Professional development advice is a kind of help offered to all active people who want to have clear ideas about their professional situation. These are authorized organizations that manage this system. During sessions, outside of your working time, with a referral advisor. You will be able to define a new professional project and benefit from advice on how to implement it. This is the opportunity for you to make informed choices thanks to the advice of a professional. All this for free.

Professional development advice: the summary document

Professional development advice is based in particular on an individual interview, that is to say personalized. You will therefore have access to practical advice and guides allowing you to develop and carry out a realistic professional project. Base on your skills and experience.

The maintenance carried out must always lead to the preparation of a summary document. This plays a very important role in the success of the support. It even serves as a reference point throughout the course thanks to the essential information it contains.

Thus, this document represents a strategy to be implemented which comes in different forms, among others, the possibility of accessing training eligible for the CPF (Personal Training Account). Note that all CEP beneficiaries can have this account. This even allows easy and advantageous access to professional development advice. These two systems are in fact complementary, in particular for employees and public officials.

The progress of CEP support

The course of professional development counseling coaching varies from one subject to another. The guide must therefore above all try to get to know you better: your identity, your work, your intellectual level, your social status, your habits, your different experiences.

In fact, each beneficiary has their own professional background and therefore specific support. The referral advisor, as its name suggests, should not impose its opinion on you. He just has to guide and advise you. You help define a serious professional project. This must lead to concrete development. To achieve this, the coach uses all available resources, including his own experiences.

Finally, during CEP support, the advisor has the task of validating the choice of training with you, if necessary. It will also help you budget for your new challenge. And will tell you your rights in the realization of your project.

The goal is to lead you to success. Both parties, that is to say, the advisor and the supported subject, must set specific and measurable objectives.

 Who can benefit from professional development advice?

Career development advice is intended for any active person, namely public sector employees, private sector employees, self-employed workers, craftspeople and job seekers.

People who exercise a liberal profession, young people leaving a school with or without a diploma. Self-employed people are also concerned. To access this type of support, all you have to do is request it.

If you are still a student but already working. Professional development advice allows you to gradually integrate the world of work while continuing to improve your skills in your sector of activity. It's the same for retired people wanting to get into entrepreneurship, for example.

Indeed, a CEP constitutes a personalized and free device to which active or unemployed people can access. It is offered by experienced professionals whose support takes place in complete confidentiality. The advice offered remains of course secret. The same goes for all personal information concerning the beneficiary.

Which CEP bodies are authorized

Not all beneficiaries of professional development advice have the same situation. They must contact an authorized CEP body, according to their respective cases.

The organizations authorized to provide this kind of professional service are the Cap job, for all disabled people, the local Mission, the employment center and the Association for the employment of executives or Apec.

Note that an employee has the right to benefit from professional development advice without requesting the authorization of his employer. He only has to make an appointment with an advisor, preferably with that of theApec if he occupies a managerial position in the company for which he works.

For ordinary employees who are not executives, they can contact the professional advisers of Regional inter-professional joint committees or CPIR.

Finally, employers must inform their employees of the possibility of benefiting from professional development advice. They can do so at any time (during a job interview or during periodic or extraordinary meetings, etc.).

The contexts in which the use of a CEP will be very useful to you

It is necessary to seek professional development advice in certain specific contexts. You are going through a period of professional transition. You want to anticipate professional mobility or a possible transfer of services. You are thinking of starting or taking over a business.

These circumstances constitute delicate moments. Professional advice and help can only be beneficial. And will save you a lot of problems that you wouldn't have thought of.