Description
Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.
Interests
- Social
- Enterprising
Work Values
- Relationships
- Achievement
- Working Conditions
Work Styles
- Concern for Others
- Cooperation
- Social Orientation
- Dependability
- Integrity
Tasks
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.
- Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
- Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.
- Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements, and write letters of recommendation.
Work Activities
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
- Getting Information
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Working with Computers
Detailed Work Activities
- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Technology Skills
- Data base user interface and query software
- Analytical or scientific software
- Computer based training software
- Web page creation and editing software
- Project management software
Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Comprehension
- Written Expression
- Deductive Reasoning
Skills
- Active Listening
- Social Perceptiveness
- Speaking
- Service Orientation
- Critical Thinking
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Therapy and Counseling
- Education and Training
- Psychology
Most Common Education Level
The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.
Certificates
Certificate name
Certified Career Counselor EducatorCertifying Organization
National Career Development Association
Type
Specialty
Certificate name
Global Career Development FacilitatorCertifying Organization
Center for Credentialing & Education, Inc.
Type
Advanced
Certificate name
Certified Sex TherapistCertifying Organization
American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
Type
Specialty
Certificate name
Distance Credential FacilitatorCertifying Organization
Center for Credentialing & Education, Inc.
Type
Advanced
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
| Income Percentile | Annual Income |
|---|---|
| Low (10%) | $51,034 |
| Median (50%) | $63,600 |
| High (90%) | $81,112 |
Income by Experience
This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).
| Experience | Income |
|---|---|
Entry Level  | $61,701 |
| Mid Level | $70,112 |
| Senior Level | $80,814 |
| Expert Level | $130,660 |
Employability
There are currently 360,800 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 377,000 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 5%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 5%
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