I believe that acceptance, hope and meaningful living are the most fundamental human needs that we deal with in career counselling. The construct that ties hope and meaning together for us and allows us to articulate our sense of belonging is identity. Traditionally career counsellors are seen as facilitators for the individual finding a fit in the labour market. Facilitating the smooth operation of the labour market is what has allowed the career counselling to exist in the first place. Presently, the actual work of helping people to hope and find meaning is not seen as a public good but a private one that is sporadically available through communities or family or more recently through counselling. As a career counsellor, I need to ensure that there is an genuine foundation in human need in the work I do. In my view this comes from ensuring that my client feels she/he belongs in ways that can elicit hope, meaning and identity while participating in the functioning of society.
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