Asked by Nandhini Murugesan | 1st of April 2020
career counselling Career decision
Need of a Career Counselor in life
1) Career Counselor helps students understand and overcome a social behavioral problems through individual and group counseling.
2) Career Counselor help to make a better understanding between Students, Parents and teachers. It means Career counselor works like a bridge between them.
3) Career Counselor evaluate student’s abilities and interest through aptitude assessments, interviews and individual planning.
4) Career Counselor make easy for the students to select the right stream, colleges and professional paths.
5) Career Counselor evaluate clients backgrounds, education and training to help the develop realistic goals.
6) Career Counselor guide clients through making decision through their careers such as choosing a new profession and the type of degree to purpose.
7) Career Counselor advise clients on how to resolve problems in the workplace such as conflict with the bosses or co-workers.
8) Career counselor help to save from unusual wastage of time, money and effort, misalignment and misjudgment of career, career dis-satisfaction, self interest mismatch, wrong career path projection, Unnecessary stress.
9) Career counselor helps to understand the stage of mind like ignorant, confused etc. and clarify why and where client is taking the wrong decision.
10) Career counselor help to get the optimize stage for both students and parents.
Students are parents are mostly worried to which stream to go further. Many times parents always wish their child to go with Science stream which is not at all interested by the child. In this case the student finds the life more difficult and burdensome.
Students also find difficulty in selecting the further education in context to employment opportunities and life balances.
Most of the students are also not aware of different scope of opportunities and educational institutions.
In all these circumestances, a career counselor is the best platform where students and parents can easily get all the support and guidance. Through career counselor, students and parents could make easily available informations and proper guidance in systematic way to select the right career path and make the life more happy and interesting.
A trained, experienced and holistic career counsellor is like a mirror who helps your reflect your occupational side. Schools test you on your academic subjects, however rarely do they provide an insight into your interests, values and beliefs. So a counsellor who is a trained psychologist and has extensive experience in the work industry (not just counselling) provides a very significant input that can be very helpful
We need career counsellors because
First, it s important to accept that 90% of the youth need someone who can give them insight into options.
Second, society does help in giving insight but it is at the cost of being biased.
Third, it s proven that if an individual is counseled regular for his career growth then he/she is likely to succeed faster and have a content and satisfactory work life.
Hence, presence and interaction with career counselors is essential at every stage of education and job.