Assisting individuals or organisations before or during career transitions to develop long and short term career strategies.
Occupational Profile
Career Development Professionals are typically found in educational settings, training organisations, careers and employment services and human resource/learning and development departments in both the public and the private sector.
The broad purpose of the occupation is to assist individuals and/or organisations before or during career transitions to develop long and short term career strategies. Transitions could include from learning to work, returning to the labour market, returning to learning, sector/organisation/management change, redundancy and pre-retirement choices.
An employee in this occupation will be responsible for helping individuals assess their own strengths, values, beliefs, and situation and connect them meaningfully to the labour market and the education system. They are responsible for making professional judgements in the best interest of the client whilst adhering to the ethical practice required by the organisation or profession, and acting in accordance with organisational policy and relevant legislation. A career development professional is required to act with autonomy, working independently, often on their own and in collaboration with other professionals, for example careers leaders, senior academics, social workers, course tutors, managers and HR professionals.
In their daily work, Career Development Professionals will provide activities and services on an individual or group basis and these may be face-to-face or via on-line technology. They will interact with: clients with a range of needs and at different stages of career awareness; training providers who support the development of skills and vocational training; schools, colleges and universities to support educational/occupational choices and labour market entry/progression; employers to broker employment opportunities including work experience and internships; and other support organisations, such as housing associations and social services to address the client’s wider needs, e.g. accommodation and financial support.
They will exercise their responsibility thorough the provision of information, ideas, tools and resources, administration of assessment and self-assessment tools, career guidance interviews, career education programmes, career coaching, taster programmes, work-search programmes, outplacement, redundancy and transition services, retention and talent assessment reviews, career progression or promotion training, and other forms of career development related consultancy, research and professional development.
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