Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
SOC Code: 21-1012
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisorss maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations. This career typically requires extensive preparation (4+ years). With an AI-proof score of 89.1/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension.
AI-Proof Score: 89.1 — Very High
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Median Salary
$65,140
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Job Growth
3.5%
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Training Time
Extensive preparation (4+ years)
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Job Zone
Zone 5 / 5
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Training Cost
~$80,000
Key Skills
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Active Listening
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Speaking
- •Active Learning
- •Critical Thinking
- •Writing
Common Tasks
- ✓Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- ✓Counsel students regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.
- ✓Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools.
- ✓Counsel individuals or groups to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.
- ✓Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements, and write letters of recommendation.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation