Global Career Development Facilitator
Introduction
The Global Career Development Facilitator certification is designed to provide a consistent knowledge base and broad foundation in Career Development efforts, for all career development facilitators, regardless of their work settings. Many work within a narrow range of career services, and have not acquired the broader range of knowledge and skills offered by the certification training programs.
This training provides the foundation competencies for a variety of career development settings having such job titles as Job Search Trainer, Job Coach or Career Coach, Intake Interviewer, Employment Specialist, Job Developer, Career Center Coordinator, Career Development Case Manager, Labor Market Information Specialist, Human Resources Career Development Coordinator, Vocational-Tech Teacher, School-to-Work Program Staff, Placement Specialist, or Workforce Development Staff Person.
This career development work may enable the incumbent to qualify for the Global Career Development Facilitator credential from the Center for Credentialing and Education (CCE), Inc., upon completion of the 120 hour training program.
Certified Global Career Development Facilitators must have a
combination of education and work experience as specified in the
credential guidelines:
| • Graduate degree plus an estimated one (1) year of career development work experience |
| • Bachelors degree plus an estimated two (2) years of career development work experience |
| • Two years of college plus an estimated three (3) years of career development work experience |
| • High school diploma or GED plus an estimated four (4) years of career development work experience |
The training program curriculum has been developed by the
National Career Development Association (NCDA) and is designed to
develop the following subject-matter competencies, to broaden the
skill base of career service providers:
Career Development Competencies developed in the
training:
| • Helping Skills | • Labor Market Information and Resources |
| • Technology and Career Development | • Working with Diverse Populations |
| • Ethical and Legal Issues | • Employability Skills |
| • Training Clients and Peers | • Career Development Theories and Models |
| • Assessment both formal and informal | • Consultation and Supervision |
| • Promotion and Public Relations | • Program Management and Implementation |