Career Development Professionals (CDPs) use technology and social media to deliver career development services. Technology provides opportunities to meet virtually with a client and facilitates interactive training and experiential learning through online portals. It optimizes successful outcomes using job-search technology, social media strategies, mobile technologies and internet-based applications. Technology also supports self-guidance and promotes empowerment.CDPs adhere to legal and ethical requirements when using technology. This includes protecting confidentiality, securing information and ensuring equality of access.
Competent career development professionals must be able to:
Competent career development professionals must know and understand:
Competent career development professionals must be able to perform this competency in the following range of contexts:
Client readiness to use technology to access career services will vary, requiring CDPs to choose a type of service delivery most appropriate to client needs.
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A competent career development professional requires a minimum of one year of experience with at least 40 different clients, representing a broad range of individuals.
Practitioners typically perform this competency without supervision, and alone.
It is unlikely that this competency will automate.
