Career counselling is one of the application and practice of vocational psychology founded by Frank Parsons (1854-1908). There was no official theory by Parsons on his work and methods like the assessments he utilized. Nevertheless, many career theorists who came up with career development theories and framework credited Parsons for his work as a guiding framework (Baltreniene, 2004) and would consider Parsons’s greatest contribution to career counseling was his advocacy on one’s understanding of oneself, the environment and reason these understanding to choose a job (O’Brien, 2001).
Career counseling described as a process assisting individuals to gain awareness on their self-understanding and the dynamics of the working world for the purpose …show more content…
Zunker (2008) lists seven objectives of assessment results for clients in career counseling include the identification of career beliefs, recognition of skills, aptitude and abilities, verification of academic achievements, discovering types of personalities, distinguishing levels of interest, exploration of work values, and assessment of career maturity types and possibilities. All data collected from the objectives is useful for counselors to accurately understand, interpret and evaluate clients’ nature of problems; of which enables counselors to provide suitable recommendations on choices of career and to formulate conclusions in the therapeutic process helpful to clients in achieving their career development and …show more content…
Counseling practitioners utilizes professional regulations and systems as initial source of reference, of which in any occasion when the conditions are being violated can invite official complaints and disciplinary actions that are potentially serious (Kidd, 2006). Career counselors who neglect the importance of knowing and abiding to such terms can put clients’ welfare at risk by misusing assessment results data, voluntary and accidental release of confidential information.
Career counselors should be qualified with valid licenses and credible certifications that are not outdated. Professionals in career counseling are required to demonstrate basic competencies in eleven areas ranging from career development theory, counseling skills for personal and group, to technological knowledge (National Career Development Association, 1997). Untrained counselors do not have proper assessment knowledge and skills to provide accurate diagnostics of psychological disorders as well as to follow up with appropriate
Career counseling described as a process assisting individuals to gain awareness on their self-understanding and the dynamics of the working world for the purpose …show more content…
Zunker (2008) lists seven objectives of assessment results for clients in career counseling include the identification of career beliefs, recognition of skills, aptitude and abilities, verification of academic achievements, discovering types of personalities, distinguishing levels of interest, exploration of work values, and assessment of career maturity types and possibilities. All data collected from the objectives is useful for counselors to accurately understand, interpret and evaluate clients’ nature of problems; of which enables counselors to provide suitable recommendations on choices of career and to formulate conclusions in the therapeutic process helpful to clients in achieving their career development and …show more content…
Counseling practitioners utilizes professional regulations and systems as initial source of reference, of which in any occasion when the conditions are being violated can invite official complaints and disciplinary actions that are potentially serious (Kidd, 2006). Career counselors who neglect the importance of knowing and abiding to such terms can put clients’ welfare at risk by misusing assessment results data, voluntary and accidental release of confidential information.
Career counselors should be qualified with valid licenses and credible certifications that are not outdated. Professionals in career counseling are required to demonstrate basic competencies in eleven areas ranging from career development theory, counseling skills for personal and group, to technological knowledge (National Career Development Association, 1997). Untrained counselors do not have proper assessment knowledge and skills to provide accurate diagnostics of psychological disorders as well as to follow up with appropriate