Research On The Competency Model Of College Counselors In The New Era

With the continuous improvement of the national requirements for the quality of personnel training,the requirements for the training of counselor team in the college are also increased year by year.College students are the hope of the country and the nation,and bear the great responsibility of building the motherland.College counselors are the backbone of talent training,play an important role in talent training,and they are also the closest people in the university.In the context of the new era,facing the different characteristics of these college students born after "2000",how to recruit counselors in line with the work needs of the new era,how to carry out targeted work training for counselors,and how to carry out effective assessment and promotion of counselors need to be solved.Based on the literature concerning college counselors' job competency,this thesis makes a comprehensive review on the theory of job requirements and competency model of college counselors.We developed an open-ended questionnaire according to the literature review.Taking the undergraduate students of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(UESTC)from class 216-2019 as the respondents,we conducted the open-ended survey to collect the job competency terms of college counselors.Further,comparing the terms collected from the survey and the mature competency dictionary,we formed a primary competency feature dictionary of college counselors for this study.Moreover,we conducted semi-structured interviews with the counselors at UESTC and invited them to select what they think are the important competency characteristics in the dictionary.We recorded and sorted out the items of each interview.Finally,combining all the above steps,a formal competency feature dictionary of college counselors was developed.As to the data collection,by using the questionnaire of competency feature dictionary,we surveyed all the undergraduate counselors of UESTC.By analyzing the collected data,the thesis developed the competency model of college counselors in the new era.Under the background of the new era,the competency model of college counselor consists of three dimensions of constructs,including 26 competency characteristics.The three dimensions of constructs are: personality traits,knowledge ability,and work quality.For personality traits,it includes 8 characteristics,which are optimistic andcheerful,personal charm,carefulness,integrity,tolerance and openness,affinity,political literacy,and self-improvement.For knowledge ability,it includes 12 characteristics,which are discipline knowledge,innovation ability,vocational skills,self-management,cultivating others,communication ability,pressure resistance,theoretical level,team leadership,learning ability,and organization and analytical ability.For work quality it includes 6 characteristics,which are love,initiative,patience,sense of responsibility,professional identity,and self-confidence.Finally,according to the above conclusions,this thesis gives suggestions on the recruitment,training and development,and salary system of college counselors in the new era.