Public policy for career guidance: Imagining a more ambitious agenda
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
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...
A critique of the Capability Approach’s potential for application to career guidance
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 vary...
Evidence-Based Practice for Career Development
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: 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 de...
The Aims of Career Development Policy: Towards a Comprehensive Framework
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: 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 literat...
The Oxford Handbook of Career Development
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
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 potentiall...
Making sense of career theory
Journal Article
Robertson, P. (2019)
Making sense of career theory. Career Matters, 7(4), 36-37
Pete Robertson offers a quick guide to reading the career theory literature for students and practitioners.
Should public health be a goal of career guidance policy?
Presentation / Conference
Robertson, P. (2019, September)
Should public health be a goal of career guidance policy?. Paper presented at International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) Annual Conference 2019, Bratislava, Slovakia
In terms of public policy, career guidance has one foot in the employment domain and the other foot in the education domain. It is used by governments to pursue objectives rel...
To tackle our mental health crisis, career guidance could be surprisingly important
Digital Artefact
Robertson, P. (2019)
To tackle our mental health crisis, career guidance could be surprisingly important. [Online magazine]
This short article argues that career guidance services can help to promote mental well-being, and represent a potential public health intervention.