How do I support my child?
Career orientation needs strong parents!
This site aims to provide guidance on how you can accompany your child along their career pathway.
The Model of Parental support for Career Choice
The model shows how you can actively support your child on their route to a career.
Depending on where your child is in the career orientation process, they will need different forms of support from you.
There are four forms of support:
Emotional support
being there for your child with all your heart!
Instrumental support
providing active help!
Objective support
maintaining a clear focus on the matter at hand!
Needs-based support
putting your child’s interests and goals at the centre of what you do!
If you want to know more about yourself, take the self-check! How am I doing?
The model is based on extensive surveys of young people and parents by the working groups led by Prof. Thorsten Bührmann (Medical School Hamburg), Prof. Julia Dietrich (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) and Prof. Bärbel Kracke (Friedrich Schiller University Jena).
You can find out more about the academic background to the model in this article.
Support and advice services for parents
The following steps have proven successful in the context of helping your child to choose a career: Orientate, decide, apply. The following overview describes the various services available and provides information about how to explain the individual steps to your child and what you need to consider.
In the parents’ and guardians’ section of the Employment Agency website, you can find out how you can support your child. You will also find information about contact persons, for example at the careers advice service, and discover how to register for a counselling session.
You will also find various checklists in this section:
the career guidance process
preparation for a counselling session with the careers advice service
specific topics such as applications, job interviews, making a good start to the first day of training, making a good start to a degree programme
gut-ausgebildet.de and Ja zur Ausbildung
Here you will find information about the parents’ campaign Ja zur Ausbildung! which covers vocational training and career opportunities for your child. There is also an overview of further advice and information options. The FAQ page answers the most frequently asked questions.
gut-ausgebildet.de
Here you will find information on all aspects of vocational training. Under the heading Berufe zappen (Zapping professions), trainees provide insights into their apprenticeships and explain why exactly this type of training could be an option.
Trainee influencers take you and your child into their everyday working lives and provide exciting insights into the variety of training occupations available.
Tip: Follow the gut-ausgebilde.de initiative on Instagram or TikTok.
(https://www.instagram.com/ja_zur_ausbildung/)
(https://www.instagram.com/gutausgebildet/?hl=de)
Handwerkskammer Region Stuttgart: Berufswahl: Hier finden Eltern Unterstützung
Here you will find information and support for parents about choosing careers from the Chamber of Trade.
Handwerkskammer Region Stuttgart: Ausbildungsmessen
Here you will find the dates of the Chamber of Trade training fairs in your area.
IHK: Veranstaltungen und Angebote zur Berufsorientierung
Here you will find dates of virtual parents’ evenings and other helpful services offered by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK), such as the parents’ hotline, together with details of events and services for your child.
SCHULEWIRTSCHAFT Baden-Württemberg
Here you will find services for parents from SCHULEWIRTSCHAFT Baden-Württemberg.
Taking action for career orientation
Strong career orientation needs active parents! Do you want to get involved?
Here you will find contacts at the Baden-Württemberg Elternstiftung (Parents’ Foundation) and the Landeselternbeirat Baden-Württemberg (Parents’ Advisory Council).
