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Today I will be talking to you about a Job Role of a Counselor
All of us will be wondering if a counselor job is going to be right for me or not
lets find out if it is
A counselor is someone who provides guidance to the students to achieve success in various
fields like academics, career and behavior. Job requirement
Unlike other jobs, role of the counselor varies with the type of students who he handles.
For a counselor for elementary level students, the candidate is expected to identify innate
strengths and weakness in the children and also behavioral problems. A counselor must
report on changes that have to be done in school’s curriculum to benefit the students.
A middle school counselor should identify the students’ goals and evaluates them.
The candidates are expected to handle personality or social related behavioral problems with
children. A high school counselor should help the students with their college application
and other career related options, including apprenticeship. A career counselor has to
create opportunities for the students to improve their career growth and also provide aid in
applying and getting placed for a job. Candidate requirement
Candidates with various educational backgrounds would be sought for this position as freshers.
Candidates who have completed a course in career guidance or any related fields would
be in demand. Most of the companies provide a basic salary and incentive per student.
Candidates with psychology, management, sociology and related field education are sought for
higher pay in this career. Basic requirements of the candidates are Numerous like
Good communication skill in both English and the local language
Knowledge of additional languages is an added benefit
Excellent presentation skills Good computer skills
Smart, confident and active Basic domain knowledge
In case of working for an educational institute, the candidates would be requested to take
care of counseling and increasing career opportunities of the students. In case of other private
organization, the counselor might be responsible for sales related activities like lead generation
and conversion. In some companies, monthly target would be provided to the candidates.
Candidates should visit universities, give seminars and attract the students towards
the product or service. Apart from these, the candidates must be required to perform
operational activities which are related to their work. Beyond tele-calling, candidates
might require to take up on-site activities for convincing clients with presentations.
Scope About 19% of the total vacancies of counselors
are found in schools and universities. The remaining vacancies are found in companies
which provide special training and managerial programs for improving market skills of the
candidates. In case you are thinking of taking up a job in private organization, you would
have a wide range of growth options. The people who have experience in counseling with lead
generation are sought in marketing department. If you want to grow in the same field, you
can apply for senior counselor positions after gaining three to five years of experience.
With more experience, the candidate can apply for positions like counselor trainer.
This is one of the jobs which have grown more than 15% in the last decade. Due to stagnant
job market, people are in search of an effective career counselor to help them. Candidates
with educational background in any technical field can apply for positions like property
counselor, financial counselor, international education counselor and many other fields.
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