How do they match: Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors

  • Professor
  • Academic Advisement Director
  • Academic Advising Director
  • Career Center Director
  • Career Development Director
  • Career Services Director
  • Counseling Director
  • Guidance Director
  • Student Support Counselor
  • Student Services Director

  • Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs.
  • Evaluate students' or individuals' abilities, interests, and personality characteristics, using tests, records, interviews, or professional sources.
  • Identify cases of domestic abuse or other family problems and encourage students or parents to seek additional assistance from mental health professionals.
  • Plan, direct, and participate in recruitment and enrollment activities.
  • Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
  • Supervise, train, and direct professional staff and interns.

  • Collaborate with other professionals to assess client needs or plan treatments.
  • Collaborate with other professionals to develop education or assistance programs.
  • Maintain professional social services knowledge.