Careers Counselling Level 3 Certificate Course

There are 10 lessons:

1. Introduction ...Scope & Nature of the Industry

• Definitions: career, careers counselling, counselling
• Broad employment options
• Services offered in the employment industry
• Assumptions about career counselling practices
• Cross cultural careers counselling

2. Nature of Careers ...What is a career, what makes it successful?

• Introduction
• Elements of career building and job seeking
• Factors contributing to career success
• Realistic expectations
• Range of options
• Persistence
• Case study

3. Careers Advice Resources ...Brochures, Publications, Web Sites

• Employer considerations: qualifications, experience,personality, age, adaptability, productivity, etc
• Case study

4. Career Services ....Where can people get help (Social Services, Work Experience, Education)

• Career counselling services
• Careers and vocational guidance
• Vocational planning
• Setting goals
• Job seeking supportJob seeking strategies
• Other services

5. Developing Counselling Skills

• Key areas for career counselling
• Helping clients focus on reality
• Helping clients identify opportunities
• Helping clients consider all elements
• Overcoming resistance from clients
• Listening skills
• Questioning skills
• Problem solving skills
• Essential reality checks
• Improving clients predictive ability

6. Conducting a Counselling Session

• Why people come to a career counsellor
• Strategies to develop trust
• A career counselling session
• Individuals who know the job they want
• Psychometric testing for individuals still choosing a career
• Types of psychological tests that may be used
• Referring people elsewhere

7. Counselling Students and School Leavers (with little work experience)

• Understanding youth
• Career counselling for adolescents
• Assisting indecisive teenagers
• Career counselling for students
• Giving advice on study
• Choosing a course
• Workshops for students
• Workshops for university students
• Resources for counselling students

8. Counselling Adults (inexperienced or facing career change)

• Identifying adult needs The training program
• Advice and support during job hunting
• Course of action
• Career changing
• Easiest paths to career change
• Challenging path to career change
• Starting a business
• Case study
• Writing a business plan

9. Job Prospecting

• Ways of finding work
• Supporting clients decisions
• Prospecting for work
• Tips on getting a job
• Writing resumes (CV's)
• Preparing for a job interview

10. Nurturing and growing a career once it has started

• Getting a job is only the first step in a career
• Self management for business people
• Marketing and pricing
• Case study
• Advising clients about career advancement

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.