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The Role of Career Counseling for Socially Vulnerable Groups: The Case of Epikendro of ActionAid Greece

In: Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives

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  • Maria Vlachadi

    (University of Crete)

  • Maria Chronopoulou

Abstract

Members of socially vulnerable groups are in danger of social exclusion if attention, concerning their professional and social integration, is not provided, this is why the career counseling programs involving these individuals should correspond to their special needs. Epikendro of ActionAid Greece is a non-profit organization which helps individuals, members of socially vulnerable groups, by providing among others counseling services for employment placement. The present study which was actualized in collaboration with ActionAid Greece, focused on examining the strategies and means used by the professional counselors from Epikendro of ActionAid Greece in order to satisfy the needs of the individuals who benefit from this service. The survey methodology involves a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews in which all the participants are the career counselors who work in the aforementioned organization. The results of the survey present the needs and demands of the individuals who benefit from this service as well as the means used by this organization in order to accomplish effectively its targets. Finally, there is a reference to the benefits gained by the individuals involved, after the completion of the whole process, always according to the opinion of the participants in the survey.

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  • Maria Vlachadi & Maria Chronopoulou, 2022. "The Role of Career Counseling for Socially Vulnerable Groups: The Case of Epikendro of ActionAid Greece," Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, in: Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin & Hakan Danis & Ender Demir (ed.), Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives, pages 221-237, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurchp:978-3-031-15531-4_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15531-4_14
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