The Overview of the Career and Work Counselling course is a introduction or description of what a career counsellor's job is like. In this course, we discussed about learning styles, did listening activities, talked about the S-O-L-E-R, counselling skills and attributes, multiple intelligences, reluctance of clients, how to do probing, employability dimensions and conflict managements. All this class actives gave me a deep understanding of skills that I have and the areas where I need to improve to become a career counsellor.
During the second weeks of the class, Diane discussed about the learning styles that is available for people to use. The three learning styles are the visual, auditory and tactile. Visual style is where people like to leaning or remember best when they are using images, pictures, videos, charts and diagrams. This is the style where people like to see the things or can remember things with pictures. There is also the visual reading style where people learn best when they read about it and write about it. Auditory style is where people like to learn or remember best when they hear or talked about it. This style's people is best at learning at listening to the conversations and discussions of the lectures. Tactile style is also known as kinesthetic style, this is the style where people learn best when they practices with their hands or doing the things that they have learned. Kinesthetic learners like to have activities that is hands on, like to build things and enjoying making things.
On week three to week six we discussed about the listening skills which is the S-O-L-E-R, the counselling skills and the attributes. According to Diane's overview week 3 objectives for today's class PowerPoint slides "S" is f...
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... them information about where to get help with finance trouble, child care, housing and etc.
In week 10 and 11,we looked at conflict management. Every person has its own style at solving conflict and every conflict management styles has its own advantages and disadvantages. The 5 conflict management styles is retreaters, fighters, compromisers, peacemakers and diplomats. During this week we did a class active where I found out that I am a diplomat when it comes in solving conflict. Diplomats like to work and find the solution together by asking everyone's options and finding a common ground where everyone agrees to it. The disadvantage is that it is very time consuming. Career counsellor can use this activity t help their clients to find out the way they use to solve conflict and where they need improvements because this will help them in their future job conflic.
Understanding career development theories, in what stage would you say that the client’s problems began?
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Monitor effectiveness “As a counselor taking reasonable steps to seek supervision and improve when necessary.” (B. Schauland, personal communication, November 11,
The first topic we learned about what are the goals of a Career and Work Counsellor? Well the goal of Career and Work Counsellor is to help the client understand his/her responsibility and helping them make their own decisions. What does a Career and Work Counselling do, is to help their clients find the skills they have and help them find a job that fits those she skill...
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Conflicts situation can happen at any time. There are many different ways to handle conflict situations. To strengthen our skills in responding to conflicts situation we must understand the various conflict management style. The five styles of conflict management style include: Competing, Avoiding, Accommodating, Collaborating, and Compromising. The competing style is like a shark, a competitive approach to ensure only your views counts. Avoiding is like a turtle, avoiding every situation and giving up. Accommodating is like a teddy bear, working against your own goals to move forward. Collaborating is like an owl, working together with your partner to achieve both your goals. Compromising is like a fox, negotiating half your goals in order
Counselling, coaching and mentoring are all ways to help people achieve success and as a result, they have many similarities; however, there are subtle difference distinguishing them from one another. Counselling does not have one singular definition, as it is prevalent in many different areas of psychology. Nonetheless, Feltham (2012) defines counselling as a way of focusing on a range of psychological and subconscious issues, to help people reach their potential. Counselling emphasises the enhancement of the clients’ psychological health through discussion of personal issues, helping clients understand the underlying cause of long-established problems. The counsellor uses constrained time to allow clients to examine their own challenges and
In today’s world of counseling, you are required to continue to learn throughout your career. Views and terminology will continue to turn over rapidly and if you wish to terminate your education, you will be responsible for your client failure in treatment. It is absolutely crucial to continue your education in the field of counseling. I have to attend training monthly or sometime yearly to store information. The human service field can switch on day-to-day basis. In addition, you are required to be flexible with the transformation and adapt quickly.
They also concern with career adjustments people make over time. The career development theories are of great value for teacher and counsellor because they need to seek constantly for insight into the reasons that stimulate students to make certain career choices. Only by doing so, they will be able to understand and help them. Researches have been conducted in an attempt to develop systematic theory of career development so that the students can get proper guidance. According to Johnson (2000), Career development theories can be grouped into two categories: Structural and Developmental.
The national career development association (2003) defines career development as the absolute combination of psychological, Sociological, educational and economic factors which influence the significant of work in the total life span of any individual. It is a route through which individuals choose a career path or professional occupation, continue to develop it through their lives and have several major career change as personal needs and interests change.
Career Counseling, or Career Services depending on the institution, is frequently offered on a one-on-one basis, but at times this service is provided through group workshops, classes, or computerized guidance systems. Traditionally a standard function of the career services role is to help students develop job search skills however the scope of the career development services has broadened considerably in recent years (Komives, Woodard, & Associates, 2003, p. 344). Career services professionals may teach resume writing, critique students' resumes and cover letters, provide resources on resume and employment letter writing, job interviewing skills, and planning job search strategies. Students may be videotaped in mock interviews so they can see themselves in action. Additionally some career services offices involve alumni, school advisory committees, or employers in critiquing resumes, conducting practice interviews, or leading workshops. Many may also offer sessions on related topics such as professional networking, proper attire, or transitioning to the work place.
Everyone has different learning styles. Learning styles are important because they help you better understand materials in classes. They are there to guide you and become a better student. Learning styles help you better grasp the material and better process it through your brain. When learning you want to do what is most beneficial for you. That is why there is many different learning styles to suit every person. There is three different types of learning styles categorized. The first learning style is auditory. Auditory is meant for individuals that enjoy asking questions, talking and listening, as well as like to read out loud. Visual learners are more interested in charts, graphs, neat surroundings, seeing rather than hearing, and are pictured to be timid as they read to themselves rather than out loud. Finally there is the kinesthetic learning style. Kinesthetic is to touch, to feel, and usually learn by doing.
Seeking the services of a career counselor can provide many benefits. One can gain a deeper understanding of him/herself, gain information on education and careers, gain sills in decision-making, gain support in conducting a job search or applying to higher education, and gain support coping with career transitions (NCDA, “Why Seek Career Counseling, 2007). How a career counselor provides services depends on his or her theoretical approach to career counseling.
Career management plays important role in career development. Career management is done with involved taking some necessary steps to reach the career plan and commonly more focusing on the ability of the organization able to do for their employee to increase their career development (Werner & DeSimone, 2009). Career plan is usually able to be performed, at least in some apart, through the training program which implemented by the organization. Career management process contained four steps which are self-assessment, reality check, goal setting and action planning (refer to Figure 1 in Appendix 1).
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