Employment Counsellors (4213)

Job titles

• Aboriginal employment developer
• Aboriginal employment officer
• Aboriginal employment worker
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Nature of work

Employment counsellors provide assistance, counsel and information to worker clients on all aspects of employment search and career planning. They also provide counsel and information to employer clients regarding human resource and employment issues. Employment counsellors are employed primarily by federal and provincial governments but are also employed by large establishments and private employment service agencies. Supervisors of employment counsellors are included in this unit group.

Fields of interest

• Counseling, helping others
• Working in an office
• Writing, working in communications and information

Main duties

• Employment counsellors perform some or all of the following duties:
• - Interview clients to obtain employment history, educational background and career goals
• - Identify barriers to employment and assist clients with such matters as job readiness skills, job search strategies, writing résumés and preparing for job interviews
• - Advise employers on human resource and other employment-related issues
• - Administer and interpret tests designed to determine the interests, aptitudes and abilities of clients
• - Assess need for assistance such as rehabilitation, financial aid or further vocational training and refer clients to the appropriate services
• - Provide established workers with information on maintaining a job or moving within an organization, dealing with job dissatisfaction or making a mid-career change
• - Collect labour market information for clients regarding job openings, entry and skill requirements and other occupational information
• - Provide consulting services to community groups and agencies, business and industry, and to other organizations involved in providing community-based career planning resources.

Employment requirements

• * A bachelor's degree or college diploma in a related field, such as psychology, social services or education, is usually required.
• * Completion of secondary school and several years of experience in services related to counselling or in a helping profession may replace formal education.

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