Career practitioners work in a range of settings including schools, TAFEs, universities, corporate organisations, government agencies and private practice.
They provide services that help people manage their careers, make occupational and study decisions, plan career transitions and find career information.
Some also work in consulting or management roles: contributing to the development and implementation of policy, programs or services that support career and workforce development.
For individuals:
The range of career development activities including:
- career planning and decision-making
- analyzing your work-related skills and abilities
- identifying your work-related values and priorities
- adjusting your work-life balance
- researching and selecting learning and training options
- investigating the labour market
- job seeking
- improving your network of contacts
- identifying or creating opportunities to progress your career
- marketing yourself for opportunities
In organisations:
Practitioners with specialist expertise that can help you ensure your workforce is fully engaged and productive.
Whether they work as part of the Human Resources team, or as consultants, Career Practitioners can help you use career development methodologies to integrate a range of human resource management practices including:
- employee attraction, engagement and retention
- recruitment and selection
- role profiling
- learning and development
- performance review and planning
- succession planning
- workforce planning
- leadership development
- workplace rehabilitation
For more information, go to the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA)
