Career Services

Career Services (hereinafter, the Lectio) is the second lesson part of the Workforce Services lesson that introduces its participants to workforce services and related topics.

WorldOpp Pipeline

This lesson belongs to the Introduction to Careers session of the CNM Cyber Orientation. The Orientation is the second stage of the WorldOpp Pipeline.

Content

The predecessor lectio is Professional Portfolios.

Key terms

Workforce service.

• Employment placement.
• Supported employment.
• Career service.

Workforce service provider. Any provider of workforce services.

• Career counselor. A practitioner who advises on a particular occupation and/or industry using counseling techniques. The counselor's goal is to support the clients in making complex decisions and facing difficult situations in career exploration, career change, personal career development, and other career-related issues within their occupational and/or industry expertise. Those practitioners whose occupational and/or industry expertise is limited may use sources such as the Occupational Outlook Handbook and Occupational Information Network.
• Job coach. A practitioner who guides an employment candidate through a process of the landing of employment often without any industry and/or occupational expertise in the candidate's areas of interest.
• Employment consultant. A practitioner who provides expert advice in his or her particular area of the job market and/or workforce services.
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  Job club. A non-profit group such as the Career Network Ministry that performs as a workforce service provider.
• Government employment office. A government office that offers workforce services and, often, serves as an employment agency.
• Personal BOD. A group of key stakeholders in formulating and achieving one's career objectives. BOD refers to a board of directors in corporations.
• Workforce dealer.

Mentor vs consultant vs coach

Mentor. Someone who possesses a certain area of expertise and who is willing to share this expertise with another person or persons who is willing to learn from the mentor.

• Employer-assisted development. Workforce development that is organized and/or supported by the employer.
• Guild. An organization of people who do the same job or have the same interests.

Script

Workforce services are any services rendered to or benefit workers. They include career services and workforce development. Workforce service providers are workforce developers and a wide range of the entities that are in the business of career services. These services include career assistance, job search support, and employment placement.

Employment placement is a service that educational institutions, employment agencies, and third-party recruiters offer to help workers find work.

In the United States, supported employment is an employment arrangement in which employees are people with disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, mental health, and traumatic brain injury, among others. The government agency assists with obtaining and maintaining employment, reimburses a part of employer's expenses, or, most likely, both.

Job clubs are non-profit groups such as the Career Network Ministry that help people in career transitions.

Government employment offices are government offices that offer workforce services and, often, serve as employment agencies.

Workforce dealers act on behalf of those workers who are looking for jobs.

Some employers organize and/or support workforce development for their employees; this is employer-assisted development.

Guilds are organizations of people who do the same job or have the same interests; career services usually are a part of their offerings.

However, one's personal BOD might provide the one with the most effective career services. BOD refers to a board of directors in corporations. This is a group of key stakeholders in formulating and achieving one's career objectives.

Mentor vs Job Coach is the successor lectio.