Career Coaching Examples

Career Coaching is personalized, one-to-one coaching that focuses on you and your career. Each session is conducted via video conferencing and includes a pre-session check-in, a post-session reflection worksheet, and ‘homework’ that is designed to help you take the action steps that will help you move closer to your goals, or to achieve the changes in your life that are important to you.

To help understand how a Career Coaching Program could progress for you, reflect upon the subjects below as you decide where you would like to focus your coaching. During your complimentary, no-obligation career ‘Discovery Call’, we discuss your career objectives, your career to date, and your goals. Each coaching relationship begins with your completion of our Career SWOT Assessment.

Career S.W.O.T Assessment

  1. Assess, Clarify and Define your Professional Goals, and the things in your life that are most important.

  2. In comparison to your Goals, together we assess your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.

  3. We identify the GAPS that exist between what you want to achieve, and where work is needed.

  4. We create a Career Action Plan & Timeline that can better prepare you to achieve your Career Goals

EXAMPLES OF COACHING TOPICS INCLUDE:

Career Transition

  1. Opportunity Identification & Alignment

    • Identifying opportunities for which you are best suited

    • Targeting opportunities that align with your career experiences

    • Maximize your application for the right opportunities

    • Personal planning and other life considerations

  2. Applying For A New Opportunity

    • Cover Letter development

    • Resume review & customization

    • Interview Coaching

      • Initial telephone screenings

      • Video interview - adding depth to your screen

      • Personal interview coaching

  3. Relationship Management

  • Dealing with a challenging member

  • Communicating with a strong committee

  • Problem-solving with your General Manager

  • Partnering with a co-worker or Department Head

  • Managing a difficult employee

Personal Branding

  1. Create a Winning First Impression

    • The new online resume

    • Career-proofing your personal profile

    • Being invited to an interview

  2. Position your Personal Brand for Career Advancement

  3. Position your Personal Brand for Your Target Audience

  4. Aligning Your Personal Brand With Your Target Role

Expanding Your Professional Network

  1. Identify Relevant Networks

  2. Professional, Volunteer, and Event-based Networks

  3. Using Access Points, Firewalls, and Routers

  4. Configure Your Professional Network to Support Your Career Goals

Skills Coaching

  1. Operational Budgeting

  2. Capital Budget Management

  3. Event Development / Marketing

  4. Communications - Committee / General Manager / Board

  5. Public Speaking and Presentation Skills