● The Vocational Guidance Centre at the Lithuanian technological park (under the
remit of the Ministry of Education and Science);
● The psycho-pedagogical services (under the remit of the municipalities).Specialists in these institutions are professional psychologists, who help clients to identify
personal interests, abilities and vocational aptitudes, and to choose the suitable study path-
way in view of their career plans. Services can be offered to clients either individually or in
groups.
CIP – career information points. Places with free access to internet, given as an alterna-
tive possibility to search for information. Network of CIP will be enlarged till 2008 according
guidelines of Ministry of Education.
Guidance in the Labour Market Sector
Two public institutions deal with employment, vocational training and career issues.
● The Lithuanian Labour Exchange, which consists of one National and 46
Territorial Labour Exchanges. These offer generic vocational information; clients
who require more detailed career guidance and counselling are directed to
Territorial Labour Market Training and Counselling Services.
● The Lithuanian Labour Market Training Authority and its regional subdivisions,
including six Territorial Labour Market Training and Counselling Services
(TLMTCSs) and 14 Labour Market Training Centres. Territorial Services employ
180 persons, of whom 35 are counsellors who are psychology graduates.
They provide career information and counselling to adults, and extra-curricular
counselling to schoolchildren in towns and districts. In addition, they visit
Territorial Labour Exchanges and schools in rural areas.TLMTCS counsellors provide individual and group career information, guidance and coun-
selling; they also develop and implement programmes for labour market integration and
help clients in planning careers, while facilitating their social and personal development.
CIC – Career information centres work under remit of Ministry of Social Security and La-
bour. Centres receive information not only from Education systems institutions but also from
labour market. Main services of these centres are oriented to help jobseekers and employ-
ers.
Links for the above mentioned institutions:
● Ministry of Education and Science – http://www.smm.lt
● Ministry of Social Security and Labour – http://www.socmin.lt
● Career centres in biggest universities in Lithuania:
● http://karjera.vdu.lt/