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Coaching Process
Prototypical Coaching Process
“Better Prepared for Your Job Search and Career Success”-
Three Important Assessments to Gain Personal Insights:
- General Assessment to begin to clarify your objectives
- Review employment and related background, success/disappointments, reasons for job moves, ideal work environments, best.worst jobs, etc.
- Begin to Identify near-term and longer-term goals
- Conduct the Birkman Assessment
- Learn your true interests, professional/personal needs and potential stress behaviors; jobs people have who are like you; coaching direction; modules on your best selling and best negotiating situations, and much more.
3. Conduct "Crossing Your Rubicon" Assessment
- Evaluate all of your resources (financial, health, family, spiritual, social, educational, geographic, etc) to ensure that "your Army" is fully prepared to "cross your Rubicon" and successfully "forge on to Rome" (your career objectives).
- Reconfirm your career goals with clarity and confidence.
4. Career Search ACTION PLAN Elements- We assist you with the following:
- Develop stronger tools including a resume and the all important bio
- Create a 60-second “elevator pitch” so people can help you
- Develop a “target company” list and an “approach” strategy
- Develop your list of references and properly manage them
- Review the pros/cons of full-time employment vs. consulting
- Review how to start your own business or consulting practice
- Identify executives with whom to network
- Identify local networking groups and good job search websites
- Generally, keep you on plan
- Review and coach you on the Birkman Selling Module and Negotiating Module, Crossing Your Rubicon agreements, etc.
- Refresh your network by re-contacting previous associates, vendors, clients, etc.
- Join LinkedIn; rebuild your network
7. Continue to refine your personal Career Action Plan
8. Join useful job search and professional networking websites
- Netshare, 6figurejobs.com, theladder.com, ExecuNet, CraigsList
- Lead411 to track active companies
9. Weekly phone calls and meetings to discuss progress, alternative action steps, review opportunities, discuss problems and generally, keep you on plan.
"Career Clarity for Success"
