If you have finally decided to hire a career coach, you should be congratulated for giving yourself the chance to grow professionally and be more deserving of your employer’s trust. The challenge now is how you are going to the find the right coach.

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If you have finally decided to hire a career coach, you
should be congratulated
for giving yourself the
chance to grow
professionally and be
more deserving of your
employer’s trust. The
challenge now is how you are going to the find the
right coach. Ideally, you would want to ask someone
you know if they could refer a reliable and
established career coach.
However, if you have nobody who has worked with a
coach before, you can instead search the web for
various professional organizations offering networks
of career mentors and coaches. Once you have
obtained the names of the possible coaches you may
work with, you should start assessing them, so that
you will end up with the best one.
Things to Consider in Searching for the Right
Coach:
Does he perform a comprehensive evaluation?
Any good career coaching program should start
with gathering data about you as the mentee. An
established career coach should gather enough
information about you, which will be used to map out
the strategies that will be appropriate for your case.
Take note that every coach makes use of a different
assessment tools to get to know their clients a lot
better. This is what you should expect from your
coach.
Doesn’t he overcharge you?
There are some coaches that may ask you to give a
payment upfront. This isn’t something to worry about
as this is normal and common in the industry.
However, if he asks to receive a percentage of the
salary you are receiving. Having this kind of financial
agreement will definitely not be good for your
coaching relationship.
Does he dwell a lot on his personal issues?
If, at some point, you feel that your coach is focusing
a lot on his own issues or whatever matters he is
involved in, it is likely that he has another agenda
aside from helping you figure out what will be best
for your career. Should you ever feel this way, you
had better start looking for another coach.
Does he keep professional boundaries?
No professional coaching relationship will be
effective if no boundaries are set. It is important that
your coach remains as your coach only – not your
friend and especially your lover. A coach that is
unable to define the boundaries of your relationship
has a questionable credibility.
Are you comfortable working with him?
A career or life coach should be someone you can tell
anything to. He or she should get your trust and belief
in them. Otherwise, you will not be willing to share
all your ideas and plans with him, making your
efforts worthless.

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Every single job seeker out
there should realize how
dangerous it is to put false
information on their resume.
No employer would want to
hire someone who lacks
loyalty, anyway. But how
about employers – are they
being true and honest all the time? Interestingly,
there are times that they do lie, especially to job
applicants.
Generally speaking, hiring managers and other
recruiters are expected to choose the best individuals
for the jobs they need to fill. This means that they
have to reject a number of applications and give the
bad news to many job seekers. So what many HR
people do is make up little white lies to avoid hurting
anyone’s feelings.
As a job seeker, you would prefer to know early on if
you have a chance at getting the job you’re applying
for or not. And so, career coaching experts would
want you to know what lies most recruiters tell job
applicants.
“We will keep your resume for future job
openings.”
Companies receive a lot of job applications all the
time, which means that they have a huge database of
candidates already. Although it may be true that they
are going to keep your resume, you cannot expect
this to mean they will call you in the future if there is
a position they need to fill.
“Salary is based on experience.”
In most cases, employers have a certain amount of
salary they are willing to offer their employees. The
reason that they ask applicants about salary
expectations is just to see if the job seeker is within
the range. In general, you would want to negotiate
your salary when a job offer is already being handed
to you. What you should do is do enough research
about what the reasonable salary is for the position
you are applying for.
“We will keep in touch with you.”
This is something all job seekers hope for, but rarely
do companies keep in touch with applicants unless
they are really interested in hiring them. However,
this doesn’t mean that you are totally not going to
hear from the company. Often, hiring teams are just
unsure about their next move, so they need time to
talk things over too. The smartest thing you could do
before you leave the interview is politely ask the
hiring manager when you can expect them to call.
This way, you will have a good reason to send them a
mail or drop them a call to remind them of their
commitment to you.
Conclusion
Failure is part of any job search. Whether you are
staying in the same field or doing a career change,
you have to expect to experience rejections. By
preparing yourself for this, you are being realistic to
what your efforts may result to.

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Career Coaching: Keeping Yourself Happy At
Work
If you often find yourself uninterested in going to
work, there must be
something seriously
wrong with your career
life. But this isn’t
something you should be
so bothered about or
ashamed of because there are millions of other
workers feeling the same way as you. Thus, it is
somehow a natural thing to be dissatisfied with your
current employment. The problem arises when you
are not sure that you’re ready to move on just yet.
There are many ways you can keep yourself happy at
work if you want to. You should learn these things,
especially if you don’t think you can afford yet to quit
your current job. Here are some tips that can help
you find happiness in your present job.
1. Stay Positive. Always keep your focus on the good
things about your job. Though it may seem hard to
think of the things you like about your job, there must
be something you still enjoy doing at your workplace.
Always remind yourself that your job can also benefit
you in a number of ways.
2. Look for More Challenging Tasks. One common
reason many people need career coaching is just
boredom. It is important that you make your job
always interesting. If possible, try joining volunteer
groups and offer your services for free. You may even
volunteer to mentor someone in your department.
This way, you will be challenged to be better and
make someone else better.
3. Keep Learning. If you feel you lack mental
stimulation, then you should consider undergoing
some training by taking short term courses in the
field you are in. This can be really beneficial for you
as you will get to acquire some new skills while at the
same time enhancing your existing skills.
4. Meet More People. It cannot be emphasized
enough how important networking is in developing
one’s career. If your current work does not allow you
to meet people on a consistent basis, then you should
find a way you could. As you meet and talk to other
people, your interest in learning things keep going.
What’s more, a bigger network can help you later on
if you decide to pursue a different career path.
5. Manage Your Time Well. It is common for career
people to get burned out because they work too
much that they no longer have time for their personal
needs. If this is the same as how you feel, you should
figure out ways to manage your working hours well
so that you can still find time for yourself and your
loved ones. Any life coach would suggest that
employed individuals make sure they balance their
personal and professional life.