career guidance
Vocational path counseling
Career guidance is advice and support helping people make decisions about education, training, and employment paths.
It includes assessing interests and abilities, exploring occupations, and planning steps toward professional goals.
Career guidance may come from school counselors, specialized advisors, or mentorship programs: The career guidance office helped her identify internship opportunities.
- competency mappingCataloging workforce abilities systematically
- aptitude testsEvaluations measuring innate capabilities
- mentorship programsStructured expert-novice pairings
- informational interviewExploratory professional discussion
- academic advisingGuidance on coursework selection
skill gap · interview preparation · resume building · job hunting · apprenticeships · hiring practices · internships · networking events · certifications · personality assessments · continuing education · job shadowing · degree programs · five-year plan · SWOT analysis · professional development · leadership training · employment statistics
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- job searchjob hunting, job boards, job search, job fairs, job fair
- mentoringmentors, mentees, protege, apprentice, advisor
- career testingaptitude test, vocational test, job aptitude, aptitude testing, aptitude tests
- youth servicesyouth development, youth groups, youth centers, youth programs, youth services
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
career guidancejob placement
Matching workers to positions
firing · layoff · dismissal · redundancy