Responding to the impact of career echo chambers: A career learning approach
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Career development, career decision making, careers education, online echo chambers, algorithms.Abstract
This article uses a review of literature to explore the concept of career echo chambers and the implications of the algorithms which sit behind them on people’s career decision making behaviours. It considers the potential of career echo chambers to limit diversity and inclusion within career decision making and will then describe the implications of career echo chambers for young people’s career development and the careers education programmes which support them. The article concludes with a process which practitioners can adopt to help them and their clients to understand and challenge the impact of career echo chambers and algorithms.
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