NOC 2021 · 41321 · TEER 1
Career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education)
Unit group 41321 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education) provide assistance and information to job seeker clients on all aspects of employment search and career planning. They also provide advice and information to employer clients regarding employment issues and human resources. They are employed by public or private employment agencies, rehabilitation centres, hospitals, human resource departments of establishments, consulting firms, correctional facilities and by federal and provincial governments. Supervisors of career development practitioners and career counsellors (except education) are included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- Aboriginal employment developer
- Aboriginal employment officer
- Aboriginal employment worker
- career coach
- career counsellor (except education)
- career development counsellor
- career development facilitator
- career development practitioner
- career group facilitator
- career resource centre coordinator
- employment assistance officer
- employment consultant
- employment counsellor - government services
- employment group counsellor
- employment outreach counsellor
- employment outreach program coordinator
- employment outreach program counsellor
- employment services assessment officer
- employment services group counsellor
- employment services officer
- guidance counsellor (except education)
- job counsellor
- job counsellor - government services
- job search trainer
- labour market information consultant
- outplacement consultant
- outplacement counsellor
- rehabilitation counsellor
- relocation consultant
- relocation counsellor
- vocational counsellor (except education)
- vocational evaluator
- vocational guidance counsellor (except education)
- vocational rehabilitation consultant
- vocational rehabilitation counsellor
- vocational rehabilitation professional
- vocational rehabilitation specialist
- workforce adjustment officer
- workforce development officer
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.