A CAREERS SERVICE ON THE INTERNET

At present only a handful of local careers services are using the Inte rnet which is ideally placed to transmit up to date information to sch ools. This paper reports on one of the first such projects in the U.K. which used the new technology to link schools with their local career s service. lt involved the development and evaluation of an Internet s ite with a number of key features. Options included access to informat ion on a wide variety of careers, links to-other careers sites, advice on how to get a job, links to higher education institutions and local further education colleges, and work experience reports. Over a year, these features were evaluated by staff and pupils in four local secon dary schools. The results are discussed in terms of design features, a ccess and communication issues, and further recommendations for develo pment. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.