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Rie Thomsen

Editorial for the Third Volume of NJTCG

It is with great pleasure that we present the third issue of the Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance (NJTCG). This issue continues to promote exciting articles and researchers at all stages of their careers. nonPeerReviewed

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Diverse histories, common ground and a shared future:the education of career guidance and counselling professionals in the Nordic countries

The development of education programmes in career guidance and counseling (CGC) has followed different paths among the various Nordic countries. Ten CGC programmes in Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden were evaluated against the NICE curricular model. The results show that all NICE core competences are represented in the curricula. However, there is greater focus in some programmes on developing competences for individual career guidance, than on developing competences for working at organisational and societal levels. Implications for the cooperation and professionalisation of CGC within the Nordic countries are discussed as well as limitations of the NICE model. Keywo…

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Setting Nordic Career Guidance in Context

The introduction to this volume discusses the importance of situating career and career guidance in context. It makes a connection to wider research and writing that challenges the idea that career theory can be global and universal and argues that there is a need for attention to local context and culture. It then moves on to set the scene for a volume focusing on the Nordic countries, by defining the ‘Nordic’ and exploring key features of the region including the Nordic welfare model and the history of collaborations in career guidance across the region. It proposes the four ‘COs’ of Nordic career guidance (context, community, co-construction and collaboration) before outlining the struct…

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Editorial for the Second Volume of NJTCG

It is our great pleasure to introduce the second issue of Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance (NJTCG), a new international forum for the growing body of career research in the Nordic region. nonPeerReviewed

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The Birth of a New Nordic Career Guidance Journal

Welcome to the first issue of the Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance (NJTCG), a new international forum for the growing body of research in the Nordic region. Resume Velkommen til forste udgave af Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance (NJTCG), et nyt internationalt forum for en stodt stigende publicering af forskning om indenfor overgange, karriere og vejledning i Norden. Abstrakti Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance (NJTCG) on uusi kansainvalinen julkaisufoorumi kasvavalle pohjoismaiselle ohjausalan tutkimukselle. Tervetuloa ensimmaisen numeron pariin. Utdrattur Velkomin, og takk fyrir innlitið i fyrsta hefti Nordic Journal of Transitions, Car…

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