Career Advisor Training

Career Advisor Training

1. Helping Skills

   • These enhance the relationship with a student/client and make career advising more effective
   • Attending
     • Expressing both a faciliatative attitude and behavior
   • Reflecting
     • Repeating what your student/client has said in different words and deeper level.
   • Open Questions
     • These are the type of questions you should ask that reciprocate the best answers from a client

2. Job Search Skills

   • Resumes
     • Chronological
       • Experience organized by time
     • Functional
       • Experience organized by Skill
   • Networking
     • Considered by many, the best way to find job openings
   • Interview Roles and Goals
     • Interviewee
       • Communicate his or her qualifications well.
     • Interviewer
       • Determine if this person is a good fit.

3. Career Theory

   • Six Holland Clusters
     • 16 National Career Clusters
       • 79 National Career Cluster Pathways
         • Sub-group of occupations (or occupational categories) within a cluster.
           • These are then assigned 1-3 Letter Holland Codes
       • O*Net/DOL
   • Holland Theory
     • Differentiation
       • This is the numerical point difference between a person's highest and lowest Holland code score.
       • Low-Flat
         • No significant interest in any of the six work environments.
       • High-Flat
         • Significant interest in at least 3 or more of the six work enciroments
       • Well-Differentiated
         • Having a marked difference in 1-2 of the six work enviroments when compared to the others.
     • States: characteristics of a person can be matched with the characteristics of the environment.
   • Assessment
     • Any formal or informal technique used to collect data about a client/student.
   • Super's Life-Space Theory
     • Super's Life-Career Rainbow
       • Roles change through different life stages.
         • May need to go through the career decision-making process multiple times across their life span (as in a circular, non-linear process).
     • Career decision-making processes occur throughout life
   • The first step in the career planning process is to become aware of the need to make choices.

4. Program Planning

   • Understand foundations of good career decision making
   • Successful Program Planning
     • Meets the Objectives defined for it...
   • Group/Classroom Management Skills

5. Ethics

   • Conflicts of Interest
   • Defining your roles and responsibilities to the client