Who we are
| CRAC: The Career Development Organisation is the independent, charitable organisation dedicated to career development and active, career-related learning. We have a passionate belief that individuals have the ability to achieve their career goals if they are equipped with the skills to do so. Our strategic aims are:
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We achieve our aims by working in partnership with schools, colleges, universities, government agencies and other key national organisations, ensuring that the work we do impacts on as many individuals as possible, to achieve CRAC's vision of a world where people make career decisions wisely and develop their capabilities throughout their working lives.
Our work involves:
- creating innovative career development programmes for those in formal education, teachers, careers practitioners, graduates in employment and experienced managers
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devising and conducting relevant research, and effectively disseminating findings
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delivering training programmes on behalf of our clients ranging from one day events to week long residential activities
- producing practical and thought-provoking conferences
- writing, publishing and disseminating reports, training resources and publications.
CRAC is also the UK's leading expert in the field of career development for postgraduate researchers and manages the UK GRAD Programme on behalf of the UK Research Councils.
CRAC's sister organisation, the National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling (NICEC) is a leading research and evaluation body in the field of career development which enhances both CRAC's knowledge base and its ability to ensure the outcomes of its work are measurable.
To find out more about our recent and current work, please click here to view our 2006 Annual Activities Report.
