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Career Counselling (Key
Foci (Career Development (π The lifelong processβ¦
Career Counselling
Key
Terms
Work
π©βπ The set of activities with an intended set of outcomes from which it is hoped a person will derive personal satisfaction.
π¨βπ It encompasses other meaningful and satisfying activities (eg. volunteering) through which a person's career develops. Hence, not limited to paid employment
(Source : CICA)
π©βπ» Work refers to the domain of life in which people provide services or create goods , or perform an activity for pay or on a volunteer basis
π¨βπ» It is typically associated with a period of life after formal schooling and before retirement/disengagement from work.
(Source : Lent & Brown)
Job
π©βπ§ Refers to the performance of an occupation in a specific place for a specific employer.
(Source : CICA)
π¨βπ§ Refers to the specific work position held over a specific period of time.
(Source : Lent & Brown)
Occupation
& Vocation
π©βπΌ Refers to a defined set of work commonly performed for the purpose of making a particular product or performing a service.
(Source : NCDA)
π¨βπΌ Occupation & Vocation = used interchangeably with career. In recent times, vocation = more associated with vocational/technical education and refers to jobs that do not require a higher education.
(Source : Lent & Brown)
Career
π©βπ¬ Lifestyle concept that involves a sequence of work, learning and leisure activities in which a person engages through a lifetime. This is dynamic and unfolding throughout one's life, and is unique to each person.
(Source : CICA)
π¨βπ¬ Refers to a combination of activities performed at any given life stage in all roles of life, including the role of worker.
(Source : NCDA)
Key
Foci
Career Development
π The lifelong process of managing work, leisure and transitions in order to move towards a personally determined and evolving future.
(Source : CICA)
π Refers to the sequence of career-related choices or transitions made over the life span.
(Source : NCDA)
Career Counselling
π Refers to an individual or group process in which a career counsellor helps a client/clients
- increase his/her self-awareness and understanding
- develop a satisfying and meaningful life/work direction as a basis to guide learning, work and transition decisions
- manage responses to changing work and learning environments over the lifespan
(Source : CICA)
π Refers to the process by which a profesional counsellor provides assistance to a client/clients so that they can make informed career choices and transitions.
(Source : NCDA)
Career Coaching
π Commonly used in the corporate world focusing on assisting workers, particularly managers and executives, to improve their work performance or to promote their career prospects within the organisation.
(Source : Lent & Brown)
Career Management
π Refers to a situation where the individual is actively engaged in directing the course of his/her own career development.
π People are regarded as active agents, anticipating and adjusting to new opportunities or dealing with negative situations (eg. loss of job), but this usually implies forward advancement or progress.
(Source : Lent & Brown)
Career
Guidance
π Refers to the services intended to assist individuals, of any age and at any point throughout their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their career.
π A range of inventories, including career education and career counselling, may be used to help people understand clearly and realistically their learning and work options that are open to them.
(Source : CICA)
π Refers to a planned, sequential programme of services provided to individuals or groups for the purpose of assisting them in making informed career choices and transitions
(Source : NCDA)
Roles &
Activities
Job
Placement
π₯ Focused on helping people locate job openings, facilitate effective job searches, and present themselves effectively to prospective employers.
(Source : Lent & Brown)
π
Work Organisations: HR professionals usually involved in recruitment, screening & selection of prospective employees.
πInstitutions: The Career Centre provides students with one-stop career assistance via a job placement unit.
Career
Advice
πΆ Focused on providing a service that facilitates career decision-making. The career advisers (especially in schools) tend to provide authoritative advice and information to clients.
(Source : Lent & Brown)
Career Planning Process
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