Career Transition

The average worker will likely have four careers in their lifetime.  How can you move easily from one career to the next and still enjoy your life?

I help answer the questions…
 

Where am I going now with my career?
Should I go back to school?
What is my next step?
What are good career fits for my abilities and interests?
What do I want to do when I stop working or retire?
 

Some of my services for workers in transition include:
 

Assessments
Personal Branding
Professional Marketing
Coaching
Networking and Interview Skills
 

Adult Assessment Package
 

This comprehensive program combines assessment and coaching services to help you chart your new direction.  This package, consisting of the next 3 assessments and 3 hours of coaching, has been very popular.  It includes 3 computerized reports and an individual customized report.
 

* The Highlands Ability Battery — Is the gold standard among assessment tools measuring individual abilities.  Abilities are hard-wired in each of us at birth and can be measured after the age of fourteen.  The Highlands gives you information on natural aptitudes, compatible work roles, artistic abilities, learning channels.  This is an objective assessment measures through timed work samples, what you are actually good at.  This assessment takes about 3½ hours to do online.
 

What will you get from taking the Highlands Ability Battery?

An understanding of your natural talents
Learning where you are most likely to be happy and successful
Using your true strengths more effectively and more consistently
Choosing the best option from a group of education/career/job/business choices
Finding a suitable educational program for college, grad school or returning to college at any age

"Taking advantage of The Highlands Program definitely gave me the focus I had been seeking for a long time.  Thank goodness for the way it was designed to give such specific feedback on a person’s gifts and styles of work."  JF - past participant
 

* Strong Interest Inventory®— This inventory takes about 30 minutes to complete and results in a 15-page computer generated report revealing career recommendations based solely on interests.  This is one of the most respected and widely used career planning instruments in the world.  It is based on the work of Dr. John Holland’s theory of career types.
 

* Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)®—This 30-minute self-report paper-and-pencil inventory is one of the most widely used personality instruments in the world today.  It's based on Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types.  By learning which of 16 personality types fits you, you can find a better fit for a career and work setting.
 

Taking several assessments will give you concise information about yourself and your career choices.  Like a “Capability CAT scan”, these assessments reveal information that you might not necessarily have known.  Pricing is dependent on which assessments are chosen.
 

After you take any of the three assessments, I provide a two-hour coaching session. Included in this discussion are the results of the assessments, diagnosing past career issues, and a plan of career goals, strategies, areas of exploration, and a personalized report utilizing all of the assessments.  Individual coaching following the session is also available and utilized by most participants.
 

*Career Action Plan – One-hour session focusing on client goals and aspirations. Diagnoses past career issues, brainstorm possibilities, and set up goals and an ACTION PLAN.  Resumes are also reviewed and discussed.
 

Coaching
 

My one-on-one coaching sessions help my clients to:
 

Understand their abilities for career redirection, change, retirement
Choose a match in colleges and vocational training
Implement changes, suggest job leads, or start a new business
Develop and implement an individualized strategy to meet life goals and personal aspirations
 

Coaching provides clients:
 

Clarity about your personal and career goals
Accountability to someone
A support system to make changes
A fun process that will give you lifetime benefits
 

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