Today I sat in a couple of interviews on my placement with .....careers scotland!!! basically the advisor I sat with was a key worker / advisor who dealt soley with young single parents, I got to witness a really good indepth couple of interviews with 2 young mums, who i really have to take my hat off to ......as i dont know how they manage, at nearly 24 i can barley look after myself!
both the clients had been through quite a rough time and both wanted to get back into education, basically the advisor went through all the barriers which may stand in theyre way...it was quite a wake up call! and they also discussed things such as would theyre current partners be better off working or unemployed money wise, i really enjoyed the interviews and found that both clients walked out with what they needed to hear and with a bit a weight off their shoulders as they had discussed their worries and even overcame some.
One of the clients who was coming in for the first time we actually spent an hour and a half with and she spoke about everything that was worrying her and stressing her from career related to everything else!
After the interview the advisor apologised for the lack of structure and said that this had supposed to have been a diagnostic interview....to be honest in my opinion the interview went exactly as the client both needed and wanted to! The advisor also spoke of sometimes her lack of abilty to help with some aspects, as she 'was not a counselor' but I definatley felt that she was undeselling herself, had it stuck to any rigid structure or career planning journey it would have been completley usless to the client, and would not have addressed any of the pressing concerns that she had.
Before I went in the interview I was also told that it wasnt really a 'career guidance' interview, but really i think that this was the perfect interview your career is just one part of your life, which is integrated and not seperated from it and therefore echoing my last post I am now an even stronger advocate of holistic guidance!
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