Employers
Approximately 327,660 school and career counselors are employed in the United States. Career and employment counselors work in guidance offices of high schools, colleges, and universities. They are also employed by state, federal, and other bureaus of employment, and by social service agencies.
Starting Out
Journals specializing in information for career counselors frequently have job listings or information on job hotlines and services. School career services offices also are a good source of information, both because of their standard practice of listing job openings from participating firms and because schools are a likely source of jobs for you as a career counselor. Placement officers will be aware of which schools are looking for applicants.
To enter the field of college career planning and placement, you might consider working for your alma mater as an assistant in the college or university placement office. Other occupational areas that provide an excellent background for college placement work include teaching, business, public relations, previous placement training, positions in employment agencies, and experience in psychological counseling.
- Adapted Physical Education Specialists
- Addiction Therapists
- Adult and Vocational Education Teachers
- Adult Day Care Coordinators
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors
- Art Teachers
- Athletic Directors
- Behavioral Health Technicians
- Biophysicists
- Book Editors
- Career and Employment Technicians
- Child Life Specialists
- Clinic Managers
- College Administrators
- College Professors
- Community Health Nurses
- Community Health Program Coordinators
- Community Health Workers
- Community Nutrition Educators
- Computer Trainers
- Conflict Resolution Specialists
- Contact Tracers
- Cooking Instructors
- Creative Arts Therapists
- Curriculum Coordinators
- Dance School Owners and Managers
- Dietetic Technicians
- Directors of Volunteers
- Distance Learning Coordinators
- Driving School Owners and Instructors
- Education Directors and Museum Teachers
- Edupreneurs
- Elementary School Teachers
- Employment Firm Workers
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers
- Environmental Education Program Directors
- Executive Recruiters
- Flight Instructors
- Geriatric Care Managers
- Geriatric Nurses
- Geriatric Psychiatrists
- Geriatric Social Workers
- Grant Coordinators and Writers
- Grief Therapists
- Guidance Counselors
- Health Advocates
- Health Educators
- HIV/AIDS Counselors and Case Managers
- Home Health Care Aides
- Home Health Care and Hospice Nurses
- Hospice Workers
- Human Resources Consultants
- Human Resources Managers
- Human Services Workers
- Instructional Coordinators
- Instructional Designers
- Journalism Teachers
- Labor Union Business Agents
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Library and Information Science Instructors
- Management Analysts and Consultants
- Mathematics Teachers
- Military Recruiters
- Music Teachers
- Music Therapists
- Neuropsychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Nursing Instructors
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides
- Office Administrators
- Orientation and Mobility Specialists
- Payroll Directors
- Personal Care Aides
- Personnel and Labor Relations Specialists
- Physical Education Teachers
- Preschool Teachers
- Psychologists
- Public Interest Lawyers
- Recreational Therapists
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Retail Business Owners
- Retail Managers
- School Administrators
- School Nurses
- Secondary School Teachers
- Sign Language and Oral Interpreters
- Social Workers
- Special Education Teachers
- Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
- Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
- Teacher Aides
- Temporary Workers
- Tutors and Trainers
- Workplace Diversity Experts