Make a Career Guidance Appointment

      

The PROCESS INVOLVED IS:

The process involved in making an appointment nationwide to see a career guidance practitioner nationwide is:

You MUST first fill out the “Make Appointment” booking form below. This is a compulsory requirement in order to get an understanding of your background and enquiry, so that we can allocate the most appropriate guidance professional. It also provides the career guidance practitioner with pre-information about you and thus will be better prepared when they meet you.

A representative from the CareerGuidance.ie team will then email you with reaffirmed pricing options and locations of the guidance practitioners in and around your area of residence or work (as you prefer). You can get a quotation immediately using the booking form below and get a synopsis of the guidance practitioner's credentials and experience. The going rate around the country is between 50 and 60 euros per hour and a typical session is from one to two hours. If cost is an issue you can stipulate the duration you would like.

All Guidance Practitioners are fully qualified with a primary degree and a Post Graduate qualification in Career Guidance or equivalent. Most guidance practitioners are members of the Institute of Guidance Practitioners (IGC).

It is difficult to document every career guidance practitioner’s process as each has their own methods of working. They will have an open conversation with you and give you an independent assessment, concentrate on your strengths and your aptitudes and build a career plan around them, usually involving re-skilling. Not every session is the same. It is a difficult process to document. See the home page for a video of the career guidance process.

Are Interest Tests included? This depends on the practitioner, the client and the circumstance of the career query. Usually they are not required, however all practitioners are equipped to deliver and interpret psychometric and interest tests.

What should you bring to the appointment? A pen, a pad and an open mind! To be sure, ask the guidance practitioner when making arrangement to meet.

The meeting point for guidance practitioners can be varied depending on the career guidance practitioner, you may meet at the career guidance practitioner home office, at his/her place of work (eg secondary school, university), a hotel lobby, a coffee shop, in a business centre or at your home. The meeting place will be set by the career guidance practitioner and you.

If you agree to the rate and location of the career guidance practitioner, you must then pay CareerGuidance.ie a booking fee of 15 euros which will confirm that you will turn up and meet the guidance practitioner. This fee is to avoid no-shows, which inconvenience the career guidance practitioner and waste his/her research time.

There are other reasons for the booking fee, as in: the cost of maintaining the website, the merchant online costs, and time composing emails. The 15 euros booking fee is non-refundable. This pricing method and process model is the fairest possible, if you have any suggestions as to improve the process please email info@careerguidance.ie.

The merchant account payment process is secure and regulated, CareerGuidance.ie use the same providers as AerLingus. Cards accepted are Visa, MasterCard and Laser. Orders are never taken over the phone for security reasons.

Booking Fee Payment Link - select the Career Guidance Appointment checkbox

Please note, the 15 euros make an appointment booking fee is completely separate to the rates charged by the guidance practitioner.

Once the booking fee is paid online an automated email confirming the purchase is sent to your email account. A mail is also sent to the assigned career guidance practitioner and the client is copied on that mail. The career guidance practitioner then logs onto his/her account and will pick up your details and your completed form.

A text message is also sent to the career guidance practitioner’s mobile phone informing him or her that an appointment from CareerGuidance.ie is in the guidance practitioner’s inbox.

The guidance practitioner will then make arrangements (via email or phone communication) to meet as soon as possibly convenient for both the career guidance practitioner and you. Most sessions are made in the evening and over weekends. Whatever suits you and the guidance practitioner.

If you pay the booking fee and agree to the guidance practitioner’s rate, all transactions after the booking fee are between the career guidance practitioner and you. Payment to the guidance practitioner is usually in the form of cash.

Finally, approximately four weeks after the booking fee is paid a feedback email is sent to your inbox. It is vitally important that customer feedback is received in order to maintain the standards of the career guidance practitioners.

See an example screenshot of feedback below, scores out of 5:

All communications between you and your career guidance practitioner will be held in confidence and will not, except under the circumstances explained below, be disclosed to anyone.

In situations involving danger and/or risk of imminent harm to yourself or specifically identified others, your practitioner is legally required to disclose certain information in order to protect you and/or others.

Please also consult the Legal Notices of the website at: Legal Notices

Fields with * are Compulsory Career Guidance Appointment Booking Form First Name:* Surname:* Home Address Line 1: Home Address Line 2: Home Address Line 3:* 'Please include your closest town to match a practitioner to your location' County:* Please Select County Antrim Armagh Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Derry Donegal Down Dublin Fermanagh Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Tyrone Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow Home Number: Work Number: Mobile:* Email:* Age:*

Are you 17 or younger Are you 18 or older  * Compulsory Field

Please copy and paste your most up to date CV below if you have it to hand or browse your hard drive and upload:

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Leaving Certificate Points Achieved or International Equivalent: Highest Educational Achievement:

Parent Contact Details (if they are attending) – Highly recommended for School Leavers – not required for Adult Guidance: First Name: Surname: Home Number: Work Number: Mobile: Email:

Period of Day: Monday to Friday

Morning Afternoon Evening

Saturday

Morning Afternoon Evening

Preferred Date: Please enter your first Preference Date: Please enter your second Preference Date: How do you intend getting to your appointment (for example, lift with parents or friend, bus, train, etc):* Please insert a synopsis of your career query:*   Select your preferred career guidance practitioner and location:* Select Guidance Practitioner Location AntrimArmaghCarlowCavanClareCorkDerryDonegalDownDublinFermanaghGalwayKerryKildareKilkennyLaoisLeitrimLimerickLongfordLouthMayoMeathMonaghanOffalyRoscommonSligoTipperaryTyroneWaterfordWestmeathWexfordWicklow

Select your 2nd preferred career guidance practitioner and Location:* Select Guidance Practitioner Location AntrimArmaghCarlowCavanClareCorkDerryDonegalDownDublinFermanaghGalwayKerryKildareKilkennyLaoisLeitrimLimerickLongfordLouthMayoMeathMonaghanOffalyRoscommonSligoTipperaryTyroneWaterfordWestmeathWexfordWicklow

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