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A careers consultant better understands what the individual would like to improve or fix and provide advice and guidance to help them make career choices. They can deal with people who are still at school who are unsure of the career path they want to steer towards or difficulty choosing between different paths, or adults who may be thinking about a career change or help them identify goals while working towards a career. Typical work environments could be working in a school, university, community or private practice.

A careers consultant focuses on the aspirations of the client and may carry out tests, assessments of evaluate their work style and interests before offering any advice. They may match a person's abilities or goals and provide guidance on careers they might be more suitable to or advice to better deal with a work, study and life balance.

Responsibilities & Skills

A careers consultants duties include offering assistance and advice on job applications, job search techniques and interviews, they select education and training programs, facilitate career management and career decision-making workshops, and help young people draw up career action plans to achieve goals.

They are sometimes required to attend career expos and give presentations to students. Careers consultants are inspiring people, and the advice they give to people is very important as people will trust what a careers consultant tells them.

To be a good careers consultant you need to have a genuine interest in helping people, patience, excellent listening, interpersonal and communications skills, the ability to assess and motivate clients and knowledge of industries to provide an accurate assumption that will help clients.