What is career development?
Career development is the lifelong process of managing learning, work, leisure and transitions in order to move towards a personally determined and evolving future. It applies to people of all ages.
What is a career development practitioner?
Career development practitioners provide services that help people manage their careers, make occupational and study decisions, plan career transitions and find career information.
They may be called:
- Career counsellors or advisers
- Employment counsellors
- Career management consultants
- Career practitioners
- Career coaches
- Rehabilitation counsellors
- Guidance officers
- Work development officers
- Employment support workers
- Work experience coordinators
- Job developers
- Placement coordinators
- Vocational rehabilitation workers.
Where do career development practitioners work?
Career development practitioners work in a range of settings including: schools, TAFEs, universities, business organisations, government agencies and private practice.
What do career development practitioners do?
Career development practitioners may work with individuals or small groups. Some of the services they provide include:
- Career counselling
- Career education
- Job placement
- Employment services
- Recruitment
- Career coaching
- Training
- Mentoring
- Coordinating work experience or internships
- Resume preparation
- Career planning
- Administering and interpreting tests
- Teaching job hunting strategies.
