Consulting, Workplace Category

The Career Counselor's Handbook

14 CE Hours
37 members have taken this course

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About the Course

This course is a comprehensive guide to career counseling, presenting practical and relevant information for both aspiring and experienced career counselors. This course covers tools for building a prosperous business, improving effectiveness, problem-solving, and meeting the needs of clients.

This course is based on the book, The Career Counselor’s Handbook created by Howard Figler, Ph.D. & Richard Bolles

Publication Details

Journal/Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Publication Date: 2007 (Second Edition)

Course Material Author

Howard Figler, Ph.D. & Richard Bolles
Howard Figler, Ph.D. is the author "The Complete Job Search Handbook". He is also a nationally known speaker and seminar leader. Richard Bolles is the author of "What Color is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers" which has sold over nine million copies and has been published in seventeen languages. Both authors are recognized leaders in the field of career counseling.

Howard Figler, Ph.D. & Richard Bolles authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

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Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, and social workers who seek knowledge about career counseling. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Define the duties, necessary skills, and objectives of career counseling.
  2. 2 Describe the recommendations for surviving and prospering in the career counseling field.
  3. 3 Describe the tools of career counseling.
  4. 4 Identify special problems involved in career counseling, and describe recommendations to address these issues.
  5. 5 Describe recommendations to help clients with success in self-employment.
  6. 6 Identify and describe ethical values faced in career counseling and the place for spirituality in career counseling.
  7. 7 Describe the projected future trends in career counseling and identify recommendations to deal with change and to update skills.

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Tyler Gibson – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$100.80

Course Details

14 CE Hours
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Course 102050

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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