This symposium consisting of 4 contributions draws attention to the role of an individual’s learning at the workplace and the intersection of individual and organisational factors shaping the individual’s learning and career pathways. H2020 ENLIVEN research project employs interdisciplinary approach to gather evidence on how early career workers access and deploy learning opportunities in 3 diverse sectors (metals, retails, adult education) across 8 EU countries. In this contribution proposed for the IAEVG conference we focus on a selection of research work undertaken in different subfields of adult education sector in 3 countries. The arguments for direct relevance of this work for adult career guidance includes: i) occupational and educational information is one of the key resources for career guidance professionals and their structuration of provision of quality career guidance models; ii) not only are adult education provision and carrier guidance closely inter-connected organisational fields, the professionals in this field are often professionally active simultaneously in both fields, career counselors providing training courses in different thematic areas and vice versa; iii) quality career guidance is often necessary pre-requisite for any adult who faces lack of motivation to learn further. For vulnerable adults facing more important difficulties and barriers to participate in lifelong learning activities, complex career guidance and support are vital. Complex information source on the conditions, drivers or barriers to learn in lifelong perspective are increasingly demanded from the lifelong learning stakeholders, policy makers and education professionals in the face of technological and societal changes the generations face and are expected to face in the near future.
