TY - JOUR TT - CAREER GUIDANCE AS A SUPPORTING TOOL FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN GEORGIA AU - Sabauri, Tinatin PY - 2017 DA - August DO - 10.18768/ijaedu.336267 JF - IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education JO - IJAEDU PB - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research WT - DergiPark SN - 2411-1821 SP - 325 EP - 328 VL - 3 IS - 8 KW - Professional education KW - Students KW - Career Choices N2 - The articlediscusses the importance of career guidance and career planning and emphasizesthe importance of professional orientation as a main mechanism in careerplanning.The articlegives an overview of the project “The school as a place of learning a profession”implemented within the framework of Vocational Training and Partnership in theSouth Caucasus Bildungswerk der Wirtschaft Mecklenburg Vorpommern e.V. funded by the German Federal Ministry ofEducation and Research (BMZ). Withinthe scope of the project four private schools were selected in Georgia.Secondary students from these schools visited various companies in Georgia.Professional orientation and career planningconsist of services that help students and beneficiaries successfully identifytheir strengths and weaknesses, interest areas and needs and go through externshipin relevant areas. The authorof the article emphasizes the importance of the project “The school as a placeof learning a profession” for the development of self-esteem, personal formationand informed career choice in young people. The project aims at implementingand developing career guidance in a pilot region. It will facilitateapproximation and harmonization of Georgian vocational education to theEuropean system.  As the results of the survey have shown, itis important to prepare students prior to their visits to companies, toincrease their awareness on the features and characteristics of the profilingenterprise and give them information about the companies’ activities, whichwill be unconditionally useful for practical teaching and job testing. CR - Füsun Akkök, 2015. Handbook for Career Guidance. Technical Assistance to VET and Employment Reforms in Georgia EUVEGE Ch. Schiermann, B.Ertelt, J. Katsarov, R. Mulvey, H. Reid and P. Weber. 2014. NICE HandbookNICE Handbook for the Academic Training of Career Guidance and Counselling Professionals. HdBA Matching Skills and Labour Market Needs Building Social Partnerships for Better Skills and Better Jobs. 2014. World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Employment CAREER GUIDANCE IN EDUCATION, PROFESSION AND LABOUR MARKET MANAGEMENT. 2013. Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Career Guidance A HANDBOOK FOR POLICY MAKERS. 2004. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) European Commission (EC) TORINO PROCESS 2014 GEORGIA Sectorial Policy Support Program: Employment and Vocational Education and Training UR - https://doi.org/10.18768/ijaedu.336267 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/337966 ER -