CAREER

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors

Overview

Salary Median (2020)

$58,120

Projected Job Growth (2019-2029)

+8% (as fast as the average)

Most Common Level of Education

Master's degree

Career

What Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors Do

Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.

Other Job Titles Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors May Have

Academic Advisor, Academic Counselor, Admissions Counselor, Career Counselor, College Counselor, Guidance Counselor, School Adjustment Counselor, School Counselor, Student Development Advisor, Student Services Coordinator

How Leaders Describe a Typical Day at Work

College Access Program Specialist ,

CollegeBound Foundation

Working with students, there isn't ever a typical day. Working in the inner city ads layers to this. So if someone shadowed me for a day, I can not tell you with certainty what they would see.

Coordinator of Career Services and Internships ,

Bethany Lutheran College

8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Check and answer emails (recruiters, students, professors), meet one-on-one with students, create designs for an event, host a career services event/workshop, take time to read news and industry articles, update social media. Network, network, network. 8 p.m.-12:30 p.m. Answer emails, edit images, update price lists, create promotions, update social media.


Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

  • Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
  • Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs.
  • Identify cases of domestic abuse or other family problems and encourage students or parents to seek additional assistance from mental health professionals.
  • Counsel individuals to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.
  • Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.

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