Education is a process where knowledge, skills, and values are transmitted from one generation to another, and it is essential as it mitigates the negative effects of economic crises and unemployment. We distinguish between formal and informal education; the adult education counselling program from the Slovenian Adult Education Centre falls into the latter category. In research by Ovesni (2020), 68% of respondents state that their employer encourages them to pursue education, while 43.1% of respondents believe that their employer does not provide sufficient educational opportunities. Therefore, the goal of my master's thesis is to determine how counselling for education at the workplace contributes to the development of key and job-specific competencies, as well as to employee satisfaction, whether education counselling strengthens work performance, and whether education counselling contributes to work performance and employee satisfaction. In my work, I used a qualitative research method—interviews—which allowed me to gain an in-depth understanding of the experiences and perspectives of individuals, namely employers, providers, and employees. The key findings from interviews with providers from the Adult Education Centre align with my research of professional sources and articles from the Slovenian Adult Education Centre. Workplace education contributes to the development of key and job-specific competencies, as the counselling is tailored individually to the desires and knowledge level of the individuals or collaborating companies. The interviews further confirm that employees are more satisfied and successful at work after receiving counselling and education.
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