Do you wish you could wave a magic wand, get unstuck from your current work situation, find your ideal career, and be recognized and appreciated for who you are and all you offer?
There are many reasons to hire a career coach. Most of them depend on your goals and objectives. Start by asking yourself what you are longing for and reflect on the challenges a career coach can help you solve.
Do you need help finding your ideal career? Are you stuck in idle and need to develop a roadmap to achieve your professional goals? Are you eager to develop the skills and confidence you need to succeed? A career coach can help you explore all these areas and more.
Why Work with a Career Coach?
Are you struggling to assess your skill set and determine the kinds of roles that would be a good fit?
Unlock your hidden talents and skills and determine your career direction by joining others who have used our Career Assessment Center. Are you next? We’ll start by shining a spotlight on what you love to do and the activities that have brought you the greatest satisfaction. Next, we’ll weave together your values, personality type, skills, and strengths and create a game plan to clarify and achieve your career goals.
As career coaches, we provide a range of services, from helping you decide what kind of work would make you happy, to managing your career, to exploring opportunities for professional growth. Engaging with a career coach is an investment, so finding a career coach with a strong track record who’s a good fit is critical to optimizing your success. Whenever possible, we combine our proven and successful strategies with an easy, lighthearted, upbeat approach so you can enjoy the process.
Who is The Best Career Coach?
Ask for testimonials and referrals. People you trust might be able to refer you to a coach or to someone who got great results working with a coach. Your friends, colleagues, or relatives will likely know someone you might contact. Ask the coach for a complimentary discovery session. It’s common practice for most coaches to offer a free half-hour session so you can experience the coach’s style and approach.
How Many Coaching Sessions?
The Life Working® team offers career and job search strategy coaching in packages of (4) 1-hour sessions. We pack a lot into each session with homework and action steps; for most people, four sessions will do the job.
For job seekers who want to ace their interviews and successfully negotiate compensation, our Hire Me Now! package of (2) 1-hour sessions may be perfect. We will send you handouts and resources to review in advance so we can make the most of our time together.
If you want to figure out your next best career move, we offer a variety of career assessments. The results are reviewed and discussed in a separate session, and woven into our coaching sessions, to act as a springboard for your career exploration process.
Writing services, including resumes, LinkedIn, cover letters, and professional bios, are available for a flat fee.
Put the Expertise of a Career Coach to Work For You
1. You are ready to spread your wings
We can help when you are looking for professional growth and development, either in your current job or another, yet undiscovered. We’ll get to know you, your work, and the possibilities for advancement for a person with your background, experiences, and potential.
2. You are ready to imagine new possibilities
What jobs and career directions would be perfect for you? We stay current with industry trends and have helped clients explore career opportunities they never knew existed.
This is your time – you’ve decided to go after a new job and are excited to start. We can help you identify potential employers whose values, salary structure, mission, and culture appeal to you.
3. It's time to design your next great career adventure
You deserve to wake up excited and inspired to go to work every day – we all deserve that. Life is too short to feel stuck in a profession that no longer works for you. Read our blog post: Reinvigorate Your Job Search.
When it's time to switch careers, we can help you identify your transferable skills and understand how to articulate your unique talents and abilities. Our strategies will help you explain why you left your last job and position you as a great candidate for the opportunities you are targeting.
Most recruiters want to talk with job seekers from similar backgrounds and environments. We’ll guide you in understanding how to describe why your background in an adjacent field makes you the perfect candidate for filling the role. You’ll explain how you might be able to share new insights and use innovative ideas to tackle and resolve issues and challenges because your diversity of experiences enables you to see things differently. Your background might provide the perfect fertile ground for you to offer new ways to streamline processes and develop systems that delight both internal and external customers.
4. Shine a spotlight on your job application
We belong to Career Thought Leaders and stay up to date with current industry best practices. We know how to help you tailor your job application to focus on what matters most to employers.
5. Win the bot challenge
Most employers with open positions use applicant tracking systems (resume computer scans) to identify high-quality candidates. We’ll make sure your written materials get noticed because they contain essential keywords and accomplishment statements.
Our brilliant writers know how to craft resumes that get put in the YES pile, and often clients get called for a phone screen within 24 hours of submitting their resume if the position is really available and not already promised to an internal candidate or to someone who made connections by networking their way in.
6. Unlock the hidden job market
Opportunities that come up in what’s known as the hidden job market aren’t lurking around in some underworld or black market. Instead, they’re intentionally less visible than jobs advertised on online job boards.
The hidden job market generally refers to positions filled through networking, social media, and personal referrals.
Leverage our proven strategies to increase your job search success by expanding your reach into the hidden job market. Land your next job with ease. Read more here: Hidden Job Market Tips.
7. Be accountable – you can do this
We make great cheerleaders and accountability partners and will help keep you focused on reaching your career dreams and goals. There are times when each of us struggles to maintain steady progress when things keep getting in the way.
A study by the Association for Talent Development (formerly the American Society for Training and Development) found that your chances of accomplishing your goals increase to 95 percent when you commit to an accountability partner and schedule a meeting to review and discuss your progress. Power of Accountability
Why take a chance? Partner with us to increase your chances of career success.
Check out our Career Coaching Services and schedule your free consultation for more information. Thinking about a career pivot? We have a Career Assessment Center to help inform your decision. For more tips, please read our blog: 6 Reasons Hiring a Career Coach is Better Than Going Alone.
To your career success!
Wilma and the Life Working® Team