A counseling professional has chosen a field that has a steady demand for their services even in economic downturns, and job growth for these professionals is predicted to continue to have a faster than normal growth over the next few years according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They attribute the growing opportunities and plentiful counseling jobs to job growth in the field being greater than the number of qualified graduates.
This is good news for the graduate with the proper certifications who is interested in school counseling jobs. However, what about the professional whose passion is family counseling or substance abuse counseling or rehabilitation counseling? There is good news in that area as well. Counselors require a rigorous education and most require certification in their specialties as well as a certain type of personality, and with those requirements fulfilled the job growth for other counseling opportunities is bright as well.
Counseling jobs open in Dallas are not limited to the traditional in school counseling jobs, though the demand for school counselors will always remain high, there are counseling jobs in fields such as rehabilitation counseling, job counseling in industry, mental health and too many other areas to mention.
Finding school counseling jobs in Dallas may, or may not be easy because this is a large metropolitan area serving many sub districts, and many applications and interviews may be necessary, as well as there are a multitude of private schools who also employ school counselors and these openings may not be advertised. Private school counselors will frequently be paid somewhat higher school counselors employed by the school district, but locating the private school job openings may be somewhat more difficult too.
Private industry employs counselors in various capacities and rehabilitation counselors or substance abuse counselors may work for nonprofit agencies or for private clinics.
Counseling jobs are available all over the country and in particular in the thriving metropolitan area of Dallas, but it sometimes takes more searching to find the right career opportunity and counseling jobs are not always in the obvious industries thinking out of the box can uncover employment opportunities not considered by the average job hunter. Counselors in large companies tend to increase employee satisfaction and professional counseling has become a tool of private industry to retain their workforce and increase their productivity and in some professions to reduce job stress.
So, whether you choose want to choose from the traditional school counseling jobs, or want to expand into private industry or specialized counseling and advocacy, there are counseling jobs open in Dallas for the qualified and determined job seeker.
