Consultations on vocational guidance
In the book by N. O. Evdokymova, L. A. Opanasenko and N. B. Ivantsova, “The Psychological Basis of Professional Counseling” (Mykolaiv, 2015) professional consultation is defined as “interaction, cooperation between the client and the counselor who together consider the problems of planning the client’s professional activity and seek to find ways to solve it. The purpose of professional counseling is the desire to have the client learn to understand himself, his or her condition, to critically evaluate his professional abilities, to deliberately use ways of self-development and to make a positive impact on his life situation” (p. 55). Consultation on vocational guidance is conducted using a variety of methods, among which the aforementioned authors distinguish:
- Reference methods.
- Educational methods.
- Methods for collecting customer information.
- Diagnostic methods.
- Methods of information processing.
- Methods for activating the client’s activities.
- Methods of moral and emotional customer support.
- Methods of decision making.
- Design methods.
Over the years, employees of the Educational, Scientific and Production Laboratory «Mykolaiv Center for Sociological Research» of the Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University have gained considerable experience in conducting consultations on vocational guidance. In particular, the center’s staff carries out professional consultations for various categories of clients, namely:
- Consultations in the context of professional self-determination (primarily for adolescents and young people in choosing a future profession).
- Consultations for specialists who undergo professional adaptation.
- Consultations on professional reorientation (change of profession).
- Consultations on the selection of the position.
The ESPL “Mykolaiv Center for Sociological Research” of the Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University offers enterprises, organizations, other interested persons from the city of Mykolaiv and other cities of Ukraine to conduct consultations on vocational guidance on the contracting basis.