These skills are very versatile and can be used in a variety of jobs and occupations.
Transferable skills are acquired through experience, can be understood using a more universal language, and function across jobs and fields.
Opportunities for counseling skills to be transferred are almost too numerous to list them all.
We'll get into specifics but just a few of the fields that utilize the many skills professional counselors have are: Education, Mental Health, Non-Profit, Law, Government, Health Care, Business, and the ever-present and popular entrepreneurial arena of starting your own business.
One thing not to do is confuse a counselor's transferable skills with the traits and characteristics we discussed before. They're different! Your traits are the style with which you do your transferable skills. Things like "has lots of energy," "gives attention to details," "shows determination," etc. are all traits, not skills. If one of your transferable skills is counseling and you do it twelve hours a day with no let up and enjoy all of it, then "has lots of energy" is the style with which you do that skill. (Bolles, 2009)
So, what are some of the transferable skills a counselor can bring to the table? (Gruen, Tramontozzi, & Schack, n.d.)
Multicultural Awareness
Team Work
Active Listening
Empathy
Establishing Rapport
Counseling & Psychology
Research
Testing & Assessment
Ethical Decision-Making
Writing
Group Therapy
Public Relations
Team Work
Budget Management
Conflict Management
Teaching
Multi-tasking
Motivating Others
And where could those skills be applied? As an example, let's say a counselor wants to move into the Healthcare industry. What jobs could he or she find with those transferable skills?
AIDS/HIV Counselor
Bereavement Support
Crisis Intervention
Health Psychology
Mental Health Worker
Occupational Therapy
Patient Advocate
Recreational Therapy to name just a few
Gruen, Tramontozzi, & Schack, n.d.)
Overall employment of counselors is expected to "grow faster than normal" through 2012, especially for: School counselors, vocational/career counselors, substance abuse counselors, marriage and family therapists and rehabilitation counselors.
Median Annual Earnings (2002):
School & vocations: $44,100
State Government:
Colleges & Universities: $37,000
Individual/Family Services: $26,910
Mental Health Counselors: $29,940
Rehabilitation Counselors: $25,840
And, with additional education, the following career fields are open as well for counselors:
Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Art Therapy, School Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Psychiatry
Gruen, Tramontozzi, & Schack, n.d.)
Instead of taking up more space here, I refer you to two good sources for information:
What Color Is Your Parachute? A book by Richard Bolles www.fordham.edu/cpp/gse/guidance_expoand click on the power point presentation.
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