About the authors

Dr Judith Done is a visiting research fellow at the University of Chester, where she was formerly Director of Careers and Employability. She is a fellow of the Institute of Career Guidance (ICG) and an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society.

Her working life has been spent in career guidance as a practitioner, trainer and manager. Her research interests are in career guidance, personal development and interpersonal communication.

Judith is a volunteer advice worker, school governor and occasional freelance trainer.

Professor Rachel Mulvey holds a chair in career guidance at the University of East London (UEL), where she is Dean of Psychology. At the University of Warwick, she is an associate fellow of the Institute for Employment Research. She is a fellow and past president of the Institute of Career Guidance, associate fellow of the British Psychological Society and principal fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is a national teaching fellow.

For many years, Rachel worked as a careers adviser in schools and colleges, before moving into the management and training of career professionals. Her recent research seeks to enhance teaching employability and enterprise, and explores how people take learning and skills from one context to another. She is the author of Brilliant Passing Psychometric Tests (Pearson, 2015).