Career Guidance and Support: What are the benefits?
- sjwalkernz
- Jul 30, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 3, 2025
Choosing a career isn’t just about picking a job; it’s about building a life. Whether you're a student exploring your future, someone navigating a career change, or simply feeling unsure about your next step, career guidance can offer clarity, confidence, and direction.
What are the benefits?
Career guidance and support—otherwise known as career counselling—helps you gain clarity and make informed, meaningful decisions and plans about your learning, work, and life direction. It involves:
One-on-one conversations with a trained professional
Exploration of your interests, strengths, values, and options
Support in setting goals, making decisions, and planning your next steps
Engaging in career counselling and guidance supports your career development—a lifelong process of gaining the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage your career and adapt to change.
By seeking support, you can:
1. Develop insight: understand yourself and how you relate to others through exploration of your strengths, interests, and values.
2. Explore pathways: learn about your options and explore career ideas to identify study, training, and potential careers that are a good fit for you.
3. Make informed, confident decisions: Cut through confusion and information overload to evaluate options, gain direction, and decide on a trajectory.
4. Take action to build your future: Develop your foundation for your future and act upon a flexible plan to support you in pursuing your life and career goals.
5. Build your competencies: Cultivate your adaptability and confidence and learn how to write CVs and job applications, search for work, and prepare for interviews.
People who receive structured career support can experience higher confidence and fulfilling long-term career outcomes.
Why we offer virtual support over 12 Weeks
At Trajectories, we support young Kiwis and career changers through virtual career guidance because everyone deserves easy access to support that helps them navigate their future. We take a comprehensive approach to career guidance and development by offering:
6 one-on-one sessions with a career guidance specialist
6 hours of practical help to ensure you have the information needed to make informed career choices
4 self-directed development modules to support your journey
Because career decisions aren't made overnight, spacing the sessions out allows time for reflection, action, and progress between each step. It also means we can respond to real-life questions and challenges as they come up, building momentum overtime.
The 12-week framework supports ongoing development, not just a one-off conversation.
Who does Trajectories help?
We specialise in helping:
Young Kiwis who are starting their career exploration, choosing NCEA subjects or tertiary study or training options. We help young Kiwis build confidence, understand their options, and move forward with clarity.
Career Changers who are unsure of their next step—they may be returning to work, seeking a new direction, or recovering from burnout or redundancy—we help them reset and take their next step in life with a sense of purpose.
Remember: You don’t need to figure it all out alone
With the right support, you can move from feeling stuck or uncertain to feeling focused, capable, and hopeful about your future.
Trajectories NZ is here to help—let's connect:
Website: https://www.trajectories.nz/
Instagram: @trajectories_nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trajectoriesnz
