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YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/21/2022 2:14:02 PM
Careers Adviser
Higher education careers advisers provide information and guidance about career choice, employment and educational opportunities to current university students, postgraduates and recent graduates. The largest careers services may employ up to 15 careers advisers, and staff include web staff and information officers. Careers advisers working in higher education help undergraduate and postgraduate students make decisions about their future careers and provide support with the job application process. Responsibilities of higher education careers advisers include: assessing personal characteristics, skills and interests via individual interviews and/or group work, and relating these to suitable opportunities providing help and advice in a range of ways, including face-toface meetings such as drop-in clinics and guidance interviews, social media and direct personal contact by email, phone and Skype liaising with schools, colleges, academic departments, employers and professional organisations organising work placements writing careers literature, action plans and reports making presentations working with academic departments to provide career management skills (CMS) sessions running workshops and events, which may include external speakers such as representatives of employers or professional organisations supporting psychometric and personality testing using specialist computer-aided guidance applications