Career Consulting Techniques 2: Class 3 ~ Preparation

Learning Outcomes & Resources Explain the difference between structural models of career counselling and developmental models and the role that the Preparation plays in contemporary career counselling practise. Discuss the role of current “employment counselling” practices and how this fits into the Process of Preparation. Summarize the primary components of the Process of Preparation including: Goal setting, Action planning, creating back up plans and the development of access skills (e.g. job search, job maintenance, academic/study skills financial planning, social interaction skills, personal skills and social adjustment skills. Career Counselling Techniques , Chapter 7: The Process of Preparation Goal Setting Handout

Explain the difference between structural models of career counselling and developmental models and the role that the Preparation plays in contemporary career counselling practise.

Discuss the role of current “employment counselling” practices and how this fits into the Process of Preparation.

Summarize the primary components of the Process of Preparation including: Goal setting, Action planning, creating back up plans and the development of access skills (e.g. job search, job maintenance, academic/study skills financial planning, social interaction skills, personal skills and social adjustment skills.

Career Counselling Techniques , Chapter 7: The Process of Preparation

Goal Setting Handout

ALL # 2: Goal Setting There are two parts to this Log: Have you set goals in you life before? How have you done this? What were the results? Do you plan to change this process? What learning would you like to apply to your goal setting and action planning process? You are to set and write a goal (it can be about anything you want, but it must be real and important to you). You are to use the process outlined in the Goal Setting Handout (the SMART method). You are welcome to consult your learning partner to help you with this. Once formulated, you are to include this goal in your posting.

There are two parts to this Log:

Have you set goals in you life before? How have you done this? What were the results? Do you plan to change this process? What learning would you like to apply to your goal setting and action planning process?

You are to set and write a goal (it can be about anything you want, but it must be real and important to you). You are to use the process outlined in the Goal Setting Handout (the SMART method). You are welcome to consult your learning partner to help you with this. Once formulated, you are to include this goal in your posting.

Opening Discussion You are working as an Employment Advisor in a community organization and are conducting intakes with unemployed job seekers one morning. You have 45 minutes to help each person. In this time you need to assess their needs and reach an agreement on a course of action. The first person you see is a 35 year old man who was recently laid off. After a few minutes of discussion, you realize he is very unsure of himself and is drifting in his career. He believes that if he just had a ‘professional resume’ done, everything would be fine. How would you approach this situation?

You are working as an Employment Advisor in a community organization and are conducting intakes with unemployed job seekers one morning. You have 45 minutes to help each person. In this time you need to assess their needs and reach an agreement on a course of action.

The first person you see is a 35 year old man who was recently laid off. After a few minutes of discussion, you realize he is very unsure of himself and is drifting in his career. He believes that if he just had a ‘professional resume’ done, everything would be fine.

How would you approach this situation?

The Process of Preparation

Career Access Skills Job search skills Job maintenance skills Academic study skills Financial planning skills Social interaction skills Personal skills Social adjustment skills What does the client need? Do they know how to do it? What do agencies and programs offer?

Job search skills

Job maintenance skills

Academic study skills

Financial planning skills

Social interaction skills

Personal skills

Social adjustment skills

What does the client need?

Do they know how to do it?

What do agencies and programs offer?