A job as a career counselor means putting on your best face every day and helping students or immigrants step into the job pool with confidence. There isn’t always an easy way to do this, but job sites and forums for career counselors can help you learn the right things to say and how to keep in touch with hopeful employees. There’s an art to being a career counselor, so it helps to constantly educate yourself and learn new networking skills for your clients.
Job Sites and Blogs for Career Counselors
These websites and blogs focus on career counseling. Whether it’s implementing social media or helping with a resume, these websites and blogs will show you how to take your career counseling skills to the next level.
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- Career Counseling This is the ultimate job board for career counselors, displaying jobs all over the U.S. This board goes beyond the basics by showing you tips on how to improve resumes, ace interviews and finagle a second interview through your communication skills.
- Ready Minds This is a paid site that offers career counseling tips, but for career counselors it has plenty of content over accessing the job market and making the right moves when helping clients find jobs online.
- Career Counselors Consortium Blog This blog is run by a career counseling service in New York City. While hopeful employees flock to this center for help, their blog offers great advice for free. It focuses on new networking practices that those who’ve been in the career counseling field for years can learn from.
- About Career Planning This About blog is packed with tips on how to take your job search to the next stage. It shows career counselors how much the job hunt game is changing thanks to technology, but it’s also emphasizes the fact that stellar social skills are still essential to landing the gig.
- Career Planning Holy Cross This private school has an extensive blog for career planning. For career counselors who work with high school and college students, this blog is helpful for setting students up with the 101 of job planning and interviewing.
- Career 2 This is a site that every career counselor should bookmark because it allows you to track job fairs by city. Job fairs can be useful for helping a client get their name out there, get them comfortable with networking and short interviews and help them get their resume in check. It also categorizes jobs by industry and region.
- Career Action Now This career site is all about using the Internet and social media as your primary networking tools. This is new territory for some career counselors, but it’s an essential area to explore for the benefit of your clients. There are many jobs to be found online and it’s important to know how to track job opportunities and what job sites are the most helpful.
- Career Planning Blog Career counselors should bookmark this site for its endless blog posts over career planning and changing careers. In a flailing economy, many are being forced to explore new industries or foreign careers. This blog gives you insight on how to help clients make that leap to a new field with confidence.
- Press Podium .This blog focuses on online education and career planning. It is well-written and discusses the pros and cons of rigid career planning. Since things don’t always go according to plan, it’s imperative you arm your students with the general skills they need, versus preparing them for one type of interview or job market.
- Hallie Crawford Career Blog At this site, those looking for a job can pay for career counseling services, but the career blog is an awesome resource for those looking for general tips on getting a jumpstart on the job hunt. We love this blog because it delves into work ethics, which is an important subject to discuss with clients.
- Women EmployedThis site is all about making the workplace fair for women. For career counselors with female clients, this site is a fantastic resource for learning how to help women negotiate salaries and benefits.
- My Life Coach Often being a career counselor is also being a life coach of sorts. This blog offers help with helping a client find their calling and helping them explore job options that will leave them fulfilled.
- About Job Search This About blog covers job hunting 101 and is a great resource to pass along to clients who need to brush up on their interview skills or touch up their resume. It also covers constructing a cover letter and what your resume should say according to the industry you’re looking for work in.
- Career Builder To keep up with job trends and get an idea of what jobs are experiencing a surge in your city or region, keep up with a major career site like CareerBuilder. .
- Campus Career Counselor This blog is aimed at career counselors who deal with high school and college students on a regular basis. Articles are contributed by other career counselors and you can sign up for the free e-newsletter that’s distributed monthly.
Online Job Hunting and Social Networking Sites for Career Counselors
It’s all about the web when it comes to the modern job hunt. While it’s smart to equip your clients with the old-fashioned ways of winning over an employer, teaching them how to use the Internet and keeping tabs on their social media profiles will give them a leg up on the competition.
- Career Planner This site is packed with information on career tests, how to make the Internet work for you during your job hunt and how to make major career changes. For those who are new to being a career counselor, this site has a lot to offer.
- Job Hunt This blog is all about job hunting online and getting the job done right. There’s a lot of misinformation out there when it comes to the online job search and this blog does a great job of breaking down what you need to know to be productive.
- Quint Careers This job site divies up their content between general job hunt tips, plus how to make the Internet work for you when looking for a job. One of the best sections goes over online resume posting and how to make your stand out in a sea of job hopefuls.
- About Human Resources This About blog focuses on HR and with that, comes a bevy of tips on how to utilize social networking for your career. It’s important to teach your students or clients how to manage their social networking to prevent it from hurting their careers or reputations. Many employers are doing a simple social networking search before considering new employees for a job.
- Keppie Careers This career building blog teaches you how to get the job of your dreams and how to continue to grow in your field. We love it because it talks about acing job reviews and making social networking a way to get your name or brand out there, while leaving the basics of career counseling to other sites.
- Mashable – Business This site is the king of social networking news, so it’s no wonder they’re a fabulous resource for learning what the Internet can do for your career. From putting together an online resume to improving your brand and online presence, this blog is a must-read for career counselors who want to stay on the cusp of what’s hot in the world of online job hunting.
- Social Media Today There’s nothing like a site that talks all social media, all of the time, to show you the ropes of optimizing your online presence. This site covers how to make what you say online count and how to line up your online resume with your various social networking profiles to show employers what you’re all about.
- JoberTalk This is like a social networking site aimed at those looking for a job. Instead of using Facebook or Twitter and hoping you stand out, this site allows students and clients to interact with those in their field and find positions that are open in their area.
- My Global Career This site is all about growing your career, even during a down market. It talks about what to wear to an interview and how to keep in touch with potential employers via email and social networking.
- Career Line This site is aimed at executives and those who pull in 100K+, but the career building tips are useful for those with a more modest income too. Social networking and online job hunting tips are plentiful at this site, including what should and shouldn’t be mentioned when interviewing for a new position and talking about it online.
Career counseling can be a very rewarding job that helps you give others the confidence they need to get the career of their dreams. The job scene is ever-changing, so it’s important to keep educating yourself and become familiar with all of the opportunities the web has to offer. Students and clients seeking a career counselor want the latest tips on how to snag a new job and how to put social media to use. Keeping up with job trends and what jobs are growing in your area will help your clients manage their expectations and come out on top.
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