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Why
The Careerpilot?
By
Bob Maher
The Careerpilot
is a Career Management Professional, certified by The ICC
International
as a Career Management Fellow (CMF). His consulting
practice is centered on Corporate-sponsored career services.
From a candidate's perspective, career management is a noun
used to describe the penultimate destination in one's career
"journey". A candidate might also use the
term as an active verb.
As Professional
colleagues, Career Management consultants offer their assistance
in the career management or career decision-making process
of the candidates they serve. This analogy, then, is struck
using the definition of PILOTAGE
taken from the Website of
The International Maritime Pilots' Association (IMPA).
It
best defines the Internet presence of the
(www.)careerpilot
and serves as a "straw-dog
model" to stimulate dialog aimed at defining a profession
for those who assist others, usually corporate sponsored,
in the broadest reach of career decision-making.
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What is
Maritime Pilotage
Pilotage is a unique service based upon local knowledge
and special conditions prevailing in the pilotage area.
It may be performed in coastal waters, estuarial waters,
rivers, ports, harbours, lakes or enclosed dock systems
or any combination of these areas which may come within
a port's jurisdiction, it's prime goal being the safe
and efficient moving of shipping whilst assuring the
protection of the marine environment.
A pilot's function is to combine technical knowledge
concerning the operation and handling of a vessel with
his local knowledge concerning special conditions which
exist in the port area and with which the Master of
the vessel cannot be expected to be conversant. In this
respect, pilots must first of all be technically capable
of piloting vessels of all types which call at the port.
They must be very familiar with the latest equipment
and navigational aids as well as the regulatory and
environmental requirements and have an overall appreciation
of the special regulations and unique conditions which
exist in his waters.
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What are "Career Services"?
Career Services are based
upon special and unique knowledge of career-oriented
issues and process prevailing within a professional's
total career. Career Services
are normally corporate (or organizationally) sponsored
and delivered in a variety of venues. The prime
goal is efficient and appropriate career decision-making
assistance in its many forms, delivered to the candidate...whilst
assuring a high quality "FIT" between the
professional and his chosen employment goal (including
retirement).
A Career Consultant's
function is to combine unique technical knowledge of
various career processes with their total resources to
include access to information with which the individual
professional cannot be expected to be conversant.
In this respect, effective and ethical Career Consultants are those with
experience in a variety of industries, functions at
all levels, and skilled in both individual and group
process. Their familiarity with career decision-making
process usually comes from the combination of study
and "real-life" experience.
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...and a
reference from the writings of Mark Twain, a riverboat
pilot himself.
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