What is Career advice: Definition and 208 Discussions

Career counseling is a type of advice-giving and support provided by career counselors to their clients, to help the clients manage their journey through life, learning and work changes (career). This includes career exploration, making career choices, managing career changes, lifelong career development and dealing with other career-related issues. There is no agreed definition of career counseling worldwide, mainly due to conceptual, cultural and linguistic differences. However, the terminology of 'career counseling' typically denotes a professional intervention which is conducted either one-on-one or in a small group. Career counseling is related to other types of counseling (e.g. marriage or clinical counseling). What unites all types of professional counseling is the role of practitioners, who combine giving advice on their topic of expertise with counseling techniques that support clients in making complex decisions and facing difficult situations.

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    New guy here looking for advice

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  2. K

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  3. R

    What are the job prospects for a Masters in condensed matter physics in Germany?

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  4. T

    Working at a job where I don't like the technology

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  5. H Smith 94

    What physics job do you do and how do you find it?

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  6. C

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  7. vinicius0197

    Engineering Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on mechatronics?

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  8. I

    Physics graduate in need of career advice

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  9. R

    Physics Shall I just focus on getting a good job?

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  10. B

    Engineering Career advice for a Chemical Engineer graduating in 2016?

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  11. E

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  13. Ben Espen

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  14. L

    Career advice and direction, education advice

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  15. R

    Engineering What are career options for an Electronics Engineer?

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  16. H

    Physics Choosing Between a Career in Physics or Medicine: A Personal Dilemma

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  17. C

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  18. T

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  19. N

    Engineering Life after engineering PhD -- need advice

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  20. F

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  21. P

    Cyber/network Security career advice?

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  23. A

    Automotive Engineering career advice

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  24. S

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  25. L

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    Schools College Career Advice: Get Guidance Now

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  27. R

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  28. Y

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  29. J

    Engineering Engineering Pursue Career Advice

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  30. K

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  31. J

    Engineering Engineering or Physics? Education and career advice wanted.

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  32. Q

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  33. Arsenic&Lace

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  34. J

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  35. N

    Career Advice for 12th Class Student: Can I Pursue Robotics & AI?

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  36. S

    Physics Career Advice needed for desperate Phd student in experimental physics

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  37. B

    Computational Astronomy career advice please?

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  38. W

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  39. K

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  40. M

    Physics Physics major need career advice

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  41. L

    Physics Medical physicist career advice

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  42. F

    Career Advice Needed (Aerospace)

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  43. R

    Physics Have my BS in physics, in serious need of career advice

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  44. A

    Looking for some career advice please

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  45. C

    Graduate Student: Career Advice, I hate experimental physics

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  46. M

    Engineering Free Career Advice to Aspiring Engineers (you get what you pay for)

    Well, I logged on here to ask my own career question, but I think I might be able to help a lot of you, especially those early-college and high school students considering engineering. I am a 31 year old mechanical engineer. I graduated with a BSME from a Big State U in flyover country in...
  47. W

    Physics Looking For Physics Career Advice

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  48. V

    Discover the Truth About Career Happiness: Insights from Mike Rowe | Forbes

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  49. V

    Should I Pursue a PhD in Physics or Settle for a Master's in Mathematics?

    To make things short, I would like to teach college level physics as my future career choice. I am currently a junior at my local university starting their upper-level physics courses, spring semester 2009, therefore, I am still unaware as to what I am getting into. However, I did make A's on...
  50. A

    May please have some career advice

    Hello, I am new to Physics forum, and i have found that this site offers great advice to those who need it, I am sixteen and have just started A level physics, I am really enjoying it, and i wish to possibly take this to Uni as a undergraduate for further study at Bacholer, masters and maybe...
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