Careering through the Web: the potential of Web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies for career development and career support services

This paper examines the environment that the web provides for career exploration. Career\ud practitioners have long seen value in engaging in technology and the opportunities offered by the\ud internet, and this interest continues. However, this paper suggests that the online environment\ud for career exploration is far broader than that provided by public-sector careers services. In\ud addition to these services, there is a wide range of other players including private-sector career\ud consultants, employers, recruitment companies and learning providers who are all contributing\ud to a potentially rich career exploration environment