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This report presents the findings from a research study that set out to review the range of career guidance provision supporting workforce development across the EU-25 Member States and to identify innovative or best practice provision. The report includes 35 case studies which provide accounts of practice by employers, trade unions and the public sector as well as other intermediary organisations, such as outplacement consultancies, professional associations and industry sector bodies. How should career development support be provided in the workplace? This review of current practice across the EU identifies several key issues emerging from the research including: how to build the capacity to deliver more effective support; the impact of new modes of delivery, such as ICT, on career development practice; the disconnect between provision inside and outside the workplace; and the increasing role played by intermediaries, such as trade unions, recruitment consultancies and private/independent providers, in career development support to employed people. Much career support for the employed is informal and a key challenge is how best to support and enhance the capability of those who deliver it. Successful career development practice involves building both human and social capital.