Work at a teen advice hotline?
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Question by ღMγsтєяισυsღ: Work at a teen advice hotline?
I’ve been on Y!A for 2 years and constantly giving help on single&dating and psychology, lots of times I’ve received thank you messages for the good advice and I just love to give advice. So I figured I’d love to work for a teen advice hotline.
So I’m wondering, what does it require to get this job? Is it just like being a psychologist and requires several years of university or can it be more of a common job?
Thank you!
Best answer:
Answer by Jimmy is stuck in the 1990s
Since someone working at a teen advice hotline is unavoidably going to be dealing with callers who have serious issues and problems perhaps far more intense and intricate than what we usually find on Yahoo! Answers, I’d assume (and I’m saying that I’m assuming because I really don’t know, and when I Googled it, there was not very much information on the subject, which is probably why you yourself asked the question here) that it’s more like being a psychologist as opposed to being a common job; a teen advice hotline can’t very well pick someone off the street and give them a job giving advice, no matter how good they say they are or how good they appeared to be in the job interview.
So, my guess is that the job requirements for a legitimate, real, and trusted teen advice hotline probably run more along the lines of a university degree (or at least, proof you’ve taken university courses) in psychology or a similar field.
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