Career Paths and Occupational Mobility part one Contents 3. Before that I was a police officer. Moving from one occupation to another is called occupational mobility. There can be several routes within a certain family of occupations or a move can be made outside the group as in the police officer to the retail store operator.
Occupational mobility can be complex.
Counsellors will want their clients to be aware of the possibilities for mobility growing out of any occupational choice. Clients therefore need to be guided to research more than the type of program to study. They also need to be guided to find out from libraries, associations and interviews with people who work in the field what family of jobs may be open to them. For instance, a person who is interested in a public relations program should know about the diversity of job titles and the variety of organizations where the positions may be found. Experience with the government would be an asset because of knowledge of lobbying and legislation which could affect the association.