What is Career Coaching?
Career coaching is a transformative partnership between client and coach designed to address a number of different career needs. Whether you are just starting, seeking a career change, or aiming to advance in your career, career coaching can help guide you.
BENEFITS
Clarify Your Career Path
Career Coaching coaching begins with clarifying your career path. We’ll explore your experience, career values, strengths, weaknesses, and career interests to clarify your needs.
Set & Achieve Goals
Next, we’ll focus on defining your career goals and creating a strategic plan to reach them. I’ll provide you with tools and resources to support you and help you stay on track.
Skill Development
Throughout the process, we’ll identify and develop the skills and competencies that are needed to help you achieve your goal. Whether it’s leadership, communication, or technical skills, we will create a development plan that ensures you have the skills needed to reach your career goals.
Job Search & Networking
If you are searching for a new job, we can work to optimize your job search with tailored strategies. From resume development, to interview preparation, to networking, we’ll focus on the steps that you need to take to land your next job.
Career Transitions
Navigating a career can be daunting. During our time together, I can provide guidance and support to help you through a transition.
How Will We Work Together?
I refer to the time we will work together as a coaching engagement. Typically in a coaching engagement, I will work through the following steps:
Assessment: We’ll start our coaching engagement by understanding your career history, aspirations, strengths, and areas for development.
Goal-Setting: Together, we define clear and achievable career goals, breaking them down into actionable steps.
Strategy: Once we’ve identified the destination, we’ll build a roadmap with actionable steps and timelines required to meet your end goal.
Accountability: I’ll keep you accountable for your commitments, ensuring that you stay motivated and on track.
Overcoming Obstacles: As we progress, we will address any obstacles that come up that are preventing you from progressing and identify ways to navigate through them.
Reflection: As we conclude our coaching engagement, we’ll celebrate your accomplishments and reflect on your journey.
Many clients ask how long coaching lasts. While this is a great question, it can be difficult to answer. Often, the length of the coaching engagement can vary based on several factors, including your goals, the complexity of the issues you are looking to address, the frequency of meetings, and the challenges you encounter along the way. Coaching is a highly personalized process, so there’s no one-size-fits-all answer.
Some clients may achieve their desired outcome in just a few sessions, while others choose an extended coaching engagement to work towards a large goal. By taking the time to learn your goals, I can give you a recommendation on the length of time. But ultimately, it’s up to you how long we meet.