...2012 Abstract This purpose of this research project was to find out how well BWI HR is meeting the needs of its employees. Fifty surveys were collected and reviewed. One each survey were eight HR services. The HR services are Performance Appraisal, Wage & Salary Administration, Incentive Pay Program, Internal Job Posting, Healthcare Insurance, Technical Training, Career Counseling/Development and Flexible Work Schedule. Each of the HR services had a rating scale to see how important and satisfied the Target employees would rate them. There were three HR services that showed the largest gap between importance and satisfaction. The incentive pay program, performance appraisal system and career counseling and development all showed large negative gaps. The incentive pay program should be changed from an individual-based program to a team/group-based program. The performance appraisal system should evolve into a “social network” type of performance management system. This type of social performance management system will bring many advantages, including empowerment. Finally, the career counseling/development programs should see a small expansion and reviews of the eligible degrees, adding certificates, increasing the tuition reimbursement amount and adding mentoring programs. These improvements should be implemented to improve the HR services, our people and our overall company performance. Introduction The HR department is proud to provide a wide array...
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...1977, guidance and counseling became an important issue in our schools system. Since then, guidance and counseling has been a regular topic in our dailies conferences and seminars. For example, Nnadi (1984). Stressed its importance in our educational system and the priority that should be given to it in out schools because of its usefulness in transition in the various stages of education. Also, Nwabuisi (1984), emphasized on the necessity of proper guidance programme in schools if the current national policy on education is to have the desired impact. Perhaps, Durojaiye's (1972), Stand on the issue of guidance and counseling in our schools was one of the factors that influenced the formulation of the aspect of the new national policy on education that deals with guidance programme in schools today. Taking into consideration, our rapid educational and economic growth, he emphasized on the need for guidance and counseling in our educational policy. In his words; "We can see that the need for guidance and counseling in Nigeria becomes increasingly pressing as economic and educational strides are being made in the country. Each student needs to be helped to strengthen his abilities to make nice choices and to face problems encountered in society. Those who fall by the way side because of physical, intellectual or emotional inadequacy particularly need guidance"(p.72). In the above statement, Durojaiye points out clearly the fact that guidance and counseling is very important...
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...RUNNING HEAD: Diversity Issues in Career Counseling Abstract This paper will give a brief overview of how bias, assumptions and diversity can impact the career counseling relationship. The impact of values, bias, and the ability to move beyond barriers in the counseling relationship is essential to successful outcomes in working with clients. The rationale for the appropriateness of multicultural counseling competency and the impact of culture in the counseling process will be discussed as will multicultural counseling in the framework of career counseling. Culture & Counseling Counseling provides support, assistance and helps individuals to transition through developmental stages and life challenges. The study of human development, personality, psychopathology and multi-cultural issues in counseling has increased this writer’s awareness of the importance of counseling in the lives of human beings. According to Kluckhohn & Strodtbeck, human beings share biological traits and characteristics that form the basis of the development of culture (Kluckhohn & Strodtbeck, 1961). Kluckhohn & Strodtbeck further contend that people feel that their beliefs and values are normal and that other people’s values are abnormal or strange (Kluckhohn & Strodtbeck, 1961). The counselor must be able to incorporate cultural values and norms of the client in the process of their approach in order to have successful outcomes. The self concept, worldview, life...
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...The person I chose to shadow happened to be a female approximately 30-40 years of age. She is a counselor, teacher, mother, and mentor for all students who visit her office. However, the school would say that her areas of expertise are Counseling, University Retention, and Social Welfare. During her average day she deals with student breakdowns, reports for the office, emails, and instructs a Freshman Year Experience course. Many people would consider her superwoman. But then again doesn’t every woman take on these roles in her life? Balancing a professional work environment while tending to a family. Could it be that her position as a counselor strengthens this thought and question? Human Resources Approach According to Miller, “the human resources approach acknowledges contributions of classical and, especially, human relations approaches to organizing” (45). I thought that this concept related best with my interviewee. As program coordinator as her official title she is in charge of many responsibilities. I asked her if she could describe her job as well as what are her main responsibilities were for. Her response was financial aid counseling, personal counseling, career & graduate/professional school counseling, and career services. She then explained her role as a program coordinator for that...
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...EFFECTIVENESS OF EMPLOYEE COUNSELING AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT OF DIFFUN, QUIRINO I. THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND The Importance of Developing and Preserving Human Resources Counseling programs geared specifically for employees in or near their work settings have grown steadily in recent years in the Philippines, primarily because employers have come to recognize the importance of developing and preserving valuable human resources. Managers have begun to listen to the ideas of people like Peters and Waterman, whose best-selling book on corporate excellence exhorts, Treat people as adults. Treat them as partners: treat them with dignity; treat them with respect. Treat them - not capital spending and automation - as the primary source of productivity gains… In other words, if you want productivity and the financial reward that goes with it, you must treat your workers as your most important asset (1982). In general, counseling services for employees can be divided into two major categories, namely, those dealing with personal problems and those dealing with career development. The employee counseling programs that deal with personal problems will focus on employees’ mental and physical health and deal with personal problems that might, even indirectly, affect job performance. Those that deal with career development programs will use assessment, counseling, planning, and training to help individuals make and act on career decisions within the context of the organization’s...
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...Career Assessment for Christian Hassler Based on Christian Hassler’s input in his Life Calling Map, it is clear that he is passionate about Christianity and has strong willing to invite more people to explore the Lord’s holly spirit. Therefore, I would propose the following questions to him in order to figure out whether his educational background and life experience are well prepared for his mission. First, I would like know his undergraduate major to see if he has academically been prepared to provide Christian or biblical education or counseling to others. Second, I will ask him to introduce his volunteering and working experience in order to understand whether he has knowledge and experience of serving community and church. Among those practices, I will ask him to tell what things he enjoys doing, and what things seem most challenging to him. Accordingly, I would be able to make a judgment on whether his desire of Christian teaching or counseling is rational. Next, I will examine the result of his MBTI personality assessment. His characteristics of Feeling (F) indicates that he is good at dealing with human relationship, appreciates the harmony in such relationship, and inclined to place sympathy and empathy to others. In...
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...health issues. The duty ofthese counselors is to help manage and ease the pain of those suffering from issuesinvolved in these areas. Personally, I started out my education by wanting tobecome an elementary education teacher. However, once I looked into the area ofcounseling a little more, I realized this is a better fit for me. Counselors have theduties of helping their clients understand things such as diagnoses, problems andpainful experiences. After helping their clients understand these things better,counselors work on helping those people improve their well being by developinghelpful strategies to implement into their lives.The first thing I learned about in researching the career of a pediatric/familycounselor is that you are unable to practice until you obtain your master’s degree orhigher in counseling. There is no program that allows you to become a certifiedcounselor with simply a bachelor’s degree. Therefore, education is extremelyimportant. In order to get into most graduate degree programs, you need to meetcertain requirements, such as obtaining a bachelor’s degree and passing certainundergraduate prerequisite classes....
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...THE NEED FOR GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY Generally speaking, the importance of guidance and counseling cannot be over emphasized, because it is required at home, working places, schools or any place where people live together for mutual benefits. There may be few persons that are more knowledgeable and more experienced to guide and direct others. lack of guidance and counseling in education was a missing treasure until the revolutionary changes in science and technology emerged with variety of jobs in various sector such as agriculture, banking, industries, economic, political just to mention a few. According to Makinde (1987) “the fist concerted effort towards providing career guidance was under taken by a group of catholic sisters at St. Theresa’s College Ibadan. This group stared a pioneering work by monitoring small scale career guidance for the final year student. Just like the American experience in 1908, emphasis was placed on vocational information and placement services. The teacher invited representative from various government departments, industries and other establishment parastatals to give career talks to their students in the aspect of employment opportunities and qualification requirements in their various establishments. The success of St, Theresa’s College gave a great encouragement to other schools in Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ijebu Ode and Lagos to start similar programmes. In order to fasten vocational guidance workshop...
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...Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain the career development process and outline an approach of how to progress through it. I will choose a specific Career Theory from the textbook that fits into my personal beliefs of human behavior and career development. I will provide the main points of this theory and use examples from my life to demonstrate how this theory will be beneficial. I will also identify any potential weaknesses or aspects that I may disagree with. What Is a Career? A career can be defined as the "time extended working out of a purposeful life pattern through work undertaken by the person" (Zunker, 2012). This also includes "activities and positions involved in vocations, occupations, and jobs as well as to related activities with an individual's lifetime of work" (Zunker, 2012). A career should be a job that one benefits from not only monetarily but also in some personal way. People should be careful in choosing a career because most people spend over half of their lives working. If one chooses the right career than they can lead a happier life. So many people have what can be considered job instead of a career. A job where one works only to receive money can lead one to be unhappy and cause quite a bit of stress. Overtime this can have an effect on an individual’s overall health. This is why the idea of career development can be so important. What is Career Development? Career development can be defined as a process in which...
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...1 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: ITS IMPORTANCE TO VARIOUS CAREER FIELDS AND PERSPECTIVE BY VARIOUS AUTHORS Priscilla N. Gitimu Doctoral Student Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Workforce Education and Development 311G Quigley Hall Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Carbondale, IL 62901-4605 618-453-1982 ukic@siu.edu 2 ABSTRACT Intercultural communication refers to messages transmitted between members of two or more different societies Globalization has made intercultural communication inevitable. Communicating with other cultures characterizes today’s business, classroom, and community. Technology especially the internet has increased the probability that whatever is documented online will be read by someone from another culture. Intercultural communication is of importance in any career field thus the art of knowing how to communicate with other cultures should be a work place skill that is emphasized. This is a conceptual paper whose purpose is two fold. First the paper gives a synopsis of the importance of efficient and competent intercultural communication in various career fields; namely, education, business, medicine and in counseling. Secondly, the paper presents studies and perspectives that various authors have on intercultural communication. INTRODUCTION Globalization has made intercultural communication inevitable. Communicating with other cultures characterizes today’s business, classroom, and community. Hence...
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...Program The Guidance Office through the guidance counselor conducts an Orientation Program for Freshmen and transferees at the start of the semester. The Student are provided counseling services to help them out in meeting their physical, academic and emotional needs and are guided towards whole development of their personality through the integration of social and spiritual enrichment. There are available measures of academic skills and personality testing. Test in specific areas of intelligence, aptitude, interest, and attitudes are utilized to ensure a realistic evaluation of a student's personality and his emotional needs. Guidance Office provides a developmental type of program suitable for the varied characteristics of the college students in the different year level. There is a specific theme area of interest for each year level that is suitable for the students. The Guidance Program provides assistance in the adjustment period of the freshman as he enters into a more complex and changing environment. Through this, the individual is helped and guided to develop physically, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually and all aspect of him so that he may adjust and respond effectively to immediate situations. The Sophomore in his period of adjustment focuses its attention on the importance of relating with others. They are helped and guided by the program to understand themselves better and be able to properly deal with their peers and others as well. Likewise, the...
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...THE ROLES OF COLLEGE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS IN CALABARZON: IMPLICATIONS TO GUIDANCE PROGRAM AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION M. H. A. SEMIRA Batangas State University Gov. Pablo Borbon Campus I, Rizal Avenue, Batangas City ABSTRACT The study was undertaken to identify and assess the roles of college guidance counselors in CALABARZON and its implications to the schools guidance program and school administration. According to Erford (2003), the transformative roles of school counselors were leaders, advocates, collaborators, counselors and coordinators and data utilizers. Likewise, Kuhn (2004) explained that better understanding of the roles of guidance counselors diminished some of the misconceptions and confusions of the counselors’ roles. The above-mentioned roles were reflective of the American culture that is why the present study utilized the guidance counselors’ roles presented by De Jesus (2006) which was based on Philippine context. Findings revealed that the guidance counselors highly recognized their roles as counselor, coordinator, consultant, conductor of activities, and change agent. Thus, they were contributory to the effective implementation of the guidance programs in every college or university in the region under study. INTRODUCTION The roles of school counselors have changed dramatically over time. As the 20th century began, school counselors did not exist. Instead teachers were using few minutes of their day to provide students with vocational...
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...comments regarding the importance and relevance of understanding the historical background of a profession and then briefly highlight the important points in Chapter One, adding any statements from his or her own background plus any appropriate comments. The major points of this chapter (which could be covered in an instructor’s introduction of the chapter) are as follows: 1. Occupations, including counseling, develop because there is a need. 2. The need for such personal assistance - advice, guidance, counseling - has existed, and in various ways been attended to, over the ages. 3. Many of the well-known historical figures (e.g. Plato, Aristotle, Charlemagne, Rousseau, and Thomas Jefferson) have expressed “counseling” points of view. 4. Psychology emerged as a field of study and psychiatry as a specialized branch of medicine in the late 1800s. 5. The development of programs of guidance and counseling in American education began in the years just prior to World War I. Frank Parsons is usually credited with much of the success of its early beginnings. 6. Parsons considered three factors necessary for the wise choice of a vocation. They were: (a) a clear understanding of self; (b) a knowledge of the requirements and conditions for success, compensation, and opportunities in different careers; and (b) true reasoning on the relationships between (a) and (b). 7. Other influences on the development of the counseling movement were: ...
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...In early August 2015, I relocated to Jacksonville to embark on my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) at the University of North Florida (UNF). This marked a definitive step in my career transition process. Approximately three years ago, several life and work related events converged which caused me to re-evaluate my life. Personal triggers included - turning 50, my husband’s health issues and his post-retirement life-style change and my mother’s retirement and her subsequent move to Jacksonville. At work, I was charged with the assessment of Obamacare and the implementation of the Health Exchange for Medicaid products; areas which I oversaw. I was also selected by senior executives at the corporation where I was employed to participate in the Executive Leadership Program for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). Despite having been certified from the prestigious program and recognized by internal and external entities as a leader and subject matter expert in my field, I was becoming increasing disenchanted at work. I was not able to break the “glass ceiling”. Those at the executive levels were (and are) mostly white males. Minorities (non-whites, non-hetero males and females) were already in place. There appeared to be no need to admit additional “tokens” to fulfill an appearance of diversity at the upper echelons. When I evaluated the impact of Obamacare, I predicted the need for substantial downsizing due to automation and projected revenue...
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...AS. These types fit well with my career choice and how I approach my work. I struggle in rigid work systems, so I could strongly identify with the A. I appreciate the freedom to do things in a less conventional manner. The S was no surprise to me, and I can identify with aspects of E, as well. The Holland codes can be useful; I can identify with my results. I still prefer to think of it as a guide, but it offers potentially helpful insight. I can especially see how Holland’s theory might be helpful for individuals who are in need of more assistance in refining their personal career goals. According to Gysbers, Heppner & Johnston (2014), I think I would fall under the level 1 category; I feel secure that my personal career theory is well-developed....
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