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An employment counsellor, also known as a career development professional, advises, coaches, provides information to, and supports people who are planning, seeking and managing their life/work direction.

Duties

Development professionals help clients of all ages:

• select education and training programs
• balance work and other life roles
• navigate career transitions and stages
• enhance career satisfaction
• find employment or self-employment opportunities, write résumés, develop portfolios and prepare for interviews.
  

Working with clients individually or in groups, career development professionals may:

• help people develop a better appreciation of their unique characteristics and how those characteristics relate to career choices
• use various assessment tools to help clients identify their interests, values, beliefs, lifestyle preferences, aptitudes and abilities, and relate them to the world of work
• help clients identify educational requirements and develop training plans
• facilitate career management and career decision-making workshops
• work with clients who have disabilities, language and cultural differences, or other special needs that affect their employment prospects
• help clients deal with barriers to achieving their career plans
• help employed clients plan career laddering within organizations, cope successfully with job dissatisfaction, or make occupational or job changes
• provide current labour market information to help clients make realistic occupational or employment decisions
• market clients to potential employers and help clients find job or work experience placements
• assist clients with implementing effective employment search strategies, writing résumés, and developing career portfolios and interview skills
• plan and implement career and employment-related programs
• refer clients to appropriate services to address their particular needs
• work co-operatively with community groups and agencies, businesses and other organizations involved in providing career planning resources
• use computers to write reports and proposals, and research information on the Internet
• perform related administrative tasks such as keeping records.
  

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