Career Compass project team online meeting

Adult education (wellbeing, languages, trainer skills)

🌐 On November 18th, the Career Compass project team held another online meeting, during which we focused primarily on two key project outcomes: the Career Compass Framework and the Framework Guide – the foundations of future training and a toolkit for adults facing career transitions.

🔎 Career Compass Framework – What is it about?

The Framework is an eight-element career development map that helps users view their careers holistically and systematically. It covers key areas such as:

1️⃣ Who am I? – identity, values, and experiences

2️⃣ What do I know? – formal and informal knowledge

3️⃣ What can I do? – competencies and skills

4️⃣ What blocks me? – barriers and challenges

5️⃣ What are my options? – future paths and options

6️⃣ Who can help me? – mentors and support networks

7️⃣ How do I learn best? – learning styles and preferences

8️⃣ How can I develop? – lifelong learning

This visual and reflective tool guides users step by step from self-awareness, through resource analysis, to realistic career planning.

📘 Framework Guide – From Research to Practice

During the meeting, the partners also discussed finalizing the Framework Guide, a guide that:

🔹 combines research and analysis results from four countries (PL, FI, GR, ES),

🔹compares over 20 European and national methodologies in the field of counseling,

🔹 presents a human-centered and designer-thinking approach,

🔹 offers specific guidance on how to apply the Framework in work with adults,

🔹 serves as a basis for developing training modules and a Toolkit.

🧪 Testing with Two Target Groups

At the meeting, we also summarized the ongoing testing phase, which involves:

👥 people in a professional transition situation (including job seekers, NEETs, migrants, and women returning to the labor market),

🎓 professionals – counselors, trainers, and educators.

Participants shared their opinions through surveys, workshops, online sessions, and working with the Framework’s visual materials. Their voices will be crucial in the final refinement of the tools.