26/12/2025

Why sustainability belongs in career conversations: practitioner’s response to common objections

Based in southern Sweden, study and careers counsellor Elin Holgersson works at a university where guidance has traditionally been strongly centred on the individual. In this interview, she reflects on how her perspective has gradually expanded through encounters with social justice education and Green Guidance. Rather than seeing sustainability as a separate or specialist agenda, she describes how small shifts…

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17/09/2025

Giving meaning is already planting the seeds of sustainability: interview with Shékina Rochat

Shékina Rochat is a career psychologist, researcher, and dedicated practitioner. For several years, she has been exploring the connections between meaningful work, sustainability, and social justice. Trained in motivational interviewing, she became interested early on in supporting young people who had dropped out of conventional paths, and in how career guidance professionals can help remove the barriers that prevent ecological…

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14/08/2025

On the pedals of change: The journey of sustainable career guidance with Slow ta carrière

Interview with Aline Muller Guidetti and Sabrina Tacchini How can we support people differently in a world marked by ecological collapse, social injustices, and transformations in work? How can we step out of “neutrality” and dare to ask the real questions—those of meaning, of impact, of our relationship to the living world and to others? In this interview conducted by…

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02/07/2025

Career guidance with a focus on sustainability – Experiences from the City of Zurich Career Centre

Author: Erhard Brodmann, Career Professional, City of Zurich Career Centre Guidance in transition – new questions, new answers Questions about sustainability are becoming increasingly common in career information, advising, guidance and counselling. Clients seeking these services (especially adults aged 30 and above) are increasingly interested in meaningful work, environmentally relevant career fields and the future viability of their jobs. This…

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