Career Advisor Duties & Responsibilities
The role and function of a Career Advisor includes the following duties and responsibilities:
- Planning and organising careers fairs and conventions;
- Helping people to understand the current job market;
- Helping young people to draw up action plans for employment, education and training and supporting them to achieve these goals;
- Providing advice on CV, applications, job hunting and interview techniques;
- Using IT for administrative tasks, such as recording interactions with and tracking clients;
- Using computer-aided guidance packages, skills assessment tools, career planners,
- Keeping up to date with labour market information, legislation, and professional and academic developments by visiting employers, training providers and training events run by educational and professional bodies;
- Managing a caseload of clients.
- One or in small groups to discuss career or education options;
- Identifying skills gaps and how to deal with them;
- Psychometric tests and personal inventories;
- Running small group sessions or larger presentations on all aspects of careers work and topics related to personal development;
- Researching careers, options and support organisations to meet people’s needs;
- Advising people on how to source relevant training courses or qualifications and what funding might be available;
- Interviewing people
- Liaising and negotiating with other organisations on behalf of people;
- Writing careers literature or sourcing information products from elsewhere for use within the service;
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Career Advisor duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Career Advisor roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.