Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Mock Interview
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What do you feel is the most important skill a vocational rehabilitation counselor should possess?
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Heather Douglass has over 20 years of experience as a Career Coach, Recruiter, and HR Specialist. Much of her experience is as a Technical Recruiter in the healthcare industry.
"An important skill to have as a vocational counselor is active listening skills. I've found that it is important to repeat things back to clients and ask them to repeat them back to you to assure they understand the plan you have helped them make."
Heather Douglass has over 20 years of experience as a Career Coach, Recruiter, and HR Specialist. Much of her experience is as a Technical Recruiter in the healthcare industry.
As a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, you help people with disabilities live fuller, more independent life by assisting them in securing gainful employment. What is the most important skill you have that makes your job easy when helping these clients? Tell the interviewer about your patience, active listening skills and your ability to effectively communicate with your clients. Feel free to share a story that showcased your skills.
Heather Douglass has over 20 years of experience as a Career Coach, Recruiter, and HR Specialist. Much of her experience is as a Technical Recruiter in the healthcare industry.
"I feel that excellent communication skills are needed to be a successful Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. Rehabilitation counselors need to be able to effectively communicate with clients. You must be able to express ideas and information in a way that is easy to understand."
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I have built rapport by stating & showing in my actions that each stakeholders' perspective is important to me. I have shown flexibility when my supervisor commonly changed my schedule w/less than 12hrs notice,
& I performed requested duties b/c clients needed us.
Each client &/or job opportunity is a clean slate. While experience guides me, I continually expect success & look for ways to increase independence. I must mold my method to the needs of each client & the demands of the COS. I must see every shred of possibility and expand it--in the client's abilities & preferences, and the available opportunities.
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These are absolutely important skills to possess, but a specific example of how these skills show up in your work would make your response more memorable. Is there a recent example of a time when you showed absolute flexiiblity? What was the situatiion? What was the outcome?
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