Duties
Career 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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