Description
Book SynopsisHow can coaches help clients navigate the changing world of work? This book offers a step-by-step, practical guide to running a complete career coaching programme: assessing the present; looking at motivation, skills and âpersonal brandâ; writing the most powerful CV/rÃsumÃ; getting through a job interview or assessment centre successfully; and negotiating terms for a new job. Career coaching has never been needed more now that jobs for life have disappeared, being made redundant is common, the âgig economyâ is here to stay, and young people often must start in unpaid roles.
The principles of career coaching are much the same whether you are a professional executive coach or a volunteer working for a charity whose aim is to get people back into work. But how do you do it most effectively? The focus must be on the whole career coaching cycle and building a holistic understanding of how a clientâs personal and professional life has influenced the person they are today, who they
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The Career Landscape
2. Special Skills of the Career Coach
3. Preparing
4. Getting Started: the first session
5. Brand Identity
6. The Client in Words: their CV/Résumé
7. The Search
8. Coaching for Interviews
9. Not Just an Interview: more scrutiny for the client
10. What’s the Point of it All? Working with clients on life purpose
11. Decision Time
