Youth career development support at school and career development :: for cooperation between caer education and labor administration

In this research, we present basic data for the establishment of a theoretical basis for studying how Japanese administrative bodies should cooperate effectively in supporting career development for youth at school in Japan. We took three aspects: 'tests' as a tool supporting self-understanding; 'information' for understanding jobs; and enlightening vocational 'experiences', and looked at how these three aspects are related to the self-efficacy of junior and senior high school students. Based on the research findings, we made policy suggestions for cooperation between career education at school and labor administration. In particular, we pointed out that cooperation at a more fundamental level needs to be sought between labor administration and education administration.