Self-knowledge
Term
Self-knowledge
Definition
Knowledge that an individual has about him/herself.
Comment
Developing self-knowledge/awareness is considered an important activity in career counselling: many career interventions are designed to increase self-knowledge.
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ELGPN Glossary, self-knowledge, self-awareness
Career counsellor
Term
Career counsellor
Definition
Career counsellors assist people to explore, pursue and attain their career goals.
Comment
Career advisers/counsellors have normally received professional training and possess a recognised professional qualification.
Other definitions include:
• A professional trained in career guidance that is able to assist others to make rational career choices (Career Guidance and Counselling Glossary).
• A career counsellor provides counselling in educational, career and personal domains. A career counsellor assists individuals to achieve greater self-awareness, develop a life/work direction, increase understanding of learning and work opportunities and become self-directed in managing learning, work and transitions (Canada Career Information Partnership, 2006).
Synonym for career adviser and guidance counsellor.
Source
UNESCO (2002). Handbook of Career Counselling. Available from Internet: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001257/125740e.pdf
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http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001257/125740e.pdf
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ELGPN Glossary, counsellor, career, guidance, career choice, self-awareness, opportunity, transition
Career counselling
Term
Career counselling
Definition
The interaction between a career/guidance counsellor and an individual.
An individual or group process which emphasises self-awareness and understanding, and facilitates the development of a satisfying and meaningful life/work direction as a basis to guide learning, work and transition decisions, as well as how to manage responses to changing work and learning environments over the lifespan.
Comment
Other definitions include:
• Career counselling facilitates the learning of skills, interests, beliefs, values, work habits, and personal qualities to enable each participant to create a satisfying life in a constantly changing work environment (Krumboltz & Worthington, 1999).
• The career counselling process is focussed on helping individuals not to choose a career but to construct it (Watts, 2000).
Source
Career Guidance and Counselling Glossary. Result of Leonardo da Vinci programme project “Overcoming Intercultural and Linguistic Barriers in Continuously Accessible Vocational Guidance and Counselling” (project No LT/03/B/F/LA-171023). Available from Internet: http://glossary.ambernet.lt/main.php?lang=eng#
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http://glossary.ambernet.lt/main.php?lang=eng#
http://www.ccdf.ca/ccdf/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/a_career_development_resource_for_parents_e.pdf
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ELGPN Glossary, career, counselling, counsellor, self-awareness, transition