1. Basic knowledge of:
1.1. special pedagogy;
1.2. labour medicine;
1.3. project management;
1.4. management theory;
1.5. public relations.
2. Understanding of:
2.1. laws and regulations in the field of career services provision;
2.2. laws and regulations in education;
2.3. education system and lifelong learning opportunities;
2.4. classification of occupations;
2.5. organization culture;
2.6. employment trends (short, medium and long term);
2.7. economic development forecasts and trends in the country and the European Union;
2.8. personality psychology;
2.9. age group (developmental) psychology;
2.10. social pedagogy;
2.11. teaching and learning methods;
2.12. human resources management;
2.13. professional terminology in the official language and at least two foreign languages.
3. Ability to apply knowledge of:
3.1. career counselling theories and methods;
3.2. determination of professional suitability;
3.3. job search process, types and methods thereof;
3.4. professional ethics;
3.5. research methodology;
3.6. research methods;
3.7. computer science;
3.8. business writings in career counselling;
3.9. communication with the client;
3.10. information search, processing and disclosure practices;
3.11. group work and team building;
3.12. environmental protection;
3.13. the official language;
3.14. at least two foreign languages at the communication level;
3.15. labour protection;
3.16. employment relationship;
3.17. business basics.

1. To plan and implement various types of career services to individual and corporate clients.
2. To select and use the most appropriate way of communication with clients of various culture, age and social groups (including clients from socially excluded groups) and partners.
3. To identify and assess factors forming the organizational culture.
4. To determine client capabilities and resources, and the most important environmental factors.
5. To provide professional support to clients to match their personal qualities, abilities and skills with the competences necessary for the chosen career direction.
6. To evaluate clients’ individual differences and needs.
7. To determine professions and areas of activity most suitable for a client.
8. To establish and assess individual career development programs together with clients.
9. To help customers find and assess necessary information on educational and employment opportunities.
10. To help clients compose their CV and application (motivation) letters.
11. To organize and conduct job interviews.
12. To inform, support and establish customer feedback.
13. To have a good knowledge of and comply with regulations governing career counselling.
14. To adhere to the principles of professional ethics.
15. To know the official language.
16. To know at least two foreign languages at the communication level.
17. To use professional terminology in the official language and at least one foreign language.
18. To independently plan, organize, manage, analyse and evaluate career support services.
19. To independently gain and accumulate knowledge in professional activities.
20. To use information technologies to collect, process necessary information, evaluate results, prepare business correspondence.
21. To select and use data acquisition and processing methods appropriate for research objectives, tasks and data specifics, analyse and evaluate the results and make recommendations.
22. To meet the requirements of employment relationship.
23. To comply with labour safety, fire safety and environmental protection requirements.

1. Ability to apply theoretical knowledge of career counselling in practical counselling in accordance with one’s professional profile and target audience, the nature of the economic sector or business activity and environmental context.
2. Ability to identify and assess factors influencing clients’ career development at different stages of life, their individual differences, needs and desires.
3. Ability to research and analyse the EU’s labour market, as well as guidelines for education policies and economic development trends, and to use the current information in counselling.
4. Ability to understand and assess clients’ professional suitability options and career decision-making skills.
5. Ability to provide professional support to clients in career development, determine the aim of career consultation, plan the consultation process and develop an individual career development program.
6. Ability to provide support in job search or individual business start-ups.
7. Ability to develop different types (such as individual, group, specific target groups of customers, etc.) of counselling methods and programs, carry out approbation and evaluation thereof.
8. Ability to find, collect and analyse information related to career counselling.
9. Ability to introduce the latest professional achievements in one’s career counselling practice.
10. Ability to observe ethical standards and confidentiality requirements in the performance of professional duties and tasks.
11. Ability to determine factors influencing organizational culture.
12. Ability to plan and carry out applied research in the field of career counselling independently and in collaboration with other researchers.
13. Ability to evaluate the quality of career counselling services provided by oneself and others, and determine criteria and performance indicators to assess one’s professional activities.
14. Ability to independently continue one’s professional development process.
15. Ability to consult clients of various age groups, social groups, culture and education level individually and in groups.
16. Ability to establish and maintain environment appropriate for counselling and relationship with clients.
17. Ability to realize the necessity to renew one’s resources to maintain psychological stability and be able to relax after psychological stress/conflict situations.
18. Ability to collaborate with other professionals in the field of career counselling to improve the quality of counselling.
19. Ability to organize and provide career support services.
20. Ability to communicate in the official language and at least two foreign languages depending on the target group.
21. Ability to meet the requirements of employment relationship.
22. Ability to ensure compliance with the requirements of labour protection, fire safety and environmental protection.