Career or Life Coaching - Six Career Situations in Which Coaching Would Be an Excellent Investment

Over the past decade, the job market and virtually every industry has been transformed.

Many workers have struggled and continue to struggle with downsizing, mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and job searches that last more than a year. Ten years ago, most workers could handle their own job search with perhaps some assistance from a resume writer or an outplacement firm. Now the job search industry is a multi-billion dollar industry and coaching is major aspect.

Despite the changes in the job market and job search strategies, many job-seekers are afraid to admit that they may need some help and guidance from an outside career professional. They think of asking for help as a sign of weakness or a sign of defeat. Or they are deterred by the price of such services. A professionally prepared resume and career coaching may be beyond the budget constraints of many individuals, especially since many job search career specialists (particularly in major cities) do market themselves to those at the executive level.

Despite the cost, using a career coach or a life coach could be the smartest decision a job-seeker makes. Coaches can offer new directions, perspectives, and ideas, as well as expand thinking and encourage brainstorming. In smaller cities and on the Internet, there are coaches who charge what many job seekers would consider reasonable prices.

So who might benefit from coaching? Career or life coaching may be a valuable investment for "workers" in the following six career situations.

1. Getting no results in current job search

Workers (employed or unemployed) who know what type of position(s) they want but are getting no results in their current search would do well to make use of a career marketing or job search coach. These coaches offer short-term services to help individuals develop, implement and manage a job search campaign. This type of coaching focuses on defining objectives (e.g., type of position, type of industry, geographic preferences, salary requirements, quality of life issues) and then developing a step-by-step job search action plan. With this plan the job seeker is better market themselves, optimize their networking, and be held accountable for completing each action step they have set.

2. Concerned About Being Downsized

Short-term career counseling would also be beneficial to employees who are concerned about being downsized in the future, as it will help them develop job-search-action plan ready if or when the downsizing occurs. Having a plan can be a major stress reducer.

3. Changing Career Direction

Some career coaches are now specializing in career management. The career management coach focuses on broad issues related to an entire career - the past, the present and the future. The support is long-term and comprehensive, often focusing on personal and introspective issues. A prime candidate for a career management coach is an individual who, for whatever reason, wants to change his/her career direction and is uncertain about his/her objectives. These individuals need to explore, discuss and evaluate their value, their skills and where they want to be in their careers.

4. Moving into Management

An individual moving into a management position may also be a good candidate for a career management coach as a career management coach can serve as confidante, adviser and career strategist.

5. Career Planning after 50

Working with a career management coach may also be of value for an individual over 50 who wants a plan for how to continue working in a meaningful job until they are READY to make the retirement decision. Some career coaches are trained to help people with "ReCareering". (a late-in-life career change that is not just a job change, but a move to a completely different career path to pursue a passion, make a lifestyle change, make more money, launch a business, or transition to retirement)

6. Burnt-out, Unhappy, or Frustrated with the Job

Those who are burnt-out, frustrated or unhappy in their careers may want to work with a career or a life coach. The burnt-out, frustrated, and unhappy include those who:

- have lost their enthusiasm for their career,

- are stuck in a career they never wanted in the first place,

- have discovered that their values and their employer's values do not match,

- feel their job is meaningless; that they are nothing more than a cog in a giant machine,

- have been passed over several times for promotions.

- feel overworked, overwhelmed or overburdened

- are considering starting their own business, because they are frustrated with employers

Life coaches and career coaches are known for the ability to ask the powerful questions. Insightful and challenging questions accompanied by encouragement and empathy may help individuals take action on these work-life issues.

Mary Ann is a Career/Life Coach, Resume Writer, and college instructor. She is the owner of Career Development Services, http://www.career-development-services.com and has a new website http://www.MyLifeMyWorkMyWay.com which addresses the career issues of those over 50.

What Career Would Fit Me Best? How Many Times Have You Been Asked This Question?

How many times have you asked yourself this question or been asked by a students, your own child or a friend? It is a common question, and a good one.

Research shows that the match between your job and your personality plays a major role in your job satisfaction and success. From the moment you leave school your job and career will be the topic you most talked about so it's vital that you are in a job you enjoy and that matches the person you are.

Students do not learn in isolation. To acquire knowledge, they need the guidance of parents and the inspiration of teachers.

Parents have the greatest influence on the career choices their children make. Often parents will pre-select a career that they think best suits their child. Some want to relive the choices they made or did not make, by transferring these to their children. Parents need help to understand who their children are and where they can best succeed in life by using their natural gifts and talents.

Great careers do not simply happen. That is why it is important for your child to make career plans. Parents are the best people to ensure that your child is making wise career choices.

Teachers spend more time with children than do parents and influence students significantly. A teacher that connects with students provides inspiration and knowledge. Too often students may dislike a subject because they cannot relate to the teacher.

Career Advisers provide a vital service assisting students in their career path and in their transition from school. Career Advisers often find themselves acting as mediators between parent and child in important discussions in relation to the students future career, subject choices and educational options.

Most Careers Advisers base their recommendations on subjects the student excels at, interviews with the student and common sense.However students need help choose a career that matches their natural gifts and talents.

The four key participants in a student's career decision are:

Careers Advisers
Students
Parents
Teachers

By advising students on their best subject career choices and cross matching their personality to career options, the Careers Adviser can offer advice more confidently.

Career Advisers need a tool that will help them:

Understand their students better
Determine best career options based on students natural gifts and talents
Provide independent assessment of the students behavioural traits
Encourage students to consider a wider variety of career choices
Provide alternative career pathways
Encourage students to focus on their strengths
Provide Parents with independent advice based on profile outcomes

Students need effective feedback that will highlight:

A Students personal style
Careers that best match them
Their personal strengths
The ideal working environment for their particular style
What they bring to a job
What they value and what annoys them
Their learning style and how to improve

The benefits to students will include:

Affirmation of their talent and encourages them to choose a career that best matches their style and gifts
Reinforces strengths and natural styles
Helps them understand themselves and why they act and behave the way they do
Helps them to appreciate others and why people are different
Provides essential people skills they can use to form relationships with partners, colleagues and employers.
Builds student confidence and self-worth
Report content will add value and content to their CV. (Students often find it difficult to describe their personal qualities and promote themselves. My Career Match gives students useful information they can use)

Parents need guidance on their child's personal style and practical suggestions on how to develop a harmonious and stimulating relationship with their children where they are encouraged to be the best they can be.

Parent need advice and understanding on:

Why children are different
How to create a positive climate at home
How to help their child develop and learn
How to communicate with their child
How to encourage their child

Teachers also need to understand who they are and how their personality traits influence the way they teach and manage students. Teachers need essential interpersonal information to assist them recognise their personal strengths and shortcomings, and how to relate and communicate to students of each behavioural style.

This will help teachers:

better understand children
improve academic performance
discover motivational secrets
help students stay on task
enhance your teaching abilities
encourage self esteem in students
raise your own self-confidence
work with children rather than against them
reduce stress

To do this teachers need to be know and understand:

Their personal style
Their strengths and weaknesses
Their teaching style characteristics
How their teaching style influences students
How to deal with students of different styles
How to resolve classroom conflict

For more information on how to assist school leavers and career changers go to www.eaglesconsulting.com.au

Len Eagles B.Comm Dip.Ed
A Careers Adviser with 30 years experience, Len brings his considerable knowledge to MyCareerMatch. Having advised thousands of students on choosing the right career pathway, he knows that people are best when doing things they are naturally gifted at.

Len was trained and appointed as one of the first full-time Careers Advisers in the NSW Dept. of Education in the 1970's. He also worked as a Regional Consultant in Transition Education and was a Primary School Principal for several years.

For the last 20 years he has been the Careers Adviser and Vocational Education Coordinator at Christian Community High School in Sydney. During this time he was involved in trialling and developing many innovative programs in Career Education and Vocational Education. He has helped thousands of students to discover and explore relevant career pathways in their transition from school to work and further education and training.

http://www.eaglesconsulting.com.au

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