Career Counselor or Career Coach?

Posted by on Jul 19, 2016 in Career Counseling | 0 comments Career Counselor or Career Coach? Are you curious as to whether they should seek out services from a Career Counselor or Career Coach? Career Counseling is very different from Career Coaching. Generally, a career counselor provides direction, whereas career coach provides action planning. They have very different training though they work in complementary roles. FOCUS AREAS: A Career Coach...
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Job Search Strategy

Posted by on Oct 17, 2014 in Career Counseling | 0 comments A job search strategy should be constructed based on the following: 1.  What’s my target date of employment? 2.  What industry am I pursuing? 3.  What role am I looking for? 4.  What type of work environment do I prefer? 5.  What is my geographical location? If you are having trouble answering these questions, or if answering them feels limiting, then you may need to visit a career...
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Failure to Launch

Posted by on May 9, 2014 in Career Counseling | 0 comments Failure to launch is a concept that everyone seems to know, made famous by the movie of the same name.  In all seriousness, failure to launch happens, and it’s really sad for both the young adult and the parent. Both young adult and family system must be adjusted to establish an optimal environment for a successful career launch for the young adult.  Parents patiently waiting and saying...
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Which Career Assessment is Right for You?

Posted by on Sep 6, 2013 in Career Counseling | 0 comments A career assessment is designed to help you understand more about one particular area of your personality as it relates to a career.  These particular areas are called ‘domains’. There is a career assessment for each of them, in fact there are many which have been designed for each of the 4 main career domains.  Below is an outline of the 4 main career domains, examples of...
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Why Career Assessments Don’t Work

Posted by on Sep 6, 2013 in Career Counseling | 0 comments Career assessments can be so frustrating!  There is so much junk on the internet, some free and some quite expensive.  How is a consumer to know the difference between a waste of time and something that will lead them to the answers they are looking for? Regardless of what assessments you choose to take, remember that the magic of assessments come from 2 things: Taking an assessment at the right...
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Outplacement Firms Aren’t All Alike

Posted by on Mar 21, 2013 in Career Counseling | 0 comments Outplacement firms aren’t just for senior executives anymore.  Over the next decade there will be close to ONE HUNDRED MILLION young adults employed in Corporate America.   These young folks need outplacement too. I love to work with young adults and help them find their way.  I personally feel that everyone should be working daily toward either creating a new job or helping someone land...
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