The Careers Leader Handbook

David Andrews is a leading expert on careers education and guidance in schools and colleges. Having been a head of careers, an advisory teacher in a careers service and a local authority adviser/inspector, David has been working as an independent consultant, trainer, writer and researcher since 1998. He leads courses for careers co-ordinators and careers advisers and training sessions in schools, provides consultancy to local authorities, schools and careers companies and has spoken at numerous conferences. He also writes guidance materials, undertakes research and evaluation studies and recently authored Careers Education in School. Professor Tristram Hooley is a researcher and writer focusing on career and career guidance. He is Professor of Career Education at the University of Derby and also holds Professorial titles at the Inland Norway University of Applied Science and Canterbury Christ Church University.


He is the Chief Editor of the NICEC journal, a Winston Churchill Fellow and the Chair of the Critical approaches to career and career guidance COST project. He is also on the board of the Career Development Policy Group and the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy.


Tristram has written thirteen books, including most recently The Career Development Handbook for Trotman, and many articles and reports.


His work explores the relationship between career, policy and technology and examines how career guidance can support individuals to manage their engagement with work, learning and society. You can find out more about his work on his blog Adventures in Career Development (https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/).