Career Coaching

Are you determined to make a professional dream happen, but need help staying on track?
Do you feel the desire to try something new professionally, but don’t know where to begin?
Do you enjoy your current company, but want to create a job there that better uses your strengths and interests?
Are you dreading the work necessary to change careers, and want to enjoy the process instead?
Are you longing to "Find Your Passion" and want a practical and attainable way to find the courage to begin doing what they know you were meant to do in the world?

Whether you are facing a major career change, or dealing with a workplace dilemma, I can help you make an educated decision about what to do next.

What Is Career Coaching?

Career Coaching is an ongoing relationship which focuses on the client taking action toward the realization of their career goals. The coaching process helps clients both define and achieve career goals faster and with more ease than would be possible otherwise.

Career coaches specialize in assisting clients to discover and attain the career or income position that is ideally suited to them. Career coaches work on the premise that each person has within them, at least one true avocation that, once uncovered and achieved, will allow them to "Go to Play" every day, because they are doing what they love and are good at. Career coaches start with discovering what motivates and drives their clients, and then they help their clients develop ideal positions that fit their values, talents, goals, wishes, and interests. They also assist their clients to create practical and attainable plans to create the job and life they really want.

What Can Career Coaching Help You Do?

Become Clear About Your Career Direction.

Find out through career self discovery, conversations, worksheets, and professional career assessment tools, what you are supposed to do next.

Get In Touch With Your Passion.

Find out what your mission is and what you have to offer, both personally and professionally, to the world. Whether you want to get promoted, change jobs, or start a new career, I will work with you to make your goals a reality.

Refine Your Personal Career Search Skills.

Find out how to get good at job searching. Whether it’s perfecting your oral and written communication skills, interviewing better, networking efficiently, etc., you will learn how to create a strategy that helps you find a new position.

At Symmetry Coaching and Consulting, I offer a full line of career coaching services to assist you, whether you want to work individually, in groups, or intensively over a weekend, to get your career moving forward again. With a coach as your collaborative partner, you will discover and overcome stumbling blocks that are holding you back in your career. I will work with you to develop active strategies for overcoming difficulties that include practical ways for you to create a career you have always wanted.

Below Is A List Of Career Coaching Services:

I. Individual Career Coaching

Put my 20+ years of organizational development, human resource management, executive coaching and staffing industry experience to work for you.

Together, I will work, one-on-one, to help you find you a new job if that’s what you want. Or, possibly a new career. Or, a new way to excel at your current position. I’ll discuss various career topics such as choosing a career, creating a winning job search strategy, preparing for an interview, changing careers, re-entering the workforce, preparing for an active retirement, and more.

True career success goes beyond tapping into traditional methods. Yes, I’ll cover these, but first you’ll learn how identify your ideal career and then how to reach the success and fulfillment you desire. As a Certified Job and Career Transition and Career Development Coach, I will help you gain perspective, train your brain to inspire change, and become a master at focusing.

At Symmetry Coaching and Consulting, I assist my clients in making successful short-term job changes as well as long-term career transitions. Often, these changes and transitions are unwelcome and unplanned for. In order to help my clients be successful, I use a proven, simple, and comprehensive framework that includes specific coaching skills to facilitate, guide, and tutor clients to success. During this process, I will use a broad array of tools, customized to your situation and needs, which will explore your talents, personality, goals, values, and interests.

The process follows a simple yet effective Four Step Process:

1. Assessment Stage

“Who Am I?”

Career Assessment Tools that may be used during this stage:

Prioritizing Career Values
Identifying Transferable Skills
Using Work And Management Style
Career Interest Assessment
Assessment In Perspective

2. Exploration Stage

What are my options?”

Job and Career Exploration techniques that may be used during this stage:

How To Use Field Research And Networking To Obtain Information, Ideas, Referrals And Interviews

3. Focus Stage

“Which option is best for me?”

Immediate Job Objective or a Long-Term Career Goal focusing techniques that may be used in this stage:

Matching Skills With Tasks
Matching Styles With Managers And Peers
Matching Career Values With Organizations

4. Strategy/Implementation Stage

“How do I get there?”

Create a plan in writing of how you will get to your goal may include:

Develop A Specific Plan To Get There
Specify Action
Specific Time Lines
Identify Who Else Is Involved Or Needs To Be Involved Or Can Provide Help

Most career coaching clients work with me for a period of 3 – 6 months – depending on their needs and what they want to accomplish. You may choose to work with me longer to learn specific skills to prepare you for the next step in your career, to implement change in your career, or for your job search.

II. Group Career Coaching

Group coaching is a way of receiving coaching, but with the added benefit of a group for support and ideas. If you like to be part of a group, and thrive in this environment, then group coaching would be for you.

The following program will be given in person in a group setting over an 8 week period.

Eight-Steps For Finding Your Ultimate Profession

Would you like to realize your dream career? Find inner clarity and direction? Learn how to create an action plan for your career that gets results and helps you obtain your ultimate profession.

I will be tapping into Deborah Brown-Volkman’s best-selling book, “Coach Yourself To A New Career: A Guide For Discovering Your Ultimate Profession.” The book is the result of Deborah’s personal journey to find a career with a purpose and it includes inspiring stories of others who have done the same. Deborah is a fellow coach, and I admire her work greatly.

This is what the 8 week career series will cover:

Week One: Learning To Dream Again. You will discover what happened to your dreams and why finding them is key to obtaining a career you love. You will walk away with the dream you lost.

Week Two: Evaluating Your Career Path. You will evaluate where you have been and why you are not where you want to be now. You will learn how making peace with your past is key to your career success in the future. You will walk away with self-acceptance.

Week Three: Gaining Inner Clarity. You will find out what makes you truly happy in a career. You will walk away with a criteria and checklist you can follow to make wiser career choices in the future.

Week Four: Challenging Your Beliefs. You will learn how to challenge and overcome negative thoughts. You will walk away with a positive frame of mind and motivation to tackle your career obstacles.

Week Five: How Fear Affects Your Career. You will learn how to overcome fear, worry, and procrastination. You will walk away with strength and courage.

Week Six: Moving Forward. You will learn how planning is key to obtaining your career goals. You will walk away with a plan that is simple and easy to implement.

Week Seven: Implementing Your Plan. You will learn how to implement your plan even with a busy schedule and a long to -do list. You will walk away with direction and focus.

Week Eight: The Finish Line. You will learn how to visualize your success. You will walk away with your goal already reached in your mind.

When you take the time to focus on your career, and you do the work with people who want to overcome the same struggles as you, the answers you are seeking come. This is one of the best gifts you can give to your career.

III. Intensive Weekend Retreats

Imagine having a comprehensive career plan at the end of one weekend?

Sometimes you have to “retreat” in order to move forward. Two nights and three days in an intensive environment can launch your career forward in a big way. In addition, you will get three months of follow up and implementation coaching to make sure you stay on track and implement your plan.

Life is busy, and there’s not enough time during the week to fit in the meaningful work needed to create career goals. This is why a weekend intensive retreat is important for career progression.

Combine relaxing and rejuvenating activities (hiking, biking, skiing, walking, message, spa, etc) designed around your interests and preferences that will jumpstart your new life and refresh you so you have the energy and motivation to create the career you’ll truly love your clove. But, don’t expect hand holding either. You will also be receiving strong and direct intensive coaching.

During the weekend, you will get clarity and a vision for your future. You also will be creating a plan for getting there. The goal of the weekend is to create your personal turnaround plan.

Two days will be spent working on what your goals are. Then, there would be bi-monthly coaching calls, after the weekend program, to keep you on track. In addition, you will have unlimited email/phone “progress check in’s” for guidance and support. This work will create a firm foundation for long-term change that will give you the results you are seeking in your career.

Interested? Contact us to discover which career coaching program would be best for you.