How to use the tool Your Career Learning?

About the tool

Understanding the Career Learning in Context Model – and the five Career Buttons – provides a shared language for exploring the many dimensions of career development. Each button opens a doorway to different kinds of learning: identity, opportunities, uncertainty, change, belonging, and agency. Naturally, the next step is understanding how these ideas can be brought into practice.

"Your Career Learning" is designed to support this translation from concept to practice. It offers examples of learning activities, conversation starters, and reflective prompts that show how the Career Buttons can be used in a variety of guidance and learning settings. The resource is meant to inspire and stimulate new approaches – not to dictate a fixed method.
 
The material can be adapted and reshaped so it aligns with local contexts, professional roles, and the needs of the individuals or groups involved. With this flexibility comes a professional responsibility: selecting suitable activities, adjusting them appropriately, and reflecting on how they contribute to meaningful career learning.
 

When to use it

"Your Career Learning" can be used to:

• prepare learning experiences linked to the different Career Buttons,
• explore new ways of opening conversations or examining a particular theme,
• support team-based reflection to strengthen shared practice and deepen understanding of career learning.

 
By connecting the conceptual depth of the Career Buttons with concrete examples and prompts, the resource acts as a bridge between theory and practical facilitation. It helps practitioners design learning experiences that are engaging, reflective, and relevant across a range of settings.
 

Using the Entry Points in the Resource

"Your Career Learning" is organised into three practical entry points – career learning activities, conversation starters, and reflection questions. Each serves a different purpose, and together they offer a flexible toolkit for planning and facilitating career learning.

Career learning activities provide structured formats for exploration and learning, allowing individuals or groups to work with themes linked to the Career Buttons. These activities can be adapted in scope, duration, and depth to match the learning context.

Conversation starters offer simple, accessible ways to open a dialogue. They can be used at the beginning of a session, woven into ongoing guidance, or applied when a new perspective is needed. Their openness makes them suitable across ages and settings.

Reflection questions support deeper thinking – either individually, in groups, or among colleagues. They invite consideration of experiences, assumptions, and possibilities, and can be used to guide written reflection, discussions, or professional dialogue.
 
The resource is designed to be customised. Practitioners may select individual items, combine several elements, or create tailored sets that align with specific programmes, target groups, or learning goals. Over time, many choose to develop their own "bundles" – collections of activities, questions, or prompts that fit a particular course, cohort, or thematic focus. This adaptability is intentional and supports long-term, sustainable integration of career learning practices.