You guide decisions that change lives.
Certify how you do it.
Psychometric evaluation of the competences that distinguish the expert guidance adviser: diagnostic precision before reaching for any instrument, the exact timing of motivational intervention, and inclusive guidance for vulnerable cohorts.
What separates the novice adviser from the expert.
EASEC-CAC evaluates the professionals who guide young people through one of life's most consequential decisions. And it does so by measuring what truly discriminates levels of expertise: not how many theories you know, but when and how you apply them.
Every item is a real professional scenario from the guidance context, validated against behavioural indicators that distinguish the novice adviser from the expert. There is no theoretical recall — there are situations: a diagnostic before selecting an instrument, resistance to change, a case involving a vulnerable cohort — and your professional judgement in response to each.
The certification is aligned with ELGPN and ESCO: the reference documents used by national employment services and European institutions. That makes it legible in both the education system and the employment system.
Real-world experience, no formal evidence to show for it.
Experience demonstrated at a defined EQF level — portable and verifiable.
Invisible to inspection bodies and accreditation processes.
Verifiable dimension-by-dimension profile — ready for inspection and accreditation.
Generic training record in their professional file.
European credential specific to the guidance and employability context.
The European credential for guidance professionals who work at the intersection of the education and employment systems.
EASECWhere does your guidance practice stand today — beyond your years of experience?
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The complete map of guidance competence.
Built on ELGPN, NICE, ESCO v1.2, Savickas Career Construction Theory and evidence-based motivational interviewing.
Diagnostic Assessment & Interview
The precision with which you understand the case before you intervene. This dimension evaluates whether you gather the right information — through structured and motivational interviewing techniques — before selecting any instrument or planning any guidance action. Expert advisers diagnose first; novices reach for tools too early.
Labour Market Intelligence
How you connect guidance with the reality of employment. This dimension assesses your ability to read current labour market trends, use ESCO occupational taxonomy, interpret sector data, and translate that intelligence into relevant, personalised guidance — not generic career advice.
Motivational Interviewing & Change Facilitation
When and how you intervene to mobilise change. Grounded in Miller & Rollnick's MI and Prochaska & DiClemente's Transtheoretical Model, this dimension evaluates your clinical timing — your ability to identify the correct stage of change and select the right intervention, rather than pushing for action before the client is ready.
Goal Setting & Action Planning
How you turn guidance into concrete steps. This dimension assesses your ability to co-construct realistic, measurable goals with the client — translating career aspirations into structured action plans that account for constraints, timelines, and available resources in the client's real context.
Digital Tools & Technology for Guidance
What technology you use and how you integrate it into the guidance process. This dimension evaluates the pedagogical reasoning behind your digital choices — not mere tool proficiency, but purposeful use of career platforms, AI-assisted resources, and digital labour market databases to enhance the quality and reach of your guidance.
Inclusive Guidance & Equity
How you adapt your practice to vulnerable cohorts. This dimension assesses your capacity to deliver effective guidance to young people facing exclusion risk — including those with disabilities, cultural or language barriers, early school leavers, and NEET individuals — with evidence-based adaptations rather than generic responses.
Professional Ethics & Self-Supervision
How you maintain professional boundaries and the quality of your own practice. This dimension evaluates your capacity for critical self-reflection, recognition of your own limits, management of dual roles and conflicts of interest, and engagement with peer supervision — the hallmarks of a practitioner who takes their professional responsibility seriously.
The precision with which you understand the case before you intervene — gathering the right information through structured and motivational interviewing before selecting any instrument.
How you connect guidance with the reality of employment — reading labour market trends, using ESCO taxonomy, and translating that intelligence into relevant, personalised guidance.
When and how you intervene to mobilise change — identifying the correct stage of change and selecting the right intervention, rather than pushing for action before the client is ready.
How you turn guidance into concrete steps — co-constructing realistic, measurable goals that translate career aspirations into structured action plans accounting for the client's real context.
What technology you use and how you integrate it into the guidance process — purposeful use of career platforms, AI-assisted resources, and digital labour market databases.
How you adapt your practice to vulnerable cohorts — delivering effective guidance to those facing exclusion risk with evidence-based adaptations rather than generic responses.
How you maintain professional boundaries and quality — critical self-reflection, recognition of your own limits, management of dual roles, and engagement with peer supervision.
Real scenarios, psychometric scoring, European credential.
Respond
42 situational judgement items from real guidance practice — not textbook recall. Completed online in 45–90 minutes, at your own pace.
Receive your profile
Automated scoring against EQF references via IRT. A report across all 7 dimensions at 5 proficiency levels — from Foundation to Expert.
Certify
Open Badge 3.0 + Europass Digital Credential — interoperable with any European HR or academic system. Valid for 3 years.
That's it. No course, no prerequisites —
just your guidance practice as it is today.
The frameworks used by European employment services.
EASEC-CAC aligns directly with ELGPN — the European policy framework for lifelong guidance — and with ESCO, the European occupational taxonomy. Both are the reference documents used by national employment services and European institutions.
ELGPN — Lifelong Guidance Policy Network
European Commission — Education & Training
NICE Framework
Network for Innovation in Career Guidance & Counselling in Europe
ESCO v1.2
European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations — European Commission
Career Construction Theory
Mark L. Savickas — Journal of Vocational Behavior
Motivational Interviewing
Miller & Rollnick (2013) — Third edition
Transtheoretical Model (TTM)
Prochaska & DiClemente — Stages of Change
European Qualifications Framework — EQF 4–7
European Commission — Lifelong Learning Policy
Expertise recognised where guidance decisions matter.
Aligned to ELGPN and ESCO — the frameworks recognised by national employment services and European institutions.
A credential that travels across institutional contexts — valid for employment services, school guidance departments and higher education careers teams alike.
Europass Digital Credential ensures interoperability with any European HR or academic system — no translation or conversion needed.
Open Badge 3.0 · Europass Digital Credential · LinkedIn · 3-year validity
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Questions guidance professionals ask most.
Clinical certifications address therapeutic competences for broad contexts. EASEC-CAC is calibrated specifically to the occupational guidance context — ESCO taxonomy, labour market intelligence, career construction methodology, and the EU lifelong guidance competency framework. It is a domain-specific professional layer, not a replacement.
Yes. All EASEC-CAC items are situational judgement items — you respond to real professional scenarios from the guidance context, validated against behavioural indicators that distinguish novice from expert advisers. There is no multiple-choice recall of theory. What you encounter are situations you will recognise from your own practice.
EASEC-CAC aligns directly with ELGPN and ESCO — the reference frameworks of national employment services and European institutions. The Europass Digital Credential ensures interoperability with any European HR or academic system. Both the alignment and the credential format are designed precisely for legibility across those contexts.
No. There is no pass or fail threshold. You receive a full competency profile at five proficiency levels aligned to the EQF, with dimension-by-dimension feedback. The assessment is designed to reveal your current practice accurately — not to filter you out. Retake is available after a minimum interval to allow genuine professional development.
An Open Badge 3.0 and a Europass Digital Credential — the recognised EU standards for professional qualifications. Both are shareable directly on LinkedIn, verifiable by employment services or academic institutions, and valid for three years. Verification is available at cert.easec.eu/certificates/verify.
No prior course, training programme or preparatory material is required. EASEC-CAC assesses your current professional practice as it stands today. It is open to any practising career adviser, vocational counsellor or employability tutor, regardless of years of experience or prior qualifications.
Responses are scored automatically using Item Response Theory (IRT) calibrated against EQF reference levels. Your report presents a profile across all 7 dimensions at 5 proficiency levels — from Foundation to Expert. Each dimension is scored independently, so your report reflects genuine variation in your practice rather than a single averaged score.
Yes. EASEC-CAC is designed for portability across educational and employment contexts throughout Europe. The Europass Digital Credential is interoperable with any European HR or academic system, and alignment with ELGPN and ESCO ensures the credential is legible to any institution that uses those frameworks as a reference — which includes most European employment services and universities.
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Assess your current practice — no courses, no prerequisites — and receive a profile that European education and employment systems can read and verify.
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