Health inequality and careers (2014)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2014). Health inequality and careers. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 42(3), 338-351. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2014.900660

Structural explanations of career choice and development are well established. Socioeconomic inequality represents a powerful factor shaping career trajectories and economic outcomes achieved by individuals. However, a robust and growing body of evid... Read More about Health inequality and careers.

Updating Qualifications for the Career Guidance Profession in Scotland: Navigating the Maze (2013)
Journal Article
Allan, G., Moffett, J., & Robertson, P. J. (2013). Updating Qualifications for the Career Guidance Profession in Scotland: Navigating the Maze. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 1(2), https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v1i2.62

This paper describes work in progress to modernise the initial training arrangements for the career guidance profession in Scotland. In a process initiated by the University of the West of Scotland, the Quality Assurance Agency benchmark for the subj... Read More about Updating Qualifications for the Career Guidance Profession in Scotland: Navigating the Maze.

Career guidance and public mental health (2013)
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Robertson, P. J. (2013). Career guidance and public mental health. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 13(2), 151-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-013-9246-y

Career guidance may have the potential to promote public health by contributing positively to both the prevention of mental health conditions and to population level well-being. The policy implications of this possibility have received little attenti... Read More about Career guidance and public mental health.

The well-being outcomes of career guidance (2013)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2013). The well-being outcomes of career guidance. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 41(3), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2013.773959

The potential for career guidance to impact on well-being has received insufficient attention in the UK. There are both conceptual and empirical reasons to expect that the impacts may be positive, but a lack of evidence directly testing this proposit... Read More about The well-being outcomes of career guidance.