Career coaches provide guidance to people in need of assistance with career selection and professional transitions. Unlike career counselors, career coaches are not licensed, and there are no particular education requirements to become a career coach.
That being said, there are a variety of certifications available that can boost your credibility as a career coach. You also need to make sure you have the knowledge and experience necessary to help people progress in their careers.
1
Acquire experience. While there is no specific experience required to become a career coach, you need to have a background that will inspire confidence in your clients.[1]
- A background in career services or workforce development will offer you the most relevant experience.
- A background in recruiting or human resources can also be helpful, as this will give you the opportunity to learn more about what employers are looking for.
- A successful career of any kind can be an excellent asset, especially if you help people find jobs in the same field that you used to work in.
2
Be familiar with the job market. In order to help your clients, you will need to have a broad understanding of the types of jobs available in your area, the education and skill sets required for those jobs, and their average salaries.
You also need to stay up-to-date with the latest technology used for job hunting and networking.
You also need to stay up-to-date with the latest technology used for job hunting and networking.
- It is helpful to know which job markets are hiring, or have rising employment opportunities, compared to others. Most answers to this can be found online with a simple search.
- Social media is currently widely used, but new technologies are developing all the time, so never stop learning about the latest trends.
3
Hone your resume writing skills. Not all career coaches offer resume writing services, but the skill is in hot demand. If you plan on offering this service you will need to have strong writing and grammar skills and understand what employers are looking for in a resume.[2]
- You will need to help clients expand upon or condense their resumes to an appropriate length based on the amount of experience they have.
- You will need to help clients tailor their resumes for individual positions.
- You should know what keywords recruiters in the specific industry will be looking for.
- You should learn how to expertly format resumes so they are easy to read and look professional.
4
Learn to listen. In order to be a successful career coach, you will need to be a great listener who is able to converse with a diverse group of people about their interests, strengths, weaknesses, and experiences.[3]
- You will need to know what questions to ask in order to get people to reveal this information to you.
- You will also need to be able to analyze the information that your clients give you quickly and effectively.
5
Continue to develop your skills. Before you begin working with clients, you need to make sure you have the skills that are needed to actually help clients decide on a career path or find a job.
Joining professional development organizations is a great way to advance your skills and stay on top of the latest in industry news and research.[4]
Joining professional development organizations is a great way to advance your skills and stay on top of the latest in industry news and research.[4]
6
Choose a niche. It helps to have focus when starting out as a career coach. Choosing the right type of client will allow you to put your relevant experience to work and will help you enjoy your work more.
You will also gain credibility as an experienced career coach in your specific niche.[5]
You will also gain credibility as an experienced career coach in your specific niche.[5]
- If you have a background in a specific industry, consider catering to clients looking for careers in that industry. Your professional experience will go a long way to increase your credibility.
- You can also cater towards specific types of people who you enjoy working with, such as recent college graduates or stay-at-home moms who are trying to reenter the workforce.
- Alternatively, you can focus on a certain kind of job hunter. For example, some people contact career coaches because they have no idea what they want to do for a career, while others contact career coaches because they want to advance in their careers, but are unsure about what they need to do. Still others contact career coaches because they need help writing their resumes and applying for jobs.
Career Coach Certification:
This leading online Career Coach Certification program is attracting students from multiple countries, industries and credentials. From PhDs, university counselors, business professionals, therapists, military transition specialists, counselors, outplacement specialists, résumé writers, entrepreneurs and employees of various companies & institutions. Learn how to become a premier career coach, acquire the necessary foundation for coaching success, and gain a #1 PARW/CC certification.
Diane Hudson – Instructor
As a premiere careers space credential, the Certified Professional Career Coach program (CPCC), by the PARW/CC, offers you a comprehensive window into the career coaching industry.
Add career coach certification to your list of tools and skills or begin a totally new career!
Membership in the Professional Association of Resume Writers & Career Coaches (PARW/CC) is required to register for the CPCC and retain membership.
PARW/CC is the longest standing professional resume writing and career coaching association in the industry with more than 1100 members, and offering three career management credentials. Diane is the Director of the CPCC credential, a comprehensive program focused on career management and job search coaching strategies.
This leading online Career Coach Certification program is attracting students from multiple countries, and a wide range of industries and credentials!
From PhDs, university counselors, business professionals, therapists, military transition specialists, counselors, outplacement specialists, VA counselors, résumé writers, entrepreneurs, employees of various companies and institutions, and many others.
The CPCC program was written and led by Diane Hudson, a notable Career Coach with multiple credentials, an award-winning resume writer and career coach, quoted in newspapers nationwide, published in 60 plus books and periodicals, book chapter and case study author, and international careers industry speaker.
You can be a CPCC in 6 to 8 weeks… Or, study at leisure and take up to one year!
Career Coaching is a positive, forward-thinking, active partnership with the client. It is exciting to watch clients realize their career purposes, design viable career-search strategies, and conquer career goals.
Career Coaches inspire, motivate, and empower clients to set and get career goals!
As you move though this program, you will explore and gain the above noted skills, and begin to revel in your clients’ career successes!
The Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC) program includes 6 hours of video to enhance over 600 pages of written materials, using live dialogues, inspirational stories, and case studies. The manual is a self-guided comprehensive workbook filled with practical exercises to properly train you to coach your clients to career success— building your confidence level as you practice career coaching skills.
Our complete self study training allows you to study and gain certification at your own pace. All study materials are now available here online in our members area. We give you the tools and support needed for your success.
We also include a bonus “Career Coach Gear Box” filled with forms and documents that will help you work with your clients and set up your new Career Coaching Practice!
The CPCC program also includes a personal telephone coaching / Q&A session with Diane, online Q&A support, testing (including four hours of documented coaching time), and certification.
The CPCC program is offered via a home-study course to help you slowly absorb the information presented; and provide time for you to complete the exercises in the manual, before you offer the exercises to your clients.
ADDED BONUS: ************ For a limited time during 2018, new participants will receive the gift of a complimentary personal DISC Behavioral and Communication Styles assessment and report. Your DISC experience is being provided by ProfilingPro. The complimentary online DISC report has a retail value of $110.00 and the information from your report can make a valuable positive impact on your long-term professional develop
https://cpcc-careercoach.com/career-coach-certification/ment. ************
CPCC Program Synopsis
We are proud to announce that the CPCC career coach certification program has been updated and brought online!
All six modules (with 600+ pages of manual and exercises (more than 140 new pages), six hours of streaming video, the gear box, the resources list, the coaching journals, and other testing materials are now available online here via a CPCC membership page.
This format will allow for future updates, new modules, and audio or webinar sessions.
Your clients deserve the best! The best tools, coaching, strategies, inspiration, and motivation to develop their career paths, seek satisfying employment, determine career focus, target companies and positions, and move forward in their careers. This program allows you to offer clients just that.
Career seekers are challenged today by myriad methods to seek employment. As a Certified Professional Career Coach, you can lead them to career success.
One thing is constant: Change. Career seekers must know how to manage lifestyle and career change, and how to build a winning career search program affecting positive change and growth throughout their career continuum.
As career seekers learn to take charge of their career destinies, find purpose, and create direction, they maximize their ability to control life/work balance.
The Career Coach Certification program will prepare you to:
- Develop Career Coaching competencies
- Write value-laden résumés and career search documents, applying career coaching techniques
- Focus your client’s career plans (no more, “I am a jack-of-all-trades, I can do anything”)
- Become a Chief Motivational Officer
- Leverage Social Media
- Launch your own commercial career coaching enterprise – be a successful entrepreneur; or further develop marketing strategies for your current employer using workforce management coaching techniques.
Includes Recently Updated & Revised Sections:
- A section devoted to the Traditional & Social Media and Web 2.0 Job Search
- A new section on Workforce Management and Acquisition & Talent Management for HR Professionals, College Counselors, and Workforce Coaches. Students can now choose to complete a Mini-business Plan OR a Mini-Workforce Management – Career Coaching Service Offering Plan, as part of the testing requirements
- An expanded resources list with dozens of career coaching tools and web sites
- A sample coaching schedule
- Succession Planning forms
- A bonus addendum covering the Federal job search for military transition specialists, employment readiness specialists, government HR, and others interested in learning about the federal process and coaching federal job seekers
- And more
ADDED BONUS: ************ For a limited time during 2017, new participants will receive the gift of a complimentary personal DISC Behavioral and Communication Styles assessment and report. Your DISC experience is being provided by ProfilingPro. The complimentary online DISC report has a retail value of $110.00 and the information from your report can make a valuable positive impact on your long-term professional development. ************
No comments:
Post a Comment