Career Counsellor Certification

WHAT IS CAREER COUNSELLING ? Download Brochure

Career Counselling is the guidance given to a student on the road he/she should take to achieve his/her goals. It helps an individual to gain better self-understanding and work-world knowledge in order to make better career, educational and life decisions. The goal of Career Counselling is not only to help someone make decisions now but to give one the knowledge and skills required to make future career and life decisions as well.

It consists of four critical components :

Helping individuals gain greater self-awareness in areas such as interests, values, abilities and mindset orientation.

Connecting individuals to resources that impart greater knowledge about jobs and occupations.

Engaging individuals in the decision-making process so that they may choose a career path that is well suited to their interests, abilities and mindset orientation.

Assisting individuals to become active owners of their career path and inculcate a habit of sustained professional development.

WHY CHOOSE CAREER COUNSELLING AS A PROFESSION ?

The pride of giving the youth the power to make the right choice

Satisfaction of giving direction to students

Recognition and respect in the community for making a difference to families

Ability to work from home which gives the flexibity to choose working hours

Confidence to learn skills that generate income

Happiness in impacting careers, lives and families across the country

THE FUTURE OF CAREER COUNSELLING IN INDIA

The education sector is one of the fastest developing sectors in India, generating large scale revenues and employment. The growth of the Indian economy and rise in income levels has boosted spend on education, making it the second-highest for middle-class households.

India’s large youth population, proliferation of educational institutes, new career opportunities and tremendous competition are progressively creating a compelling demand for competent career counsellors who can guide students to career excellence.

Compounded Annual Growth Rate of Indian Education Sector for FY 2005-12 was 16.5%

Compounded Annual Growth Rate of Indian Higher Education Segment for FY 2004-10 was 18.13%

WHAT DO CAREER COUNSELLORS DO ?

The work of a Career Counsellor varies depending on the type of organisation they work in. Some of the activities related to Career Counsellors are as follows :

Helping people understand various career or education options available.
Identifying skills gaps and how to deal with them.
Helping young people to draw up action plans for education, training and employment and supporting them to achieve these goals.
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.
Running small group sessions or larger presentations on all aspects of career work and topics related to personal development.
Helping people to understand the current job market.
Using computer-aided guidance packages, skill assessment tools, career planners, psychometric tests and personal inventories.
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.

Introducing Students’ Destination – a unique and indispensable platform that empowers people who genuinely care about making a difference to the lives of students. Our Career Counsellor Certification Program is a comprehensive developmental program designed to assist individuals in making and implementing informed educational and occupational choices. It develops an individual’s competencies in self-knowledge, educational and occupational exploration, career planning, imparting various professional and personal development skills through a blended approach of online and offline learning mechanisms. Our CCC program prepares future career counselling professionals to master concrete challenges linked to supporting students in dealing with career-related questions. Due to the growing complexity and uncertainty of the world of work and career-related decisions, combined with the growing reliance on individuals to develop their own careers, we see a growing societal need for this kind of professional support.

OUR OBJECTIVES

Create Career Counsellors who provide world class Career Counselling services

Offer practical and scientific Career Counselling Certification training across the country

Promote and disseminate best practices in achieving successful careers

Conduct research into practices and issues that impact career and disseminate findings as widely as possible

Encourage contributions from academicians, business leaders, government, organizations, professional associations, etc.

Generate insights which impact career choices

Provide resources which impact students lives in a positive manner

OUR VISION

“To Certify 1000 Career Counsellors in 100 cities in 3 years.” We want to ensure all students in India get the right guidance and counselling to make the right career decisions.

OUR MISSION

We will achieve our vision by :

Empowering our Career Counsellors to deliver world class service

Providing insights that give the counsellor trainees the power to achieve more

Building partnerships with all stakeholders to impact the student community

OUR KEY DIFFERENTIATORS

Certified Career Counselling Trainers

World-class Career Counselling Certification Program

Repository of extensive Information/Insight

Strong Industry Experts as Mentors and Consultants

OUR CAREER COUNSELLOR CERTIFICATION PROCESS

Stage 1

Robust Screening Process on the basis of:

Personality
Knowledge
Skills
Past Experience
Behaviour Orientation

Stage 2

Signing of Code of Ethics

Stage 3

Intensive Workshops: CC Competence Framework

Stage 4

Occupation Research Thesis

Stage 5

3-6 Webinars for Deeper Learning

Stage 6

2-3 Sessions with Master Coach

Stage 7

40-50 hrs of Extensive Practise

Stage 8

Real-time Case Handling

Stage 9

Viva and Practical Evaluation

Stage 10

Certification as Career Counsellor

Stage 11

Real-time Case Handling

CAREER COUNSELLOR CERTIFICATION COURSE OUTLINE

Fundamentals of Career Counselling

Introduction to Career Counselling
Basic Premise of Career Counselling
Career Counselling Process
Understanding Functioning of the Mind & Uncertainity
Career Decision 06. Career and Social Context
Assessment of Interest, Aptitude & Mindset
Building Career Strategy

Setting the Foundation

Meeting Ethical Guidelines and Professional Standards
Establishing the Counselling Agreement

Co-creating the Relationship

Establishing Trust and Intimacy with the Client
Counselling Presence

Facilitating Learning and Results

Creating Awareness
Designing Actions
Planning and Goal Setting
Managing Progress and Accountability
Facilitating Client Readiness
Occupational Information & Client Database Management

Communicating Effectively

Active Listening
Powerful Questioning
Direct Communication

Selling Skills & Business Development

Personality Grooming
Establishing the Practice

HOW WE SUPPORT OUR CAREER COUNSELLORS DURING CERTIFICATION

Make sure all required knowledge is imparted

Ensure comprehension of the knowledge

Development of the right skills

Enhance judgement to make a difference

Webinars to deepen learning

Certified Master Coach to overcome challenges

Technology led monitoring of progress

Drill and practice to develop confidence and competence

HOW WE SUPPORT OUR CAREER COUNSELLORS IN SETTING UP THEIR BUSINESS/PRACTICE

Support to build own brand as a Career Counsellor

Generate business from our online portal

Tie-ups with schools in respective cities

On-going support of a Master Coach

Access to repository of information on our portal

Insights and industry updates to truly make a difference as a Career Counsellor

Online CRM to track all sessions and provide outstadning service to students, parents and schools

Learn from the fastest growing and largest network of Career Counsellors in the world

SERVICE QUALITY ASSURANCE

Students’ Destination has a stringent Service Quality Assurance Program in place.

“We will strive to provide a high quality service delivery system for our trainee Counsellors from Training & Certification to Support & Resources for setting up their practice. We will ensure excellence in quality service provision, delivering a seamless system demonstrated by meaningful measures of enhanced success.”

Our commitment to high quality service rests on the following three pillars :