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:
- Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
- Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs.
- Identify cases of domestic abuse or other family problems and encourage students or parents to seek additional assistance from mental health professionals.
Knowledge
Health
- therapy and counseling
Math and Science
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Social Orientation
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)
master's degree
usually needed
usually needed
Job Outlook
Bright
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
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