The aim of my thesis is to discuss the need for and the actual use of, a gender perspective within Studie- och yrkesvägledarutbildningen at Malmö Högskola. The study elucidates a selected group of graduated career counselors’ opinion on how important knowledge of gender theory is within their work. Furthermore the counselors own knowledge of the subject, has been under investigation. Additionally I wanted to chart the relationship between how the individual is understood in gender theory and a number of accepted models of communication. The reason I chose this as my thesis, is my own experience from practical training. Here I have seen how boys and girls were treated differently and proposed to varying professions, depending on their sex. Thus I have studied previous research concerning the subjects of gender theory, gender roles and counseling with a gender perspective, from external institutions as well as Malmö Högskola itself. My own theories are based on those gender- and counseling theories I have used to analyze my results. The survey has been executed through qualitative method. Five of the interviews were carried out among counselors who graduated from Studie- och yrkesvägledarutbildningen at Malmö Högskola between the years 2006-2007. Today all of these individuals work at institutions corresponding to primary, secondary or upper secondary schools. Malmö Högskola explicitly has gender as one of its perspective through which its education shall be considered, also including Studie- och yrkesvägledarutbildingen. However, my conclusion shows an insufficient use of such a perspective within the program, through an evident lack of gender theory knowledge, among the selected and interviewed group of career counselors. Malmö Högskola must provide its students at Studie- och yrkesvägledarutbildningen with the education needed within this field. Then graduates are enabled to perform their job, helping applicants with their choices, without them being limited by sex.