Job Search Tip Career Counseling Centers There are two types of career counseling centers: college counseling offices and post-graduate work centers. If you’ve gone to college you’re familiar at least with the first kind of career counseling office, but I’d be willing to be that you didn’t especially think your college career office was that helpful. Career counseling centers geared toward working (or previously working) adults are a different breed of cat and can run the gamut from very helpful to a waste of time. Mostly what career counseling centers advertise is that they will help you through the process of choosing what it is that you want to do with your life. If that’s what you need, then maybe that’s an option for you. But I’ve seen those same centers also advertise resume-writing help, interview help, and job search help. They are often heavily recommended to folks who have been laid off, downsized, or otherwise displaced from their jobs. This is not the same as career coaching. Aside from the career-choice advising, I have not heard great stories about career counseling centers and their ability to help you find a job. In other words, I think career counseling centers might be able to help you choose a job, but not able to help you actually get the job you’ve chosen. Mostly my impression is that their advice is outdated (like resume blasts), their advisors are unqualified, and their work isn’t very specific or cutting-edge. I hate it that people [...]
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