Career Counseling Is Crucial For College Students

Pamelia E. Brott, an associate professor of counselor education at Virginia Tech with a Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education at the University of North Carolina, wrote the article “A Career Story Approach to Management, Business, and Financial Occupations”. The article discusses what the future outlook is on business, while giving a personal story on how to achieve a good future outlook in the field. The target audience deals with business majors in general, with some specific majors in mind. Searching for something to do for the remainder of one’s life requires a lot of thinking, which produces a large amount of stress and uncertainty. For one to be able to pick a career that he or she will find a passion for many years will never be

I learned that it is important to try and let prospective employers know that you can feel their needs and if they have any questions about your abilities you should clear them up right away.

I have had the pleasure of serving as Samuel’s career counselor since he started his undergraduate studies here at Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO). Let me begin by stating that serving as Samuel’s career counselor has been a very humbling experience. Samuel is the type of student who causes one to question their own educational efforts. At SUNO, he has earned a 3.9/4.0 GPA in Biology while being active "on and off" our campus. When I say that Samuel is active, I mean very active! He has served as a class president, a student tutor, a peer mentor, a summer Research

With all of the topics discussed by Dr. Capuzzi and participating students (2017) on the conference call, the most meaningful topic for myself that was covered was the need to take a holistic approach to career counseling. Dr. Capuzzi stated that, even as career counselors, we are “dealing with the whole person –their physical health, their mental health, and their spirituality,” (2017, 21:20). He also noted similarities between career counseling and mental health counseling, and made a direct correlation and connection between the two. One way I will incorporate this into future work with clients is to seek understanding of an individual’s entire worldview, life experiences, and culture, as opposed to narrowing the focus simply to discussions surrounding career exploration and difficulties (or successes). Helping

Career Counseling is not a simple task and definitely is not the same as counseling a client for mental illness. One thing that will be similar is that one will encounter obstacles and barriers in career counseling like one would counseling a client for mental illness. Obstacles may look like various different things; however, the writer will identify and elaborate on three different obstacles that obstructs the process. The writer will also elaborate on how to address these obstacles. These obstacles are not motivation and job finding, work dissatisfaction, and career transitioning. These three issues may contribute to difficulties in the career counseling process. First, the writer will explore

I accepted this position because of the emphasis on the customer service, clinical assessment, case management, problem solving, and crisis management. In a previous position as a student success counselor at Howard University, I provided academic advisement, personal counseling, and career advisement services, which are applicable to the direction of where I am interested in moving forward in my career goals. I am passionate about academic and career advisement and I have hopes of potentially managing a career development center. Currently, I am pursuing a Doctorate of Management and Community College Policy and Administration degree from the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) with an expected completion date of December 2015.

Gysbers (2013) defines what career readiness is and what the qualities of a career ready student is. Students today are required an education that provides them with the academic, career and technical, and guidance to be career ready upon graduating from high school. When a student is career ready they know how to participate in numerous current and potential life roles which include learning and working. Gysbers and Lapan in 2009 (cited by Gysbers, 2013) defined a career ready student as “a proactive, resilient, and adaptive style of interacting in the in the present and use that style to assertively move toward self-defined career futures that add meaning, purpose, and satisfaction to their lives.” Once a student meets the definition they

In 1991, researchers from Florida State University’s Career Center’s Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development researchers created the Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) Approach to Career Development and Services (Peterson, Sampson & Reardon, 1991). Gary W. Peterson, James P. Sampson, Jr., Robert C. Reardon, and Janet G. Lenz developed the approach that is based on the Cognitive Information Processing Theory (Reiser and Dempsey, 2012). The CIP approach serves as a blueprint for creating modifiable delivery of services that assist students with developing effective skills needed for career decision making and problem solving. With this approach, career selection and decision making is an endeavor of focused resolution, problem-solving (Gordon, 2006). Additionally, the CIP approach is an exemplary representation of the first mission point that the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has outlined for college and university career services. The mission point is to develop self-knowledge related to career choice and performance by identifying, assessing and understanding their competencies, interests, values and personal characteristics

At the beginning of this term I did not know what college or career readiness meant. But now that we are a few weeks into this course I have realized that we need the Learning Skills, Transition Knowledge, Key Cognitive Strategies, and Key Content Knowledge to be successful without careers. It takes effort and determination to keep pushing your way through, but letting one bad grade get you down will set you up for many failures. You need good effort and a good attitude to succeed in life.

Students entering college for the first time often do not know what they want to do as a career. They begin their

I am excited to learn of the current opening for the position of Peer Career Advisor in the Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Career Development at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). I am an undergraduate freshman at MICA as an undecided major. I have always been involved in academic counseling programs and social events organizations for years. Also, as an international student who has been in the United States for four years, I believe I would make a substantial contribution to your academic community.

This paper will provide an introduction to the career counseling process through the examination of Ruby, a client, and how her case could be handled. It will provide basic background information about Ruby and her current career situation. In addition, I will explore the career counseling process beginning with a look at the overall goals of career counseling theories to Ruby’s situation. Finally, formal and informal tools will be introduced and recommended in an effort to demonstrate options for providing Ruby with a comprehensive and effective career counseling process.

Clifford Frontera is a sophomore pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a possible minor in Organizational Behavior at Brooklyn College. He is currently still exploring the industry of Psychology that he would like to go into, but is interested in Human Resources. Clifford has also considered in going into the Marketing field. He has been awarded Dean’s List from Fall 2015- Fall 2016. Currently, he works as a College Assistant at the Magner Career Center at Brooklyn College where he helps students connect with their dream careers. He finds that the most rewarding thing of working there is seeing students that were unsure of what they want to do leaving the office with

I am to assume the role of career counselor at a college, and proffer career/vocational recommendations to one John Lee, a Freshman at the college. These recommendations are to be based upon results from Mr. Lee’s completion of the “Neuroticism, Extroversion, & Openness-Revised” (NEO-R) personality assessment instrument, in addition to review of career goals questionnaire, school/work history, and personal interview with the student (Kirwan, 2014). The NEO-R is to serve only as a template to evaluate and consider vocational aspirations for Mr. Lee, and further careful deliberation is paramount in the selection of the occupation that will engage him for remainder of his vocational life.

Finding a specific career path can not only be difficult, but it can also induce bouts of anxiety, anger, and sadness over a crucial part of an individual’s life. Settling on a career can be unnerving when thinking about the fact that this is the career that you spend thousands of dollars on in college, that this is the career you will work in until you retire. With this course, I’ve found that it has been easier to narrow down a goal towards finding a career. Through career assessments, different assignments and discussions, I have realized what my barriers and strengths are. Overcoming these and improving these skills or applying them to an actual career assisted me in narrowing my goal as well. I am now able to clearly see the advantages and disadvantages of my career goal and to think clearer about the next steps that I will take after this course.