Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions
Career guidance in challenging times: An investment in the future
A host of disruptive trends – public health crises, accelerated automation, digitalization, and climate change – are buffeting the world of work, requiring new kinds of skills and re-skilling in labour markets. Career guidance is now more important than ever for recovery plans and forward-looking strategies for helping workers stay employed, and enterprises stay competitive.
A host of disruptive trends – ranging from public health crises, to accelerated automation, digitalization, and climate change – are putting labour markets under stress. New realities require new kinds of skills and re-skilling to help workers stay employed, and enterprises stay competitive. Career guidance has emerged as a critical element in both recovery plans and forward-looking strategies for navigating through such disruptions. In this episode, Pedro Moreno da Fonseca, ILO Technical Specialist on Lifelong Learning, and Glenda Quintini, a Senior Economist specializing in Skills and Employability at the OECD discuss the role of career guidance in helping individuals achieve their potential and making economies and societies more productive and inclusive.
The future of work podcast series was created on behalf of the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
This podcast is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Guests
Pedro Moreno da Fonseca
ILO Technical Specialist on Lifelong Learning
Glenda Quintini
OECD Senior Economist Specializing in Skills and Adult Learning Policies
This podcast is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Guests
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ILO Technical Specialist on Lifelong Learning
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OECD Senior Economist Specializing in Skills and Adult Learning Policies