In this essay I will discuss potential barriers three clients might face and how I would advise them. I will also explain a planned interventions for each of the selected clients. The selected clients are
1. a person who identifies with a minority racial or cultural group who has recently immigrated to New Zealand
2. a year 13 student who has no idea of what to do on leaving school
3. a person who has been unemployed for over six months
During career counselling when a person is identified with a minority racial or cultural group it is important to look at the person as an individual and not their cultural label – NMIT pg 27: 2012. Although at some point in time during the counselling process I will need to consider some significant aspects …show more content…
I will probably not use any of the formal career assessment tools in a rush in the early stages of the counselling process but rather I will mostly use the face to face interview to establish interests, values and skills.
During the early meetings I not only need to be aware of gestures or remarks that the clients may see as rejection or attitudes of superiority but I also need to strongly establish my own credibility as a fully capable career adviser. In order to overcome this issue and build a good rapport I would make an effort to demonstrate some respectful knowledge of this client’s cultural background- internet search produce some remarkable resources these days. This would probably be before the second or third meeting.
During the interview process I need to be aware that the “normal expectations and interpretations” may be different or may not be met by this client. I will also need to listen carefully and workout verbal and nonverbal message as they can be important and different in this case. At some point in the early interviews I will also establish how this client wants to be …show more content…
Super identified this as the later exploration stage where individuals transit from a general career goal to a specific occupation where further training might be necessary NMIT pg 9 : 2012.
One of the barriers that he could be facing is that he is doing subjects which will lead to a career that he does not want or he may not be doing the right subjects for the career he is interested in or he may have the correct subject but is unable to determine a suitable career pathway as yet.
Another potential barrier he may be facing is that he is not able to make a choice as to the direction he needs to take from now. Possible scenarios would be whether to do formal tertiary studies or take up apprenticeship in a trade industry or take a gap year and go on his OE or earn whatever he can now working, go on his OE and then come back to do tertiary studies. Another barrier could be that he is finding year 13 very challenging and he sees himself not attaining UE and so he has the fear of making decision regarding further studies or
1. a person who identifies with a minority racial or cultural group who has recently immigrated to New Zealand
2. a year 13 student who has no idea of what to do on leaving school
3. a person who has been unemployed for over six months
During career counselling when a person is identified with a minority racial or cultural group it is important to look at the person as an individual and not their cultural label – NMIT pg 27: 2012. Although at some point in time during the counselling process I will need to consider some significant aspects …show more content…
I will probably not use any of the formal career assessment tools in a rush in the early stages of the counselling process but rather I will mostly use the face to face interview to establish interests, values and skills.
During the early meetings I not only need to be aware of gestures or remarks that the clients may see as rejection or attitudes of superiority but I also need to strongly establish my own credibility as a fully capable career adviser. In order to overcome this issue and build a good rapport I would make an effort to demonstrate some respectful knowledge of this client’s cultural background- internet search produce some remarkable resources these days. This would probably be before the second or third meeting.
During the interview process I need to be aware that the “normal expectations and interpretations” may be different or may not be met by this client. I will also need to listen carefully and workout verbal and nonverbal message as they can be important and different in this case. At some point in the early interviews I will also establish how this client wants to be …show more content…
Super identified this as the later exploration stage where individuals transit from a general career goal to a specific occupation where further training might be necessary NMIT pg 9 : 2012.
One of the barriers that he could be facing is that he is doing subjects which will lead to a career that he does not want or he may not be doing the right subjects for the career he is interested in or he may have the correct subject but is unable to determine a suitable career pathway as yet.
Another potential barrier he may be facing is that he is not able to make a choice as to the direction he needs to take from now. Possible scenarios would be whether to do formal tertiary studies or take up apprenticeship in a trade industry or take a gap year and go on his OE or earn whatever he can now working, go on his OE and then come back to do tertiary studies. Another barrier could be that he is finding year 13 very challenging and he sees himself not attaining UE and so he has the fear of making decision regarding further studies or