Tool | Five career competences

How do you shape your life’s career?

Become career competent with the Career Compass. The five career competences help!
By developing career competences, young people gain a better understanding of themselves as professionals and thus develop a picture of which work and work environment suits them best.

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For both the young person and the coach, tools have been put together to support students in shaping their careers. The career pack consists of reflection cards with the five career competences, a step-by-step plan for the counsellor.

The young person (student)

Download the below career competences with reflection questions, indicators and an explanation. These indicators only serve to get a better understanding of the career competences and are not meant as a checklist. (available only in Dutch at present).

1. Download: Motives | reflection questions

2. Download: Qualities | reflection questions

3. Download: Career management | reflection questions

4. Download: Networking | reflection questions

5. Download: Work exploration | reflection questions

The career counsellor (teacher, professional)

Conducting a career interview. How to go about it? Download the step-by-step plan with questions that will help you guide students in shaping their career. Euroguidance Netherlands has previously developed a career compass ‘toolkit for career professionals’. The Career Compass is based on research and practical experiences and is a practical tool for the career counsellor in the educational sector or in the business community. This material is available in English.

Download: the career compass: Toolkit for career professional