Most distance learners take courses for vocational reasons, often to make up for lost opportunities in earlier education. They seek advancement in their current employment or aspire to move into new fields of work. Such learners often know too little about career opportunities, and they may ha ve unrealistic ideas of their value on the labor market. To help such students, distance education institutions can produce materials and arrange meetings to guide them in selecting courses appropriate to their career aspirations and advise them about possible employment opportunities.

• M. Cawthorne, Careers Guidance at a Distance

• Career guidance at the University of Southern Queensland