CAREER_COUNSELLING_EN

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  • Educational and professional requirements: academic and professional
    performance necessary in a profession, position or occupation; they can be
    expressed through: the entry qualifications (in a qualification grid), types of
    diplomas or study certificates (excerpts of a national list), categories of
    knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary, or references to an occupational
    standard, level of experience, membership in various professional
    associations, etc.

  • Streams of vocational training: institutions of vocational training, initial
    and continuing, which offer the necessary background for an occupation,
    trade or profession, existing forms of vocational training and conditions for
    access, facilities by various organizations for vocational training pre- or post-
    employment.

  • Salary, promotion, other advantages: information about the remuneration
    range, average income per types of organizations or sectors, possibilities for
    bonuses (overtime, seasonal work, etc.), other advantages specific to the
    occupation, trade or profession.

  • Dynamic of the occupation on the labour market: information regarding
    the history of the occupation, trade or profession, rhythm of change and
    influence of new technology, tendencies regarding the evolution of vacant /
    filled positions (locally, nationally, in Europe).

  • Professional mobility: possibilities and tendencies regarding the occupation,
    trade or profession, in the following aspects: change in content and dynamics,
    change of job, address, country, in order to get or keep the employment.

  • Related occupations, trades and professions: information regarding the
    possibilities of professional mobility it is desired to intended to change the
    occupation or even the profession. In this sense, related professions and
    occupations are listed, conditions of switching from one profession /
    occupation to another, regarding the aspect of the work content (by
    adaptation and/or training on the job, external training).

  • Specializations: a common body of knowledge allowing a relatively easy
    passage from one specialization to the next. An exclusive specialization may
    lead in time to under-qualification or over-qualification. For each occupation,
    trade or profession the main directions of specialization, activities, materials,
    products and specific technologies are mentioned.

  • Additional information: data on organizations or works that can offer
    additional information on an occupation, trade or profession, such as:
    information and counselling centres, mediation centres, professional
    associations, employment agencies, training providers existing professional
    qualifications, statistical reports, collections of professional profiles or
    monographs, video materials, multimedia, occupational data banks, media,
    company inventories, annual reports, reference publications, etc.

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