career counseling
Job path planning
Career counseling is professional guidance helping people make decisions about work and employment.
A career counselor assesses interests, skills, and goals to help clients choose occupations, plan education, navigate job searches, or manage transitions: After getting laid off, she sought career counseling.
The field combines psychological assessment with practical job-market knowledge.
- dream jobPerfect occupation imagined
- internshipsSupervised workplace learning periods
- apprenticeshipsSupervised vocational training periods
- informational interviewExploratory professional discussion
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
academic advising · aptitude · personality test · interview preparation · mentorship · resume building · professional development · work-life balance · certification programs · job placement services · job fairs · goals · continuing education · networking · strengths · soft skills · exploration · five-year plan
- job assistancejob search, job placement, job boards, job fairs, job listings
- college lifefreshman, freshman year, sophomore, junior, classes
- job searchjob hunting, job boards, job search, job fairs, job fair
- therapypsychotherapy, therapist, session, counselor, group therapy
- adult classescooking classes, art classes, computer classes, yoga classes, dance classes
- career developmentprofessional growth, networking, job search, job hunting, resume
career counselinggoing it alone
Acting independently, unassisted
aimlessness · sink or swim · trial and error · learning the hard way
career counselingjob placement
Matching workers to positions