Specific assumptions about career paths, about how transitions influence career success and about the crucial competencies for career management dominate recent labor market thinking. These assumptions form the basis for current labor market policies, both in Flanders and in Europe. Yet, little...

One of the assumptions in career literature is that lifelong employment is giving way to lifelong employability. Employability refers to the capacity of people to gain and retain work. Gaining work experience and lifelong learning are two possible ways to strengthen one’s position on the...