Course code VadZM003
Credit points 4
Total Hours in Course
Number of hours for lectures16
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes16
Number of hours for laboratory classes0
Independent study hours76
Date of course confirmation14.06.2023
Responsible UnitInstitute of Business and Management Science
DatZM001, Human Resource Analytics
VadZ5094, Human Resource Management
VadZ5099, Management in Organizations
VadZM002, Career Consulting
Students get an in-depth knowledge of the essence, functions and methods and resources of career services management. Students build up an understanding of the role and processes of of career services management. They are able to develop and plan strategies of career services management and evaluate them to more effectively achieve both individual and organizational goals.
The aim of the study course is to acquire in-depth knowledge and skills in career services management in various employment environments in order to effectively develop, implement and assess the most relevant types of career guidance services.
Knowledge:
• In-depth knowledge of the types, functions, methods and trends of career service management - test.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of career service management processes and provisioning resources in various employment environments – practical work, independent work.
Professional skills:
• Independently analyze, plan and evaluate career services and their development - practical work.
• Determine and justify the need for resources to be used in the career service strategy organization - practical work, independent work.
Soft skills:
• Able to find, critically evaluate and creatively use information for the performance of work tasks and problem solutions - practical work, independent work.
• Able to cooperate and communicate - practical work.
Competence:
• Able to develop a career service management model in one of the organizational environments – practical work, independent work
• Able to critically evaluate and organize and plan the implementation and management of career services - independent work
1. Career guidance and its public policy. Lifelong career guidance - (lectures 2 hours, practical work 1 hour)
2. Career services, their types, management, functions and methods - (lectures 2 hours, practical work 1 hour)
3. Career management and its levels - (lectures 2 hours, practical work 1 hour)
4. Provision of career services in career guidance. Planning and organizing career information. Planning and organization of career education. Planning and organizing career counseling (lectures 3 hours, practical work 2 hours)
Test. Career services in the provision of career guidance – (1 hour)
5. Roles and competencies of career guidance specialists in organizing and providing services. (lectures 2 hours, practical work 1 hour)
6. Needs of beneficiaries of career services. Solutions for providing services. (lectures 2 hours, practical work 2 hours)
7. Models and approaches for career service provision (CIP; CASVE, DOTS). (lectures 2 hours, practical work 3 hours)
8. Quality management and evaluation of career services. (lectures 3 hours, practical work 1 hour)
Seminar. Analysis of career service management in an organization. – (4 hours)
The course provides:
• one test on career services in the provision of career support, which is written during classes in the auditorium;
• practical work to be done during practical work in the auditorium;
• One independent work "Analysis of management of career services in an organization", which is presented and defended at the seminar.
84 hours are planned for independent studies, which are organized as follows:
• preparation for practical work – 10 hours;
• preparation for the test – 10 hours;
• preparation for the seminar in which students present and defend their independent works - 64 hours.
Students develop a career services model for career guidance for a specific organization, a specific target group: determine and plan activities and resources that could ensure effective career support; determines and evaluates the roles and functions of career guidance specialists; compares its developed career service model with at least two other similar (abroad and/or Latvia) career service models.
Exam. Cumulative evaluation, summing up the evaluations of the passed test, practical work, as well as submitted and defended independent work during the semester. The final grade in the study course is formed as follows:
20% - test
20% - practical assignments
60% - independent work.
1. European Commission. (2020). Lifelong Guidance Policy and Practice in the EU: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities. Final Report. Publications Office of the European Union. Available: https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2767/91185
2. Sultana R.G., Watts A.G. Career guidance in Europe’s public employment services: trends and challenges. Brussels: DG European Commission, 2021. Available: ttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/353902575_European_Commission_Career_Guidance_in_Europe's_Public_Employment_Services_Trends_and_Challenges
3. Karjeras attīstības atbalsta rokasgrāmata politikas veidotājiem. OECD un Eiropas Komisija. VIAA 2008. 76 lpp. Pieejams: http://www.oecd.org/education/innovation-education/40948854.pdf
4. EMKAPT karjeras atbalsta glosārijs. VIAA. Pieejams: https://www.viaa.gov.lv/lv/metodiskie-materiali
5. Vadlīnijas mūžilga karjeras atbalsta politikas un sistēmu izveidei. VIAA. Pieejams: https://www.viaa.gov.lv/lv/petijumi-0
1. Career development at work. A review of career guidance to support people in employment. Cedefop Panorama series. Available: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/Files/5183_en.pdf
2. Professionalising career guidance Practitioner competences and qualification routes in Europe. Cedefop Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 2009. (Cedefop Panorama series; 164, ISSN 1562-6180. ISBN 978-92-896-0572-4. Available: https://www.euroguidance.eu/professionalising-career-guidance-practitioner-competences-and-qualification-routes-in-europe
3. Karjeras attīstības atbalsts – izglītība, konsultēšana, pakalpojumi (2008). VIAA. Pieejams: https://www.viaa.gov.lv/lv/metodiskie-materiali
1. European Career Development Programme for University students. Available: http://www.icard-project.eu/
2. Informācijas portāli karjeras konsultantiem. Pieejams: www.viaa.gov.lv/lv/darbibas-virzieni-karjeras-atbalsts
3. Investing in career guidance. ETF, 2021. Available: https://www.etf.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/publications/investing-career-guidance
4. The International Centre for career development and public policy. Available: https://www.iccdpp.org/
5. Work-based Learning and the Green Transition. ETF, 2022. Available: https://www.etf.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-10/Work-based%20learning_green%20transition.pdf
Compulsory study course: professional master's study program "Human resource management"