaining to the networking behaviour of young jobseekers in both offline and online environments. A framework derived from information behaviour theory is proposed as a b... Read More about The role of networking and social media tools during job search: an information behaviour perspective.

Identifying and measuring capabilities for career development in NEET young people (2017)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2017). Identifying and measuring capabilities for career development in NEET young people. Recherches sociologique et anthropologique/ Sociological and anthropological research, 47(2), 83-99

Amartya Sen's Capability Approach offers great potential as a conceptual framework for promoting social justice and well-being through economic and educational engagement. Yet the capability approach presents researchers with formidable difficulties,... Read More about Identifying and measuring capabilities for career development in NEET young people.

Career Guidance, Health and Well-being (2017)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2017). Career Guidance, Health and Well-being. Career Matters, 5(1), 36-37

This is a brief article for practitioners in the Career Development Institute's magazine: Career Matters. It explores the links between work, health and well-being, and considers the implications for career development practice.