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Career Counselling
Career education in the
past has focused on the skills needed to work in an industrial society.
Canada has become an information society and career counselling needs to
reflect that change. Career education needs to begin at a younger age and
continue until grade 12. The renewed Saskatchewan curriculum supports the
research by providing career information to students in the middle years.
Career counsellors will
now need to move towards a more facilitative model in their work. This
includes supporting high school students as they begin to develop career
ideas by asking them about their passions and interests. Counsellors also
need to collaborate with parents so that both they and their students
understand how the world of work has changed.
Students need to develop
skills for the new workplace that include having a good understanding of
life/work connections and the knowledge to market themselves. They need to
understand the labour market and to know where to find information about
careers and education. This will help prepare them to make appropriate
decisions in their career journeys. They also need to be able to identify
their support systems and address possible barriers.
Career education needs
to be diversified and individualized in order to meet the needs of all
students, and should be closely woven into school-wide practices through
curricula with a clear plan for all students.
Career education is no longer about a
destination; it is about a well planned journey.
(from Prairie Valley Counsellor's Handbook)
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