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4.2 Assessing Your Clients’ Needs
Prior to developing a career development program, course, workshop or resource, it is
imperative to assess the career development needs of your clients. Once you have
identified the needs of your clients, you can determine the appropriate developmental
phase and verify the key career management competencies and performance indicators
that need to be addressed by your career development intervention/s.
Blueprint career competencies that are frequently ranked highly by adults include:
Career Competency 1: Build and maintain a positive self-concept
Career Competency 4: Participate in lifelong learning supportive of career goals
Career Competency 5: Locate and effectively use career information
Career Competency 7: Secure/create and maintain work
Career Competency 11: Understand, engage in and manage the career building process
Quick Guide for Assessing Your Clients’ Needs
Step One
In Chapter 4 of the Blueprint, pp 60–62, read Step Two:
Assess Your Learners’ Needs.
Step Two
Clarify your target group.
Step Three
Clarify who will be involved in assessing your learners’
career development needs.
Step Four
Provide explanations of the career management
competencies to all participants contributing to the career
development needs assessment.
Step Five
Conduct a career development needs assessment. Refer
to Appendix A of the Blueprint entitled Career
Development Needs Assessment Survey (collect data by
means of formal survey, group brainstorming, one-on-one
interviewing etc). Consider your target group and modify
the survey questions, design or delivery as appropriate to
the needs and abilities of your groups.
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