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 \nSo why is career counselng a majorconcern of Federal Women's ProgramCoordinators?Thinking in terms of along-range,lifetime career is a newperspective for most Americanwomen.They may need help in resol-ving career-marriage conflicts,andthey may need special help or encour-agement as they mold a career planfor themselves.The FWPC is gener-ally the person in the agency with thespecial tools to aid women.Forexample,you should know aboutchild care facilities in your commu-nity,and you should be familiar withpart-time opportunities within youragency.And in many cases,womenwill feel more comfortable talking totheir FWPC than to other sources ofcounseling within their agency.How can you learn more about the  \nFirst,we suggest that you take ad-vantage of as many counselor trainingsessions,of readings on career coun-seling,and of personal guidance op-portunities for yourself,as possible.Not only will you learn more aboutsetting your own program and careergoals,but you will pick up lots oftechniques and ideas which you canuse when you are counseling women.Make a goal of attending or visiting acertain number of career counselingprograms,sessions,or centers eachquarter,to increase your knowledge.  \nSecond,we suggest that you set upa general file folder on career coun-seling.Keep everything that you find(Continued on p.3)  \nWhy is there a need for careercounseling?A survey by Time in-dicated that only 3 percent ofAmericans write down their goals;only 10 percent have strong goals inmind;50 percent have only short-range goals in mind;and 37 percenthave barely any goals.An HEW studysuggests that only about one-half ofAmericans would chose the same lineof work if they could do it over again.  \nWhat will the Federal agency gainfrom career counseling?According toinformation from the Naval Elec-tronics Laboratory Center,an indi-vidual's productivity tends to peak at75 percent of individual capacity toperform during the fourth or fifth yearof employment with the same super-visor on the same job.At the end ofthe tenth year,the individual's pro-ductivity is less than it was when theindividual was a new employee.Theimplication is that problems of pro-ductivity,creativity,and motivationmust be addressed not only when theemployee is new,but throughout hisor her career,if the Government is to  \n## The Counseling Process\n\nThe next stage of the counselingprocess is to help the counselee to de-fine her wishes,aspirations,barriers,and goals.There are many techniquesavailable to help you at this stage.You may want the counselee to de-velop lists or plans which she canbring to the counseling sessions todiscuss,in order to focus on areaswhich she may not have thoughi of.Here are a few examples of what wemean:  \ncal work day.This exercise will giveyou lots of clues about the counseleeto pinpoint special problem areas.Forexample,you may be able to suggestways that she could use her time morewisely;you may decide that she couldbenefit from a time-managementcourse.  \nWhat are the various","cbCaiaTDtVZxUfRE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaTDtVZxUfRE","pdf",736478,"English","# Career Counseling = Advancement of Women\n## The Counseling Process\n## Counseling Questions To Answer","[{\"question\":\"Why is career counseling a major concern for Federal Women’s Program Coordinators?\",\"answer\":\"Career counseling supports women in taking a long-range view of their careers and resolving career-marriage conflicts. 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