- analysing and evaluating information;
- planning and organizing operations and activities;
- providing services;
- group work;
- preparing materials and reports.
Educational and professional training requirements
Education is at the university level, state or private, through faculties of psychology,
sociology, pedagogy, social work, 3 or 4-year bachelor degree and a master’s degree in
counselling.
Vocational training
Information on higher education in the field can be obtained from the magazine
“FORUM”, the website of the Ministry of Education (www.edu.ro) and Ploteus database
(http://Europe.eu.int/ploteus).
Salary, promotion, other advantages
Salaries in state institutions vary with the field and the current legislation. The salary
includes: basic salary, raises for certain work conditions, bonuses for excellent results,
special premiums.
Positions are filled by competition, according to the law.
Dynamics of the profession on the labour market
In 2006, in the system of the Romanian Ministry of Labour approximately 350
counsellors were employed in employment agencies. In institutions that belong to the
Ministry of Education, at the same time there were roughly 1350 counsellors, in psycho-
pedagogical assistance centres and offices. In universities there were about 50
counsellors. Overall there were approximately 1700 practicing counsellors throughout the
country, in various counselling networks (education, work, youth, army, health, etc.).
Professional mobility
Demand for positions in the field is on the increase (especially in schools and
employment offices). It is estimated that new technological changes, envisaged staff
redundancy as a consequence of the privatisation process will significantly increase the
role of the employment agencies and implicitly that of the information, counselling and
vocational guidance counsellors.