This study aims to present a variety of issues as part of lifelong learning discourse in connec- tion with career counselling. These two notions, i.e. lifelong learning and career counselling, outline the perspective of the papers included in this volume and serve as the basis of the theoretical framework. Globalisation, technological advances, changes in the field of work, cultural change, complexity and uncertainty as common features of the contemporary world: these all pose challenges for individuals and societies. These issues form the background for the analysis of lifelong learning and career counselling, career planning as a process in the context of the changing labour market, which provides both an opportunity but also the neces- ...