The Job Hunter’s Secret Success Sauce …Career Coach and Feedback
Have you tried an activity and were not successful at it and you do not know the reason why?
You could do activities like:
- shooting a basketball at a basketball hoop and not being successful in making baskets
- try cooking a complicated food dish and not cooking the food right
- you drive in a city and you are lost and cannot find the location you are looking for
- you try to solve a hard scientific problem for class and you cannot find the solution
You may have situations that despite your best efforts, you cannot figure out how to be successful with that particular activity. How do you find solutions to situations that you do not know how to solve?
You find a coach who can provide you feedback.
Often in the job market, a person will be in the process of applying for job positions; and the person receives feedback being:
No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No…. Maybe (you get hopeful at a potential opportunity and…the…results…is…No) …No, No, No, No, No, No, No…. You keep getting No
You will get the result of No, but you will not get any feedback as to why you are not being successful. A coach may be able to give you feedback on what you are doing well and what you are not doing well.
A career coach may have other titles like career counselor.
Where do you find a career coach?
Some places that you can find a career coach can be:
- Non-profit organizations (Goodwill is an example of a Non-Profit that can provide career coaches to help people) (Goodwill is at https://www.goodwill.org/)
- State Workforce Development office – a state workforce development office may provide career experts for you (check with the state you are in).
You may be able to use a state workforce development office in a state you are not a resident; you may find another state workforce development office may have services that work for you.
- Colleges/Universities – college/university help their students and alumni with their career goals; a college/university may help the public (contact a college and/or university on their policies in helping the public).
- Private Sector- you hire a career coach for the private sector
Pay for sessions as you have them; do not pre-pay
If you pay for a career coach, one idea I would suggest is that you do a pay-as-you-go-arrangement. You pay for the sessions that you see the career coach. I would recommend not pre-paying for a collection of sessions ahead of time; you may decide that you do not like the services that you are receiving from the career coach. You may risk the danger of paying for a service that you decide not to use.
You can try a career coach and the career coach does not work for you; you can try a different career coach. Sometimes a career coach can be a great professional; but sometimes the career coach and a client may not always be a good fit; so, a career coach may not work for you while that career coach may work for someone else.
I do have one specific recommendation as to what career coach I have found to be useful; the Career Coach is below:
Cindy Wagner- Omaha Career Coach
Web site: http://www.omahacareercoach.com/
She not meeting people personally due to the pandemic at this current time, but she can meet with people online – so she can meet with you regardless of geographical distance.
Should mention that I am not getting paid for this recommendation; I used this person and have found person to be useful. I have found her to be helpful with my career journey. Thank you.
You may be able to gain advantages from seeking feedback from a career coach.