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4213 – Employment Counsellors
Employment counsellors provide assistance, counsel and information to worker clients on all aspects of employment search and career planning. They also provide counsel and information to employer clients regarding human resource and employment issues. Employment counsellors are employed primarily by federal and provincial governments but are also employed by large establishments and private employment service agencies. Supervisors of employment counsellors are included in this unit group.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Aboriginal employment officer
- Aboriginal employment worker
- Career coach
- Career counsellor - except education
- Career development consultant
- Career development counsellor
- Career development facilitator
- Career development practitioner
- Career group facilitator
- Career resource centre co-ordinator
- Counsellor, employment
- Counsellor, employment - government services
- Counsellor, employment group
- Counsellor, job
- Counsellor, job - government services
- Counsellor, outplacement
- Counsellor, relocation
- Counsellor, vocational
- Employment counsellor
- Employment counsellor - government services
- Employment counsellor supervisor
- Employment development specialist
- Employment group counsellor
- Employment outreach counsellor
- Employment outreach program co-ordinator
- Employment outreach program counsellor
- Employment services assessment officer
- Employment services officer
- Employment specialist
- Group counsellor, employment services
- Job counsellor
- Job counsellor - government services
- Job search trainer
- Labour market information consultant
- Occupational counsellor
- Outplacement consultant
- Outplacement counsellor
- Outplacement relocation specialist
- Outreach counsellor, employment
- Outreach program co-ordinator, employment
- Outreach program counsellor, employment
- Relocation consultant
- Supervisor, employment counsellors
- Vocational counsellor
- Workforce adjustment officer
- Career counsellor - except education
- Career development consultant
- Career development counsellor
- Employment counsellor
- Occupational counsellor
- Outplacement counsellor
- Relocation consultant
- Supervisor, employment counsellors
- Vocational counsellor
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Employment counsellors perform some or all of the following duties:
- Interview clients to obtain employment history, educational background and career goals
- Identify barriers to employment and assist clients with such matters as job readiness skills, job search strategies, writing résumés and preparing for job interviews
- Advise employers on human resource and other employment-related issues
- Administer and interpret tests designed to determine the interests, aptitudes and abilities of clients
- Assess need for assistance such as rehabilitation, financial aid or further vocational training and refer clients to the appropriate services
- Provide established workers with information on maintaining a job or moving within an organization, dealing with job dissatisfaction or making a mid-career change
- Collect labour market information for clients regarding job openings, entry and skill requirements and other occupational information
- Provide consulting services to community groups and agencies, business and industry, and to other organizations involved in providing community-based career planning resources.
Employment requirements
- A bachelor's degree or college diploma in a related field, such as psychology, social services or education, is usually required.
- Completion of secondary school and several years of experience in services related to counselling or in a helping profession may replace formal education.
Additional information
- Mobility to positions in personnel or training is possible.
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible through experience.
Exclusions
- Educational Counsellors (4143)
- Personnel and Recruitment Officers (1223)
- Employment insurance officers (in 1228 Immigration, Employment Insurance and Revenue Officers)
- Vocational rehabilitation counsellors (in 4153 Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 4 – Occupations in Social Science, Education, Government Service and Religion
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 42 – Paraprofessional Occupations in Law, Social Services, Education and Religion
- Minor group
- 421 – Paralegals, Social Services Workers and Occupations in Education and Religion, n.e.c.
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