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Advising, Coaching, Training

  • Possible Tasks

    -You act as the first point of contact for assisting people seeking advice. To this end, you maintain open office hours, hold advising sessions (individual or group advising), and help those seeking advice to make decisions.
    -You create informational and advising materials and hold (preventive) information events for various target groups.
    -You plan qualification and training initiatives, agree on goals and processes with those seeking advice, and monitor and document the initiatives.
    -You support those seeking advice in overcoming personal issues and applying for social assistance or legal entitlements. You also take into account the social environment of those seeking advice, their life situation, and their life plans. Counseling training is usually expected here.
    -You clarify legal, social, and medical issues by working together with other advising institutions and authorities.
    -You clarify legal, social, and medical issues by working together with other advising institutions and authorities.
    -Together with your clients, you define goals and develop solutions that they can integrate into their personal and professional lives (personal coaching).
    -You analyze conflicts and hold meetings with the parties involved. You develop conflict resolution strategies and collect, evaluate, and develop proposed solutions together with the parties involved (mediation).
    -In joint meetings, you support individuals, groups, and teams in the process of reflecting on their own actions and drawing conclusions from them by, for example, revealing power structures and relationship dynamics (supervision).
    -In media consulting, you develop and implement marketing and media concepts for the advertising campaigns of your clients.
    -In consumer advising, you collect data, write publications, distribute test reports, and carry out projects designed to educate consumers.
    -As a business consultant, you support companies in economic decision-making processes by analyzing the processes and structures within the company and evaluating economic opportunities and risks.

  • Industries and Occupations

    -Social services institutions
    -Higher education institutions, professional organizations (e.g., chambers of industry and commerce, chambers of crafts), the German Federal Employment Agency, job centers (→ educational, study, and career advising/social counseling)
    -Educational and advising institutions of trade unions or employers’ associations, religious counseling centers
    -Healthcare centers, nutritional advising centers, health insurance companies (→ health/care advising)
    -Parenting, youth, and family counseling centers, schools (→ development counseling)
    -Law firms and mediation practices
    -Advertising agencies, media consulting companies, TV and radio stations, film industry institutions (→ media consulting)
    -Consumer advising centers
    -Business consulting
    -Human resources development/consulting

  • Job Boards and Professional Associations

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