O*NET-SOC 21-1012.00

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors

Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.

Preparation

ItemValue
Preparation zoneZone 5 – Extensive preparation needed
What O*NET says the zone requiresExtensive skill, knowledge, or experience is needed
Broad occupation in O*NETTrue (Yes)
Skills listed for this occupation6
Abilities listed for this occupation6
Tasks listed for this occupation5
Interest scores given for this occupation6

Skills

The 6 skills with the highest importance values in this occupation's records.

SkillO*NET elementImportanceDate
Active Listening2.A.1.b4.3808/2024
Social Perceptiveness2.B.1.a4.1208/2024
Speaking2.A.1.d4.1208/2024
Service Orientation2.B.1.f4.008/2024
Critical Thinking2.A.2.a3.8808/2024
Reading Comprehension2.A.1.a3.8808/2024

The importance value is what each record itself carries on O*NET's importance scale; the date is the date in each record.

Abilities

The 6 abilities with the highest importance values in this occupation's records.

AbilityO*NET elementImportanceDate
Oral Comprehension1.A.1.a.14.2508/2024
Oral Expression1.A.1.a.34.2508/2024
Written Comprehension1.A.1.a.24.008/2024
Written Expression1.A.1.a.44.008/2024
Deductive Reasoning1.A.1.b.43.7508/2024
Inductive Reasoning1.A.1.b.53.7508/2024

The importance value is what each record itself carries on O*NET's importance scale; the date is the date in each record.

Tasks

The tasks O*NET records for this occupation, with the type, respondent count and date each record carries.

TaskTypeIncumbents respondingDate
Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.Core7608/2024
Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.Core7608/2024
Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.Core7608/2024
Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.Core7708/2024
Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements, and write letters of recommendation.Core7608/2024

Work interests

The interest scores O*NET gives this occupation, on the six interest types.

InterestScoreDate
Social7.011/2023
Enterprising4.2111/2023
Artistic3.4211/2023
Conventional3.3811/2023
Investigative3.3111/2023
Realistic1.011/2023

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Source: O*NET 29.1 Database (Occupation Data, Job Zones, Skills, Abilities, Task Statements, Interests), U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Data fetched 2026-10-31. See about and sources.