Give me more of that guidance!!!

This was a really interesting and insightful way to end or PP2 classes’. It was good to see other people’s ideas and also reassuring that our main ideas focused around the same areas; local guidance, catering to all ages, and having continued personal development. I thought that was really a mature idea if i am honest from all groups and reflects maybe the influence that certain theories have had on us- for instance the constructivist approach where we build our own knowledge. I think its easy for a lot of individuals in their work to get very comfortable and possibly become a ‘know it all’, so it was great to see that we all acknowledged the idea of keeping up to date with ideas and with where we ourselves would be at.
One area I, and others felt strongly about was the need to have our managers or supervisors still taking on one-to-one guidance, group work- or really simply to be doing what they as managers were telling their staff to do. I feel that in order for them to run and manage an organisation and team of employees, they have to be up-to date with how to deliver guidance if they are to ‘preach’ to their staff.
Personally an area that I felt strongly about was the starting of career lessons in the primary school. I feel that in an ideal world there would be far more time spent on careers in school and at an early age to incorporate the idea that careers is an important part of our lives. This may allow children to start thinking more early on about what a career means to them and be more equipped to deal with the decisions they will need to make in life. The lessons would also incorporate self-esteem building, recognition of skills and attributes, etc –all the provisions needed throughout life to apply for jobs, know where to look for them, write a CV, be confident about ourselves, take part in an interview, work as a team member, and much more- all the issues that need to be addressed after leaving school for many people could be addressed gradually throughout their lives while still at school.
The government would also be supportive of long-term guidance and understand that the real benefits may take years to show in the individual. There wouldn’t be target setting or time-constraints, the guidance would be individualistic and the client would set their goals (with help if needed) - as what they wanted to achieve would be most important.
This is my idea of guidance- it would be great if this was the case and I think we would all have the perfect job :) !!