Career development in employing organisations: Practices and challenges from a UK perspective

Abstract

This paper considers the nature of career development within employing organisations and its implications for the role of employers in offering career support to employed adults. Although based on research evidence and practical experience from the UK (described for example, in Hirsh and Jackson, 2004), recent research for CEDEFOP indicates that the issues explored here also seem likely to be of relevance to other European countries (Jackson et al., 2008).