Why the hell would you hire a career coach? There are a million reasons to hire a career coach: they can offer clarity, direction, motivation, act as an accountability buddy or as someone to metaphorically kick your ass towards your goals. But they’re not for everyone.
Here are 8 times where hiring a career coach just isn’t for you.
Networking is necessary, but it doesn't have to be work. And you don’t even need pants!
I know… I know. Networking suuuuuccks. Except it doesn’t have to. And yes you have to do it. If you want to tell your story and sell yourself, you need an audience. That means you do need to network. But it really isn’t as hard, or as bad, as you think. You can (and should) even start in your own backyard.
I’ve had more than one client who wanted to know how to change careers say to me “I can't do X because I've wasted too much time doing Y.” Here's the deal - you have not wasted too much time doing anything. I've got five reasons why you haven't wasted too much time. And here are the 5 top reasons why:
You know that feeling you've got right now? That "Totally lost, I'm stuck, WTF am I even supposed to do with my career. Can't someone just tell me what I'm supposed to be doing?!?" feeling? Man, it sucks, doesn't it? I know that feeling. I've been through two major career shifts of my own and have since helped hundreds of clients, just like you, figure out WTF they want to do and how to get there.
So, no you don't have to do it alone. Promise. However, only you can know what's right for you. Let me show you how.
You want to change careers and finally find work that is meaningful.
You are NOT alone. So many clients have come to me recently because they’ve reconnected with their values and priorities and they’ve come to realize that their current job, and maybe even their career, is ready for a shake-up.
Before you make any rash “holler- I’M OUTTA HERE! and moon your boss over Zoom”-type of decisions, there are a few questions you should ask yourself.
You decided to make a career change? Let’s all take a minute to acknowledge that that’s a huge decision. I don’t have to tell you that you’ve got a bit of work ahead of you, but it is worth it. I promise. I also don’t have to tell you to not just go stabbing at this thing in the dark. You just can’t go off all willy-nilly to change your career. You need a game plan.
The truth about Dream Jobs, I wish someone had told me years ago: your one and only Dream Job doesn’t exist or, if it does - it ain’t so dreamy. What you can, and should, strive for is to Find Your Thing: a career you are interested in and enjoy that lines up with your core values and beliefs but perhaps isn’t your end-all-be-all-hanger-of-all-hopes-and-dreams.
Feeling more than a little overwhelmed and like you have no control right now?
I hear you - a lot of us are. So how about taking control of just a few daily items that will help quiet that overwhelms and restore some much-needed calm by starting in decluttering your career?
Let’s clear out some career cobwebs and free up more of your time, energy, and brain space so you can make room for clarity.
Just like ANY space (ahem under your bed, or ahem ahem, your closet), your career can become a very cluttered world of its own. Every once in awhile it needs a good dusting and right now is a better time than most. So let's start with 6 main places you wanna declutter your career and clear the dust bunnies from.
