- “I’ve been looking for a job for far too long to stop and think if this one is
suitable for me or not”.
Once this first psychological tension (internal and/or external) in the sphere of
conjunctural decision is relieved, the following instances of justification may arise
(possibly as reparation):
- “If I find I hate this school I will get a transfer, but I had to enrol somewhere
as soon as possible at the beginning of the school year.” - “If I really can’t perform the tasks assigned so as not to affect my salary or
jeopardize my status I’ll look for another job (once you have one job, it’s
easier to find another) or I’ll get some training in the meantime.”
In these cases, the rational models of decision-making offer either a post-factum
explanation, either express an educational or training intention.
More consistent hopes of “conjunctural / impulsive decisions” can (apparently) be
found in the explanatory potential of cognitive models which seem to draw nearer to the
reality of the concrete decision-making process.
The basic elements of a coherent career counselling system implies the existence of a
well-trained staff, institutional information, counselling and guidance networks, an ethical
code and quality standards for practice, an ensemble of methods and techniques adequate
to the target population. Such a perspective requires a re-conceptualisation,
re-systematisation and re-conciliation between classic and modern in the area of
methodology specific to career counselling (methods, means, techniques and instruments)
function of the ever-broader criteria and domains. The local social and economic
dynamics requires complex and professional career counselling services, mainly offered
by various institutionalised networks in the fields of education and employment. The
counsellor’s competence to evaluate is fundamental, together with the competence in
individual and/or group counselling, implementing career development programmes,
information management, counselling groups with special needs, knowledge of career
counselling theories, making use of the computer technology and communications.
In the psychological evaluation with a view to career counselling, the role of the
counsellor is crucial concerning: the decision to evaluate the client, the choice of methods
or instruments, the administration, scoring and interpretation of results, and the
communication tailored to each client.
Since there is a tendency that more evaluation instruments (interests, aptitudes, helping
decision-making, etc.) be available in electronic format (as well as on the Internet), the
counsellors are introduced to new matters of a technological, ethical nature and related to
information, counselling and guidance at a distance: it is a question of getting thoroughly
acquainted with the distance counselling by computerized means, the relevance and
weight of such resources in distance counselling, the personal impact and the social
effects of the Internet evaluations.