SECTION 5: CAREER COUNSELING
B. CAREER COUNSELING
Students who are preparing to specialize as career counselors will demonstrate the professional knowledge and skills necessary to help people develop life-career plans, with a focus on the interaction of work and other life roles. Counselor education programs with a specialty area in career counseling must document where each of the lettered standards listed below is covered in the curriculum.
- FOUNDATIONS
- history and development of career counseling
- emergent theories of career development and counseling
- principles of career development and decision making over the lifespan
- formal and informal career- and work-related tests and assessments
- CONTEXTUAL DIMENSIONS
- roles and settings of career counselors in private and public sector agencies and institutions
- role of career counselors in advocating for the importance of career counseling, career development, life-work planning, and workforce planning to policymakers and the general public
- the unique needs and characteristics of multicultural and diverse populations with regard to career exploration, employment expectations, and socioeconomic issues
- factors that affect clients’ attitudes toward work and their career decision-making processes,
- impact of globalization on careers and the workplace
- implications of gender roles and responsibilities for employment, education, family, and leisure
- education, training, employment trends, and labor market information and resources that provide information about job tasks, functions, salaries, requirements, and future outlooks related to broad occupational fields and individual occupations
- resources available to assist clients in career planning, job search, and job creation
- professional organizations, preparation standards, and credentials relevant to the practice of career counseling
- legal and ethical considerations specific to career counseling
- PRACTICE
- intake interview and comprehensive career assessment
- strategies to help clients develop skills needed to make life-work role transitions
- approaches to help clients acquire a set of employability, job search, and job creation skills
- strategies to assist clients in the appropriate use of technology for career information and planning
- approaches to market and promote career counseling activities and services
- identification, acquisition, and evaluation of career information resources relevant for diverse populations
- planning, implementing, and administering career counseling programs and services