What is Career Coaching?

What is Career Coaching?

Career coaching is life coaching that is specifically targeted on enhancing your career. Common goals for career coaching are increasing your fulfillment via a new job while making more money!

There are a number of pivots one may need to make in order to get that utterly fulfilling role, such as changing your industry, leaving your company, going for a promotion, and/or adjusting how you interact with coworkers and customers.

A good life coach who specializes in career coaching should first seek to understand your dreams and what roles may make you the most happy. That coach should also help you to expand that vision in ways you may not have considered. For example, maybe getting this dream job allows you to afford a home and provide for your family in ways that weren't previously possible — those can become part of your dream.



What if I Don't Have a Dream Job?

Perhaps surprisingly, most clients who seek career coaching have actually never known what their ultimate dream job is! That feeling of being lost can be tough. Fortunately, we have a tried-and-true method where, in just a single session, every client to date has been able to uncover their passions and pick that dream job! As life coaches, we find it tremendously rewarding to watch clients use some blue sky thinking to uncover what lies within about an hour.

How do I Get My Dream Job?

After understanding your dreams, your coach should help you pick specific goals and milestones such as researching your target role's typical salary, researching the requirements for that role including any education, and picking target firms. The next key step is to brainstorm a strategy together to get from where you are to achieving those milestones and your ultimate goal.

Any big project can feel overwhelming. A great life coach should help you to break big tasks into smaller steps that can be accomplished each week. Like putting quarters in a jar each week, your progress adds up over time and can arrive quickly.

What Are the Main Tools to Use?

The main tools one can use to find a new job are commonly a resume, an updated LinkedIn profile, your "Why" statement, and top-tier networking skills. Excellent career coaching should help you to maximize all of these. With consistent effort over time and mastering these tools, you too can find that career that gives you total fulfillment!