 Career planning can be a time of ongoing, in-depth personal and career exploration. One continually learns—through embracing life, work and educational experiences.
We work with clients through one–on-one meetings. We recognize that every individual is unique. We cater to each person’s individuality—giving them a keener appreciation of themselves, and enabling them to acquire a better understanding of their true individual interests, motivations, attributes and abilities.
By understanding your own uniqueness, we work together designing and constructing a program tailor made to fit your needs.
We specialize in working with mid-career middle to senior management professionals from many different professions including Business, Banking and Finance; Computer and Technology; Biotech; Medical Community; Architectural and Construction; Hospitality; Education; Communications; Small Business and Family Business; and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder.
Through our extensive experience, we have constructed services that help in building a strong foundation for positive career development. Services we recommend are:
Career Counseling
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Clients learn to focus on what is most important. Through one-on-one meetings we work together exploring and assessing your strengths, aptitudes, interests, abilities, personality, and life experiences, guiding and focusing you forward, translating into a positive career choice |
Executive/Career Coaching
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A process by which individuals learn the necessary tools for growth and development—both personally and in the workplace. We use a variety of tools and techniques, which can yield some fascinating results and personal insights. A sampling of these include: Personal study and self-awareness; Managing relationships; Examining goals and values; Identifying strengths and "blindspots"; Working with change; managing stress. The coaching process also serves as a confidential sounding board so that you may receive objective assessment and analysis. |
Testing and Assessment
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Testing is one of the important tools in our program. Testing helps provide valuable information about yourself. The testing we provide helps to measure your various career interests, personality, and career/life priorities. The tests we use are:
- Strong Interest Inventory
- MBTI – Myers-Briggs Introduction to Type
- 16 PF Career Development Profile
- Career Orientations Inventory
These tests are extremely user friendly, having very good test re-test reliability, and have been the cornerstone in career development work for many years. |
Job Support Coaching
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We work with you around issues of stress and anxiety, and self-esteem developed from matters that are taking place in the workplace. We coach you and show you how to keep things in the proper perspective, attaining the energy needed to help you regain the enjoyment and confidence you once had. |
Job Search Strategies
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We teach and provide you with various search strategies that will help you find the job you want. |
Career Marketing and Networking
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Career Marketing is about being able to develop a need for your services. Once you’ve developed your career, your next step is to develop your network. We teach you this and more! |
Interview Preparation
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Interviews can be a source of anxiety. We work with you to alleviate that anxiety by being prepared--through understanding the various types of interviews you may encounter, questions you maybe asked, and how to respond in these situations--ultimately getting you the job you want! |
Outplacement Consulting
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This is usually a time when a client has been laid off, dismissed, or has taken an early retirement from his or her job. During this time we provide support and encouragement, and teach and guide you through the many phases of job hunting—understanding the marketplace, uncovering your skills and developing a professional resume, finding and pursuing job leads and negotiating your salary. |
Career Transitioning
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This is the time when you’re determining if you’re happy in your present career or if you need a change.
What are your goals? We work with you to focus in on what is right for you, and then help you take the necessary steps to attain your goals. |
Pre-Retirement Planning
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For those who have decided to retire from their present jobs—but know that they would still like to work, we’ll help you plan the next steps to take in order to be effective in finding the right work for you! |
Resume Development
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Your resume is an essential part of your job search. It should reflect you in its format, content and appearance. We work with you to develop a professional, effective resume. |
Small Business Development
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Many people have always wanted to own their own business. For those with the entrepreneurial spirit, we have helped individuals develop businesses from the ground up, and continue to provide support and expertise along the way attaining small business success. |
Managing Career-Life-Balance
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Attaining balance in life and work are difficult. Knowing your options is a critical part of the process. We assist you in understanding that there is often more than one way to find a comfortable balance to meet both of these needs. |
ADD/ADHD Career/Personal Management Coaching
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Career Ventures works with individuals who have been diagnosed and/or exhibit symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder. Common Characteristics include distractability, impulsivitiy, daydreaming, hyperactivity, boredom, procrastination, fidgetiness, poor time management, and inattention to detail. We help identify which symptoms continually get in the way, and how to safeguard against them. We proceed to work on developing structure, focus, and direction, therefore becoming more productive in ones career. |
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