Career coaching is a growing and very rewarding niche with more people coming out of retirement, graduating from college, and homemakers returning to work. And growing in numbers are clients who are seeking to find their ideal career where they can apply their God-given gifts, talents, work experiences, passions and strengths in a rewarding new career, and not just a “job.”
Although Career Coaches work with clients through career transitions and career management, the very best career coaches work with their clients in a holistic approach, supporting their client as a whole person.
How does a coach work with clients going through a career transition? Here are a few destinations I feel are critical for a coach to help clients navigate successfully through a career transition:
- Know Yourself: explore your strengths with assessments, and other tools to help you learn and embrace your experiences, talents, skills, and passions.
- Get Your Resume on Top: learn the secrets to writing a resume that will be get to the top of the stack and into the hands of the decision maker.
- Interview Skill Building – what are differences and what to expect in a phone interview, panel interview, a one-on-one interview. What kind of questions and how to answer the questions. And, practice, practice, and practice so that when you sit down for the interview, you are confident and more relaxed because you are prepared.
- Execute Career Marketing Plan
- Networking 101 – 80% of jobs are filled through networking so you must understand how to network and become as comfortable as you can.
- Positive Attitude is Critical! Learn secrets to a positive mental attitude
- Salary Negotiations – when and how do you have “the” conversation?
If you are a coach and you want to learn more about career coaching, we offer career coach training in our mentor coach one-on-one sessions. Contact us for more information.
