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Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
Helps students with classes, college and career plans, and personal challenges.
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School counselors help students choose courses, plan for college and careers, handle stress and conflicts, and connect with other help when needed. They work with families, teachers and outside agencies.
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The guide checks the courses against your plan, with things to try each year. Free account needed.
High school courses that build toward it
- Child Development · Career and Technical
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Psychology · Social Studies
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
- Statistics · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.