WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR A CAREER COUNSELOR?
Career counseling, which may also be called career coaching or career consulting, are vocational advising services that are becoming very popular. Unfortunately, people with little or no special training can represent themselves as coaches or career professionals. Reputable career counselors hold a graduate degree — a Master’s Degree or Ph.D. — in counseling, vocational education, or career development with a specialization in career counseling. Career counselors may have different specialties in how they work with clients. Some focus on making career choices or career changes, some act as career psychologists performing vocational testing, some coaches help people with job search and self-marketing. WHAT DO CAREER COUNSELORS DO FOR YOU? Services of career counselors differ, depending on the counselor’s level of competence, the setting, client needs, and other factors. Some focus on the career decision making process, some advise on job search, some handle both, and some deal with wo
