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As career coach based in Portland, Oregon, I
see so many people who want to change careers, or find
greater satisfaction in their current work! Work
absorbs much of our waking life and, in North America at
least, defines a great deal about how we are perceived.
I have created several of my own transformations in my
social service career, working in both non-profit and
corporate settings.
What are the predictors of successful career
coaching? You bring a willingness to let go of old
dreams and ideas, and we work together to get a clear
picture of your strengths and aptitudes. All aspects of
your life need to be taken into account so that work
serves your whole life, not the other way around!
Career coaching did not exist when I began my work
life as a young adult. I grew up in an era when
girls could become nurses, teachers or social workers.
It seems so distant now, but it really was about that
limited! Along the way some of my jobs have been
seamstress, farm worker, supermarket cashier, rape
counselor, baker, and psychiatric hospital staff.
In the process of figuring out a career path for myself,
I have also researched some unusual ideas, including
becoming a tattoo artist, floral designer, or mortician!
(Career coaching can take you in some interesting and
unexpected directions; our surest tool is an open mind!)
I have operated a couple of successful businesses in
addition to my social work career. I had a
business for ten years
teaching people about how to use fine art rubber stamps
in creative media. I also had another
entrepreneurial business for several years as a public
speaker and sex educator working with women’s groups.
Becoming self-employed has been a very liberating and
creative experience for me, and one component of my
coaching practice involves teaching classes in
entrepreneurship for professionals in service careers
and in the creative arts.
I would love to talk over yearnings you may feel
about your work life and how career coaching may be
useful. Let’s discover a better direction
together, before more time passes!
Other Articles by Kate McNulty
Relationship Advice Coaching -- Boundaries and Dating
Relationship Counseling -- Using Conflict to Build
Closer Relationships
Personal Coach for a Woman -- Appreciation of the Body in
Everyday Life
Leadership Executive Coaching
Business
Entrepreneur Coaching
Presentation
Coaching
Personal Growth
Coach on Getting Rid of Fear of Risk
Life Skills Coach on
Goal-Setting
Life Change Coaching
- Goal-Setting Part II
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