This handbook provides an expansive overview of career guidance and its long-standing relationship with education and preparing people for future life roles. Each section focuses on a specific aspect of career guidance as it applies in educational settings, providing an overview of the topic as well as contextual, cultural and social justice considerations, practice innovations and future directions.

Chapter authors from a wide range of geographical contexts provide a contemporary view of theory and research that informs career guidance practice in education, in line with global trends influencing the world of work.

This book will provide a comprehensive reference for academics, students, and practitioners in the fields of education, career guidance, career development, and vocational psychology.

Mary McMahon is Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, Australia. 

Nancy Arthur is Professor and Dean of Research, University of South Australia, and Professor Emerita, University of Calgary, Canada.