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Archive for the ‘Career Discovery’ Category
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Sometimes I get excited about a new resource. This time it is http://icould.com. This website provides details on around 1,000 videos.
The videos are there to help you to understand more about different careers and to feel inspired and encouraged.
If you are thinking of a possible career – from accountant to zoo keeper, choose a video and you can listen to them talk about their job: what they do how they got there and hopes for the future.
There are also stories from famous people and their stories are to inspire you, as they talk about difficulties and setbacks.
There is detail on the site on how to search, and this could be my key word or to choose by sector, qualifications and personal influences.
Probably the biggest danger is that you could spend hours on this site – so set some objectives and monitor your time.
I now recommend this site to all my clients, if you use it – let me know what you think.
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
You will go through an intensive programme to understand who you are and receive guidance and support to take action that will lead to the success you want.
Is Denise a Coach? Mentor?
Denise fulfils many roles from advice, coaching and challenge to creative ideas and business strategist.
With the Platinum Programme you get Denise by your side, with the personal guidance you need to ensure you stay highly motivated and don’t get stuck.
She has worked with chief executives and directors, and those aspiring to these roles and was previously an assistant director herself.
Your goal may be
- To reach chief executive or board member
- To make a fundamental career change
- To have in-depth mentoring to support and challenge you with work situations
- To get in-depth psychometric coaching to increase your interpersonal and relationship skills through intensive personal feedback
- To reach your potential
The Platinum Programme is developed specifically for you. For many this will start with an in-depth personal review, considering and exploring your professional background, work history and education.
Read more and request a copy of the accompanying brochure >>
Posted in CAREER MANAGEMENT, Career Advice, Career Discovery, Outplacement
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
Career Change is scary when you are trying to do it all alone.
Do you feel stuck in a job that doesn’t excite you? Are you bored to tears or even stressed out by your job? Does Monday morning fill you with dread?
Perhaps you’ve dreamt that there must be something out there more fulfilling, exciting and worthwhile for you to do? You may have even considered changing career but don’t know how or what you could even do.
There’s a free series of tele-seminars with guest experts, and I’m one of them!
Come and join the Free Career Change Formula Tele seminar series, which starts on the 11th January
2010. During this unique Tele-seminar Series you’ll:
· Discover how to change career in a less than favourable economic climate
· Learn how to start your own business – become aware of some of the pitfalls and how to overcome them.
· Develop the mindset for career change success
· Learn how you can put fear of making a career mistake to bed
· Learn ways that you can connect with what you truly want from your career
· Discover ways you can get your finances in order before making the change
· Understand why knowing your “Why” is the missing ingredient for career success.
Don’t miss the chance to learn from some of the most respected people in personal transition and
career change industry today.
Posted in Career Discovery, Career Motivators, Interview Tips & Assessment Centres
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Finding out your natural abilities is a fundamental step towards a satisfying and successful career.
‘Taking the Highlands Ability Battery was a useful, practical way to get some external guidance when you are bogged down in the complexities of identifying career decisions. Definitely helped to re-energise my thinking.’ Dominic Ball
‘A fascinating and valuable insight into one’s strengths and abilities, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement. This will serve me well in my career and in my private life. Absolutely worth the money (even though it is a substantial investment).’ Paula Mason
‘I thought the Highlands Ability Battery was amazing. It tested just about everything there was to test and it is impossible to be happy in your career until you understand yourself.’ Jacqui Knutsford
Real career success is rarely down to money and status and much more to do with finding a job which ties in with your natural talents and abilities.
Understanding our natural abilities helps us understand why we find certain situations difficult and where we will gain most career satisfaction. The Highlands Ability Battery is an objective assessment of your natural ability and consists of 19 work samples. It’s extensive, taking around 3 hours (but you don’t need to complete it in one session) and the results will help you to really understand yourself.
Your results are shown as percentiles on a graph, comparing your scores to other people who have taken the HAB. A high score isn’t better than a low, it depends on whether a job requires it, or not. It’s frustrating to have an ability and not need it in a job or need an ability you don’t have.
The report is divided into driving abilities, specialised abilities and personal style.
Posted in ASSESSMENTS, Career Discovery, Highlands Ability Battery
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Recently spoke to a friend of a friend who wants to change careers but isn’t sure how to go about doing it – well buy my book was my first thought, but I think he needs some initial help in deciding what job it is that he wants to do. He’s an ex teacher who got rather stressed and has been working in admin but wants to move into museum work but thinks it will be hard.
I asked her 7 questions and it was clear that he hadn’t really thought this through. If you are thinking of a change of career to a broad area, like museum work, ask yourself the following questions:
- What specific job appeals to you – for this museum work job there are plenty of different jobs from training, to being a curator?
- What skills and abilities are needed to be successful in this job?
- How do you measure up to the requirements of the job?
- Who can you talk to so you can find out more about the job?
- What else can you offer that differentiates you from others?
- What do you need to do to become a credible candidate?
- What are you prepared to do to get this job?
Answering these questions lets you know if this is a career path worth pursuing.
Why not answer these questions and let me know how you get on.
Posted in Career Advice, Career Discovery, Career ideas
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Interesting article in The Times yesterday – How losing your job can become a journey of discovery.
For so many people, (including me and you?) our job is a key aspect of our lives – we are defined by the work that we do.
To lose our jobs is a rejection, and for people that have been successful it can be hard to accept. Psychotherapists will talk about abandonment and childhood. Who are we when we are no longer the job role?
A lot of support available, such as with Outplacement Consultants and career coaches will ignore these underlying elements, and indeed much of the work I do with clients is future focused. But sometimes people want to focus on the past, to understand why they are the person they are and learn acceptance.
This isn’t something many of my clients want to do with me – taking the time to explore deeper is going to take time and cost more, but for some people taking more time to explore who they are adds great inisight to a typical career coaching programme.
As I’ve moved into my more recent phase of my life I’ve been interested in exploring deeper why I’m the person I am, and have moved from having a coach to a therapist. I find it helpful to explore deeper issues.
If you would like to discuss this, please do get in touch.
Posted in ABOUT DENISE, Career Discovery
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
I’ve been away from the blog for a few days over Christmas, and it has been interesting to have a long break over Christmas. We usually go away as this is a quiet time for my business. most people are concentrating on family, and not their career at this time.
I then get very busy by mid January – people are back to work and have been thinking about a new year ad a new job but then seek help to achieve their goals.
If you are wondering if you should opt for something new, and are not quite sure what this should be, signing up for my complimentrart eProgramme – 10 steps to a job you love can be a great start.
This is an introduction to taking control of your career. Find out where most people go wrong, and go through the 10 key steps that will allow you to get a comprehensive and holistic understanding to help you make a career decision.
The 10 steps ask powerful questions to get you to focus on:
1. Why you want to change careers?
2. A clear vision of your future work environment
3. What you love to do
4. Your personal style and how to describe it
5. Your skills
6. Your values and how they drive your career choices
7. Your abilities
8. Your life goals
9. Getting real
10. Making decisions
The 10 steps eProgramme is a real eye opener. It helped me think logically about what I like in a job and what I want from a job. I have recommended it to at least two people”
Louise Jennings
Why not sign up – the box is at the top right on every web site page.
Posted in A new job in 15 minutes a day, Career Discovery
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
I’ve just started work with a new client, let’s call her Jessica. Her reason for choosing to work with me is that she can’t see a long term future in the work that she is doing. Yes, her bosses think very highly of her and they have a plan for her career development but it’s not what Jessica wants.
Jessica has never really thought about what she wanted to do, and ended up on a path, because one job leads to the next.
So many people want to make sense of their career future, but need help in doing it. I’ll be helping Jessica to understand much more about who she is, and as she is going to follow the Gold Programme we’ll be covering the highlands ability battery, myers briggs type indicator, and strong interest inventory, values exercise, ideas bank and more she will have a great understanding of who she is and together we will draw together a list of jobs for her to explore.
I ask my clients to complete quite a comprehensive personal information form and this gives clients a chance to reflect on a number of questions so its been great to read this through before our first discussion.
Posted in Career Advice, Career Discovery
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
I have been wondering if there will be a different focus with the enquiries I have, given the worsening economic climate.
What I’m finding is more companies talking with me about support for their staff who are being made redundant.
However individual enquirers are still looking for a job they wil love. It might be more challenging to find the job but the clearer they are, on what they seek, the easier it will be to know they have found it.
To what extent do you know what job you want next, and why?
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
It’s my birthday tomorrow, so I’ve decided to give a present to all my subscribers.
Are you wondering about what career is right for you? Would you like to understand yourself more?
The Career Discovery programme can really help you and I get great feedback from people who go through it.
This is sold on my web site for £35 but as my birthday present to you I’m offering it at a 25% discount until midnight on Sunday 31st August.
To read more http://www.amazingpeople.co.uk/career_discovery.htm
And when you pay you will want to apply this coupon – BIRTHDAY SPECIAL to ensure you get the discount!
Best wishes
Denise xx
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