, the current research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the damages of the educational-career guidance program in Iran's public education system. In this regard, using the qualitative approach and the descriptive phenomenology method, the experiences of the activists were examined. The field of research includes; The faculty members of the higher education system, the officials, experts and consultants of the public education system and the activists of the market were among them, 22 people were selected using standard sampling, snowball and available techniques. Data were collected using semi-structured interview and analyzed by coding method. The department's findings indicated two major damages, internal and environmental. Internal damage refers to the challenges that do not allow the full goals of the educational-career guidance program to be realized from within the education system. The challenges of this area were counted in the form of 35 open codes, which include 5 core codes; Systemic, approach, human resources, educational and process damages were classified and presented. Environmental damage is also a challenge that has its roots in the environment around Iran's public education system and has a negative impact on educational-career guidance and its goals. The damages of market workers, socio-cultural, economic and policy were classified and presented.