What is a career coach? Is a job search coach right for you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you’ve been at the job hunt for some time, it might be time to hire a job search coach. But what is a career coach and what do they do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keep reading to find out more about the services of a career or job search coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
There are no job-hunting techniques that work 100% of the time. If you\u2019re not getting job offers, it may not be because you\u2019re doing something wrong.<\/strong> Sometimes, employers will have already decided on a candidate but have to go through the hiring process because the government or company insists that the position be advertised everywhere. In a situation like this, you\u2019re not being turned down because you did something wrong; you\u2019re simply caught up in an employer\u2019s game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is possible, though, that there\u2019s something more than sham interviews going on. If you\u2019ve been job-hunting unsuccessfully for a long time, it\u2019s time to consider: overcoming specific hurdles, hiring a job search coach (also known as a career coach), or catering to the job market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019ve followed all the above advice and you still haven\u2019t found a job, you might want to consider getting some additional help from a job search coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is a career coach? There are three kinds of career coaches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can fairly easily avoid firms, but it\u2019s more difficult to figure out who\u2019s good and who\u2019s bad at their job. Good and bad are also relative\u2060\u2014the job search coach who\u2019s best for you isn\u2019t necessarily the job search coach who\u2019s best for your friend. Therefore, you\u2019re the only person who can decide which coach is the most compatible with you.<\/strong> The author never recommends specific people and the list of coaches on his website should be treated as a reference, like the Yellow Pages, rather than as an endorsement of specific coaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are three steps to finding your ideal job search coach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Track down three coaches.<\/strong> If you want to meet face-to-face, restrict the search to your geographical area; if you prefer phone or video counseling, you can consider anyone anywhere in the world. (But keep in mind you may not have a coach\u2019s full attention if you\u2019re meeting virtually, because you can\u2019t see what else they might be multitasking on while they\u2019re speaking with you.) To find these three coaches, use the internet and ask people you know for recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Set an initial appointment with three potential coaches<\/strong> and ask about the fee for the first appointment. Scammy firms nearly always offer the first appointment free so they can draw you in, but some individual counselors also offer a free initial consultation so that there\u2019s no pressure on either of you to keep working together if you don\u2019t click. In your initial meeting, ask about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Assess.<\/strong> If you liked one of the coaches, sign up with them. If you didn\u2019t, for any reason, find another three and repeat the process again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is a career coach? Is a job search coach right for you? If you’ve been at the job hunt for some time, it might be time to hire a job search coach. But what is a career coach and what do they do? Keep reading to find out more about the services of a career or job search coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,43],"tags":[150],"class_list":["post-17922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career","category-self-improvement","tag-what-color-is-your-parachute","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nHelp From a Coach<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n