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Overview
Career guidance advisors help adults and students make education, training and work choices through career planning, exploration of options and reflection on interests, ambitions and qualifications.
In job descriptions, look for counselling methods, study information, training needs, application processes, curriculum or programme advice, job search support and cooperation with education professionals.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Career guidance advisors meet students or adults to explore education, training and work options. Sessions may cover interests, qualifications, study programmes, applications, job search, recognition of prior learning and realistic next steps for a career plan.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include counselling methods, study information, identifying training needs, explaining application processes and cooperating with education professionals. Some roles focus on schools, others on adults, career transitions, job search support or prior learning.
Salary context
Salary context depends on client group, caseload, counselling responsibility, education-sector knowledge, programme advice, documentation duties and whether the advisor handles complex transitions, group information sessions or coordination with other services.
Career paths
Experience can come from education, counselling, recruitment, youth support, human resources or employment services. Development may lead to senior advisor work, programme coordination, specialist transition support, team leadership or policy and service development.
Good to know
Read adverts for the service scope: one-to-one guidance, group study information, application support, training needs, job market information, student wellbeing links and cooperation with teachers, counsellors or employment services.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for career guidance advisor work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
21-1012.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETRehabilitation Counselors
21-1015.00
Close relationship
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Personnel and careers professionals (2423)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5d0cc30d-068a-424c-8463-f42872a7149e |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2423.1 |
| ISCO group | 2423 |
| Concept type | Occupation |