In this fast paced corporate world, career counseling has become extremely important. Companies are increasingly facing a higher attrition rate. An employee could leave the company due to various reasons. The reasons could include low salary, lack of growth opportunities, lack of interesting work or more of routine work, incompatibility with co-workers, fights with boss, bad work timings, lack of office facilities, improper office atmosphere, etc.
The ultimate goal of career counseling is to decrease the attrition rate and to help the employees. After career counseling is completed totally for an employee and he/she gets a new role in the company, which he/she likes, it will increase his/her job-satisfaction. The self confidence and self esteem of the employee will increase as a result of career counseling. This will in turn reflect in the employee’s work and thus the overall productivity of the employee will increase. This will increase the productivity of the employee’s department and of the overall company in general. Happier employees will reduce the turnover rate. A happy and satisfied employee brings new enthusiasm to the work place. He/she brings fresh ideas and thinks out of the box. An unsatisfied employee will simply crib and carry on with routine work. An employee who is satisfied at work will work better with his/her colleagues and perform better in teams. A happy employee will show better leadership skills and take more initiatives, which an unhappy employee will not do. These are some of the many benefits which career counseling will bring in the workplace and help the employees who undergo the program. Let us discuss about the obstacles to career counseling in part 2 of this article.
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Has anyone had success with career counseling?I have a job I do like, although it is rather mundane, boring and has little advancement opportunity. However, in an economy where jobs are being lost left and right, the job seems to be secure and does have a good benefits package. I also am able to pay my bills every month. I am very grateful for that. But, it is has been ten years since I graduated from college, and I have yet to obtain a position that seems to be in skill set. Would career counseling be helpful for me.
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Ask yourself what is truly the experience you want ? You say money is not a huge concern so don't let anything else be either. I changed careers at 43. My sister, who was a Physical Therapist, changed careers at 42.