There are no hard and fast rules. Look at this. It should be useful to you. A matchmaking consultant is a person who provides counseling services to people who encounter various problems in love, marriage and family life. Job Description (1) Emotional counseling for unmarried and married people; (2) premarital consultation and counseling for unmarried men and women; (3) Providing consultation and guidance on the adjustment of the relationship between husband and wife; (4) Providing consultation and guidance on the adjustment of family interpersonal relationship; (5) Help the parties to resolve various marriage and family crises; (6) Providing parents with self-education and counseling in parenting education; (7) provide counseling and guidance for divorced and remarried people; (8) Provide consultation and guidance on family health and safety. [Edit this paragraph] Career overview Family is the cell of society, and the construction of a harmonious family is an important foundation for the construction of a harmonious society. At present, China has a population of/kloc-0.3 billion, and most people have to go through the process of falling in love, choosing a spouse, forming a family and raising children. At present, people's requirements for quality of life and happiness index are constantly improving. However, in the face of frustration in love, marital turmoil, rising divorce rate, domestic violence, adolescent growth crisis and so on, many people are confused and have various concerns. Many parties who are troubled by marriage and family problems have no recourse, which even leads to personal tragedy. If these problems are not solved in time, it will endanger personal growth and family happiness, and then affect social stability. In western developed countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions of China, there are various professional marriage and family consultation and counseling institutions to provide timely consultation services for those who encounter various problems in love, marriage and family life, and effectively help people relieve all kinds of troubles. In Chinese mainland, most of the work of marriage and family counseling and assistance has to be undertaken by women's federations at all levels, trade unions, Communist Youth League organizations, family planning committees and other non-professional institutions and other social workers; Lawyers in charge of divorce cases in some law firms and some professional psychological counselors are also consulting on marriage and family. These people add up to millions. One-third of the 40 thousand people who have obtained the qualification of psychological counselor are doing marriage and family counseling. However, the above-mentioned personnel have not received standardized training in specialized marriage and family counseling business, and lack unified professional standards and service norms, so the effect of counseling service is difficult to guarantee. At the same time, there are some illegal organizations in the society, which only aim at making profits, but also carry out training and guidance on marriage and family, which not only has poor training effect, but also may mislead and hurt the clients. The establishment of the new profession of marriage and family counselor is of great significance for improving the quality of employees, establishing and perfecting industry norms, improving the level of marriage and family counseling services and promoting the construction of harmonious families. There are about 370 million families in China. With the development of society, people are pursuing the quality of marriage and family life more and more, and the demand for marriage and family counseling will grow. Therefore, the career of marriage and family counselor has a good development prospect. [Edit this paragraph] Occupational Standards On October 2, 2008/KLOC-0, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security issued 26 national occupational standards such as "Marriage and Family Counselor" to the labor and social security departments (bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the labor security institutions of relevant departments in the State Council (see attached figure for documents). Among them, the National Professional Standard for Marriage and Family Counselors was compiled and formulated by the China Marriage and Family Research Association of the All-China Women's Federation for 7 months. Experts from Lily Net, China Women's College, peking university health science center and China Academy of Social Sciences participated in the formulation of professional standards, and Mu Yan, the founder of Lily Net, was the author. Marriage [Editor's paragraph] Employment prospects In developed western countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions of China, there are many marriage and family counselors with professional certification. They provide counseling services for those who encounter problems in love, marriage and family life, and effectively help people relieve all kinds of marriage and love troubles. Generally, there are 1 marriage and family counselors for every 300 families. At present, there are nearly10.2 million marriage and family counselors in the United States, serving 40 million families, and the number of counselors is growing rapidly every year. Marriage and family counselors are respected, with high social status, high income and flexible working hours. For a long time, because there is no professional certified marriage and family counselor in China, marriage and family counseling has to be undertaken by the staff of women's federations, trade unions, Communist Youth League organizations, family planning committees and other social workers at all levels, which is far from meeting the huge needs of society. China has a population of 65.438+0.38 billion and 370 million families, and the number of urban families alone has reached 65.438+0.654.38+0.00 billion. Most people have to go through the process of choosing a spouse, falling in love, getting married, starting a family and having children. At present, people's requirements for quality of life, marriage and family happiness are constantly improving. However, in the face of confusion in mate selection, frustration in love, turmoil in marriage, disharmony in family and crisis in adolescence, many people are confused and have various problems. Many parties who encounter marriage and family problems have no recourse, which even leads to personal tragedy. In some big cities, the divorce rate has reached more than 35%. Therefore, there is a huge market demand for marriage and family counseling. According to the urban population alone, the career gap of marriage and family counselors in Chinese mainland is over 400,000. The employment direction of marriage and family counselors includes: (1) marriage and love counseling centers of women's federations, trade unions, civil affairs, family planning, education departments and women's rights protection institutions at all levels; (2) Marriage and family counseling centers, marriage law firms, marriage investigation and evidence collection units, marriage agencies, wedding service agencies, etc. ; (3) Family education consulting institutions, children consulting and training institutions, youth activity centers, etc. ; (4) Community service centers, community elderly clubs, domestic service agencies, family health service agencies, health fitness beauty clubs, etc. ; (5) around the emotional hotline, psychological counseling center, etc. ; (6) love and marriage columnists and consulting experts in magazines, television and radio; (7) Do independent consultation and set up a marriage and family counseling center (this training provides business guidance services). The China Marriage and Family Research Association of the All-China Women's Federation will recommend outstanding students to some national large-scale marriage and love institutions such as women's federations at all levels, trade unions, consulting institutions of civil affairs departments, marriage and love consultation centers, marriage and family service units, and marriage and love service centers.