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Research links

Links to research and report papers relating to careers.

New Zealand research links

New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) website - careers and transition research
A directory of publications from NZCER on the research theme of careers and transitions.

Research Programme on Education Employment Linkages website
The Education Employment linkages research project researches how formal support systems can best help young New Zealanders make good education employment linkages to benefit themselves, their communities, and the national economy.

The New Zealand Institute website
The New Zealand Institute publishes a range of discussion papers and reports on social change and economic development.

Department of Labour website
The Department of Labour researches and publishes labour market information and insights into the future of the labour market in New Zealand.

Research reports from Careers New Zealand

Note: Careers New Zealand was formerly known as Career Services. The documents listed below refer to our previous name.

Rethinking Career Education in Schools: Foundations for a New Zealand framework (PDF - 610KB)
This report was prepared in 2009 as part of the review and enhancement of the support Careers New Zealand  provides to schools. It provides an outline of how effective career education programmes might be developed in New Zealand.

This report is currently being used to reframe the work Careers New Zealand does to support career education in schools. It is intended to be the start of an ongoing dialogue about ideas, evidence and practice in career education.  

Career guidance by telephone - an emerging model of practice (PDF - 245KB)
Career guidance by telephone - a valuable tool for experienced consultants (PDF - 151KB)
In 2007 Career Services piloted career guidance by telephone to identify if it should form part of its suite of integrated career services offered to young people making tertiary, trade training or career decisions.

Based on its successful pilot outcomes, Career Services began to deliver telephone guidance as part of its integrated suite of all-age career information, advice and guidance services.