vocational guidance

American  

[voh-key-shuh-nl gahyd-ns] / voʊˈkeɪ ʃə nl ˈgaɪd ns /

noun

1. the process of assisting a student to choose, prepare for, and enter an occupation for which they show aptitude.

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vocational guidance British  

noun

1. a guidance service based on psychological tests and interviews to find out what career or occupation may best suit a person

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Etymology

Origin of vocational guidance

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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vocational guidance

In industrial centers they offer shelter and vocational guidance.

From Time Magazine Archive

All of them are in serious need of some vocational guidance.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when Michael stops in the local bar looking for a little vocational guidance, he is astonished to discover that he's just the man the proprietor is looking for.

From Time Magazine Archive

Questioning those who expressed radical views among persons seeking vocational guidance, he found no connection with income, sex, unemployment, personal wellbeing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Postpone the entire work of vocational guidance in these cases, on the basis of psychological examination, until that distant day when these characteristics can be approached by means of scales and norms; or 3.

From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.