Assignment 1
Informational
Interview Preparation
For
this activity, identify and contact a local counselor who practices
in your specialization area, and request an informational interview.
Submit the name, contact information, and specialization of the
person you are interviewing in this discussion. You will need to
schedule your interview so it can be completed by the end of Unit 7.
When contacting your chosen counselor, be sure to explain the intent
of the interview and let him or her know that you will keep your
interview short (30–60 minutes). You may want to provide your
interview questions to your interviewee ahead of time to help him or
her prepare for the meeting.
In
the informational interview you will discuss how the counselor
integrates career counseling into personal counseling and what
assessments or inventories he or she uses in practice. You will post
a summary and reflection of your informational interview in a Unit 8
discussion. Review the Unit 8 discussion to help you structure your
interview questions. If you would like, you can add additional
interview questions to this discussion to get feedback from your
peers and instructor. If you don’t find someone to interview this
week, notify your instructor with the relevant information when you
identify someone.
Review
the Informational Interviewing section of the Career Center to learn
more about conducting an informational interview. You can also use
the Locating Career Counselors resource to help you locate and
contact a counselor.
Assignment 2
Military
Personnel Returning to Workforce
Considering
the traumatic effects of war on men, women, and children, compare the
career issues affecting military personnel returning to civilian life
to those who have not been in the military. This situation can affect
all family members, including children in school, so please include
partners and children in this discussion as it relates to career
development. As part of your post, include your strategies for
advocating for these clients’ career and educational development.
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