Individual Career Coaching

I work with clients who are keen to:

• Improve self-awareness (see 'Assessments and Tools')
• Crystallise a career path
• Work on some challenges that might be blocking progress
• Explore alternative career options
• Move up the corporate ladder
• Rewire for semi-retirement
• Smooth out work life balance issues

Sometimes the challenges can be:

• How to make the right decision
• Creating more time
• Achieving a clearer focus for the future
• Developing a personal vision
• Reducing stress levels
• Communicating better
• Simplifying an over demanding routine

If you are reading this then you have probably already worked out the importance of finding satisfaction in your work and how that satisfaction can impact on your total well being. Maybe you are thinking that job satisfaction is an illusion or that you have been leaning your ladder against the wrong wall? Maybe you are not sure but want some confirmation that you are not missing out on some other opportunity? It might be that you need a coach to assist with exploring alternative career paths, preparation for promotion or applying for a new position.

In today’s world of work we need to be confident that we are up to date and competitive in the marketplace. The dynamic nature of the world of work can suddenly and unexpectedly precipitate you out into job search. Are you ready for that? Your Career Coach is a service that can help you to make informed decisions based on the right information about yourself and your career direction. Together we decide what it is you are looking for and then tap into a range of critical resources. There are a number of steps to take with your coach and they could include:

• Career assessments. These can be self-assessment exercises for crystallising your ideals and/or an international on-line tool, for example Harrison Assessments. I recommend this assessment if you are keen for a detailed and accurate career report that measures more than 200 factors including your task preferences, motivations, work environment preferences, interests and interpersonal preferences. The system determines your most suitable careers.
• Research and Marketing. How to research and tap into the information you need and then preparing the essential marketing tools, resumes and letters.
• Job Search Strategies. Only 40% of available positions are advertised either in print or on-line. How do you find the other 60%? What are the strategies needed to find the ideal job that you are looking for?
• Communication.  Do you need to hone your interviewing skills, can you articulate your uniqueness?
• Decision.  Making the right decision and choice that matches your profile as well as being able to negotiate your value.

Plan your future

Whatever age you are it is possible to re-engineer your future.  Futurists have provided convincing evidence that workers of the 21^st Century will have a portfolio of skills and will need to find their market. The Y generation (under 27 years) are keenly aware that they will have multiple jobs in their life time.  Those of you in the X generation (28 – 43 years) might already be thinking of a career change or perhaps equipping yourself for that promotion. As for the baby boomers, it is possible that your next decision is around the notion of retirement. There is still a third of your life to go so you certainly want to make the right decisions. Is it a part time option, small business, consulting, contracting or volunteering? How ready are you?

So plan your career the way you might plan building a new home or going on an expensive overseas holiday i.e. with much thought and attention to detail. You deserve that satisfaction.

Will coaching help?

Contact me for your complimentary 30 minutes and we can determine that together.

Fran Whittingham
Your Career Coach