Educational, Guidance, & Career Counselors & Advisors
Academic Advisor, Career Counselor, Guidance Counselor, School Counselor
What they do:
Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.
On the job, you would:
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.
- Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
Knowledge
Business
- customer service
- administrative services
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Health
- therapy and counseling
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Concern for Others
- Cooperation
- Social Orientation
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Self Control
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Data base user interface and query software
- Blackboard software
- Microsoft Access
Analytical or scientific software
- ACT WorkKeys
- Counseling software
Computer based training software
- Moodle
- Schoology
Education
Education: (rated 5 of 5)
bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
master's degree
usually needed
Job Outlook
Average
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
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