Global Career Development Facilitator

Global Career Development Facilitator ( GCDF ) is an international certificate in the United States by the Center for Credentialing and Education (CCE ), a subsidiary organization of the National Board for Certified Counselors ( NBCC ) for professional or para- professional working so called Job Facilitators ( helper in the job search) and career consultants (work and career counselors, academic and career counselors, guidance counselors, employment agencies, integration, coaches, etc.) will be given. In Canada, New Zealand, Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Portugal and Germany, the Certificate is awarded by the national offices of NBCC International. The certificate meets the requirements, which has, together with the NBCC as a standard for career practitioners who IAEVG.

Generally

Worldwide by 2012 approximately 17,600 people were certified in 11 countries, including over 10,200 in the U.S., in Japan about 3,900, 2,100 in China, 800 in Bulgaria, 740 in Germany, 290 in Romania, Turkey and 90 for example, New Zealand 4th Of these about 12,000 active. 2011, the training has begun in El Salvador.

In contrast to the activity of the Counselors, the activity of a facilitator ( helper, supporter ) does not require a Master's degree. The authors of the curriculum assume that successful job placement and career guidance not necessarily presupposes a psychology or counseling degree. More important are the practical experience of the facilitator and his knowledge of various career fields, the degree of its networking and its ability to build relationships with the clients and employers. Therefore, the training is designed primarily as training for practitioners or as additional training for teachers and counselors, the tasks of the professional orientation (eg for secondary school is required by law in South Carolina, also in Turkey). Even newcomers in job placement and human resource management to use the training. Nevertheless, the modules are integrated in several countries in Master's programs.

The training includes 120 ( in Germany up to 160 ) hours and 12 topics:

  • Support and interview techniques
  • Procurement of labor market information
  • Testing, profiling and assessment techniques
  • Diversity of the target groups
  • Ethical and legal issues of counseling
  • Models of Karrierentwicklung
  • Strategies job search
  • Training methods
  • Program Management and Program Implementation
  • Public relations
  • New technologies and social networks
  • Consultation and supervision techniques

The training is adapted to each national situation and cultural features, which sometimes - The techniques of client-centered communication of Carl Rogers are applied - but not exclusively. Many of the U.S. GCDF work in the Career One Stop Center of the U.S. Department of Labor. In Germany, the certificate especially in job centers and local option, in employment pacts 50plus as well as educational institutions, Career Services Colleges and used in the field of vocational rehabilitation and personnel transfers. Great emphasis is placed on the ongoing quality assurance in practical applications. For the certification of not only a theoretical and practical exam, but also evidence of a longer relevant practice under supervision as well as a permanent training, and recognition of a code of ethics is a prerequisite.

In the United States ( first through the National Employment Counseling Association ), Canada and Germany (since 2013) the training is also offered in online form.

History

The curriculum for the training of GCDF (originally: Career Development Facilitator - CDF ) was developed in 1994/95 due to a needs analysis of the later dissolved National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee ( NOICC ) by the Oakland University in Rochester (Michigan). The aim was to meet the given the turmoil in global labor markets foreseeable rising demand for advice and at the same time to encourage consistent quality standards. Impulse submissions were received, mainly from by the Clinton administration, especially U.S. Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich. The rights to the curriculum in 2000 went to the National Career Development Association ( NCDA ) on. Since 1997, the graduates of the training through the Center for Credentialing in Education (CCE ), a subsidiary of the National Board for Certified Counselors ( NBCC ) to be certified.

NBCC cooperates internationally in many countries with commercial and nichtkommerziallen local partners. In 2005 the curriculum of the IUK Institute Dortmund was adapted for Germany and, for example, offered since the Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main. 2009 were founded in Dortmund in EBCC (European Board for Certified Counselors ), based in Lisbon, as well as, inter alia, NBCC Germany, spread the GCDF in Europe.

In February 2011, was awarded for the first time, the NBCC Germany Award for innovative and sustainable achievements in the field of counseling and referral of job seekers to the Project Alpha 50 the INQUA gGmbH hall.

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References

  • Brawley, K. ( 2002), Working Ahead: The National One-Stop Workforce System and Career Development Facilitator Training curriculum for instructors in: Careers Across America 2002: Best Practices and Ideas in Career Development Conference Proceedings, pp. 27-32. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No.. ED465911.
  • Center for Credentialing in Education. (2007 ), Global Career Development Facilitator, http://www.cce-global.org/credentials-offered/gcdfmain
  • Furbish, D.; Neault, R. A.; Pickerell, D. ( 2009), The Global Career Development Facilitator Credential: An International Perspective, in: Journal of Employment Counseling, vol. 46 no 4 ( December ), pp. 187-189.
  • Splete, H. H.; Hoppin, J. (2000), The emergence of career development facilitators, in: Career Development Quarterly, 48, pp. 340-347.
  • Weissbach, B.; Weissbach, H.-J. with the collaboration of Urmann, H., Wiecha, M. et al The promoter job: training curriculum, 2 volumes, Dortmund / Frankfurt 2012 ISBN 978-3-924100-40-7 ISBN 978-3-924100-41-4 and. .

Magazines

  • The GCDF Connection. CCE, Greensboro, NC (since 2002 and since 2011 only as an electronic publication)
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