Comprehensive Coaching Career Design Program
Grab a sheet of paper and a pen or pencil. Write the answers that pop into your head as you read each question. Do not spend a lot of time thinking - write fast.
1. What are the things you find positive about your current work environment and experience? (Hours, location, working alone or in teams, skills, etc.)
2. What are the things you dislike about your current work environment and experience? (Hours, location, company, working alone, management, skills, etc.)
3. Do you want to be a clinician, marketer, teacher, administrator or creator? (Choose one)
4. What type of environment do you prefer? (ex: school, hospital, corporation, home office, etc.)
5. What interests you most? (patient care, management, education/training, designing, being your own boss, etc.)
6. What really interests you? What special technique or skill do you have or what product you would love to see developed?
7. Describe your ideal job. (be very specific: what kind of setting, how does it look and feel to you, what kinds of people do you work with, what hours do you work, what are your primary responsibilities, secondary responsibilities, how much money do you make, etc.)
8. List all your hobbies or activities that bring you pleasure. Put down at least 25 - think creatively. What did you enjoy as a child that you no longer do?
9. What makes you happy and brings you joy or pleasure? Create a huge list here - no one else will see this, list everything.
10. List careers that you may find interesting. Ones you have heard about through the media, or that friends have, or of professionals you use, etc. List at least 10 and forget about the qualifications. If you were back in college today, what career might you choose?
11. What are your needs? What fulfills you? List things you must have in order to meet your basic needs. (example: sleep, friends I enjoy, sunshine, etc.)
12. What are your values? These are not things that you can't live without but are things that are important to you. (example: flexible schedule, no weekend work, low stress job, etc.)
13. Review what you have written and define your purpose in life - what is your mission or your reason for being on this planet? Now write your vision, how you want to live your life. (ex: mission: to help people improve their quality of life and enjoy a balance between work and family; vision: to be surrounded with people who bring me joy and to build a life and career that bring a better quality of life to others).
NOW WHAT?
As you review your answers listen to see what they are saying to you. There is a message in them. Put them aside and pick this back up and read it again in a few days. You may even want to redo it all and see if it still feels like you.
Want more assistance?
Career coaching may be helpful. Many people experience difficulties during times of transition and uncertainty in their work life. It can be confusing to make major decisions and reach new goals when you are feeling overwhelmed or lack the most current job search methods.
Through career coaching you will have the support to make a career decision, enjoy the process of the job search and bring new possibilities into your work life.
What steps should you take in moving forward?
Assess your skills, interests and values
Research and develop focused goals
Discover new resources and create new networks
Design a job search campaign that brings results
How does career coaching work?
After listening to your concerns, Terri will help you to develop goals and strategies that fit your individualized needs. Your customized career plan will vary depending on your time frame, personal and professional needs. Coaching sessions are designed to guide you, providing specific ideas, tools and resources along the way. Worksheets are assigned between sessions to enhance the process.
Services:
- Interest inventories
- Skills identification
- Values clarification
- Goal setting techniques
- Decision making tools
Strategies:
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Individualized job search plan
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Networking and informational interview contacts
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Resume development form an employer's perspective
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Use of on-line services
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Highly effective interviewing techniques
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Staying motivated by keeping supported
Life/Work Enhancement:
- Uncover creative potential
- Accept and manage change
- Clarify emotional blocks
- Define your purpose
- Develop a focus for vision and action
As a result of coaching, clients have:
- Discovered the work they really loved and valued
- Reclaimed old dreams and put them into action
- Understood their vocational self for the first time
- Freed themselves from "career paralysis"
- Designed a successful job search plan
- Developed and effectively pursued new goals while continuing at their current job
All coaching services are completely confidential and done through weekly phone contact and e-mail support. So, no matter where you live, you can get the support and techniques necessary for you to develop and reach your optimum potential. It is about you and your goals for a change!
If you want to explore how career coaching can work for you, e-mail Terri at terri@comprehensivecoaching.com.
Please visit Comprehensive Coaching on the internet at www.comprehensivecoaching.com. Terri knows how to re-design careers and has done so successfully for herself and her clients. She wants to help others do the same for themselves.
Explore your career options!
Author info:
Terri Levine, The Guru of Coaching SM, Ph.D., MCC, PCC, MS, CCC-SLP is CEO of Comprehensive Coaching U, a Master Certified Coach, Public Speaker, and Author of "Stop Managing, Start Coaching", "Work Yourself Happy", "Coaching for an Extraordinary Life", and "Create Your Ideal Body. To learn more about Coaching and related programs, or to sign up for Terri's newsletter, please visit http://www.terrilevine.com or call: 877-401-6165. You can also contact Terri via website here: http://www.TerriLevine.com/contact-me.htm
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