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

Some of the centers would be mobile, in the form of bookmobiles, "labmobiles," traveling units for language instruction and vocational guidance.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are already new efforts along this line, and some school systems, trying to do their utmost, are proudly announcing vocational guidance even in their kindergartens.

From Time Magazine Archive

And in the course of a long guerrilla war against Howard Taubman of the Times, he pointedly reprinted one of Taubman's reviews in Greek and suggested sympathetically that the poor chap required "vocational guidance."

From Time Magazine Archive

In industrial centers they offer shelter and vocational guidance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The third paper may speak of vocational guidance or the aid given in finding work for graduates suitable for them, and following them up in it.

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