Introduction
Telecoaching
In-Person Coaching
Career Crafting Package Program
Career Coaching Support Group
Assessment Testing Package                                  Resume Writing
Client & Coach Partnership                                    Coaching Fees                                                                    Free Coaching Session

You choose how we work together, and then our services are tailored to fit your specific needs. You will focus on what is most important to you.  After we complete the initial assessment, you and I develop an action plan that is right for you. The program format is flexible and will be shaped to meet your needs as they change from time to time

You call our CoachLine phone number at a pre-arranged time. Usually coaching sessions are a half-hour long. Most clients choose three or four half-hours of phone coaching per month. Clients receive e-mail support as needed between appointments.

We meet at a pre-arranged time for a one-hour session, usually two to four times a month.  In-person coaching is available only to people in my geographic area. E-mail support is provided between appointments.

Career Crafting is a unique system for people in career transition, created by Howard Sambol. He is one of the Assistant Director's of the Gonyea Online Career Center on America Online and founder of ENCOMPASS, a San Francisco Bay area career development firm. About 20 years ago, Howard struggled through his own career change.  This inspired him to design a system which helps people create their own fulfilling work.

I am a Certified Career Crafting Coach.  Howard trained me himself!

Career Crafting addresses every aspect of the career transition process from the time you realize you want to make a change to when you are doing what you love and making money doing it. This adaptable system offers principles you can use to create the life you want today and in the future.

The Career Crafting Program gives you practical tools you can use to design a career path that is the optimum expression of your interests, values, passions, skills, and talents. In this toolkit are proven powerful tools like Breakthrough Coaching, Skill and Interest Assessment, Clarity Dialogue, The Entrepreneurial Attitude, and other value-based career fulfillment techniques.

The program requires a minimum commitment of three months. During this time you start using the Career Crafting technology to obtain a job that best fits you, or to create your ideal business. 

The comprehensive program consists of three components which complement each other.

1.  Career Crafting Audiotapes and Workbook

These tools provide you with the complete Career Crafting technology. There are 8 cassettes and a 130-page workbook.

Here is how it works. You simply listen to each tape and then complete the exercises in the chapter of the workbook that go with that tape. When you have completed the exercises, you move on to the next tape.

2.  Unlimited Online Support

You receive three months of unlimited e-mail support. You e-mail me your questions or problems and I send you my response within 48 hours, Monday through Friday.

3.  Breakthrough Coaching

You receive 4.5 hours of professional coaching by phone. You can use this time any way you would like to. Usually the sessions are used to help you stay on task and plan, problem solve, or brainstorm. Most people schedule three half-hour sessions per month for the duration of the 12-week intensive program.

The synergy of the group is a powerful vehicle of structural and emotional support when you shift careers. The group meets in my geographic area weekly for ten consecutive weeks, and sessions are closed and limited to eight people per group.  Participants receive coaching and use the Career Crafting audiotapes and workbook to help them progress through the career transition process. 

We offer individual assessment testing of your personal style and interests/skills. The package includes:

• Carlson Personal Profile System with a half-hour phone consult.
• Campbell Interest & Skill Survey (CISS) with a one-hour consult by phone.

The Personal Profile System (DISC) helps you identify and understand your behavioral style, and points out the kind of environment where you are most likely to do your best. You will also learn to more accurately read people and interact with them a lot more effectively. Your Personal Profile consultation is provided by a Certified Associate of Carlson Learning.

Campbell Interest & Skill Survey profile analyzes your self-reported interests and your self-reported skills and shows how you compare with people in general and those happily employed in a variety of occupations.

Your results will give you useful information about your personal style, and skills and interests to help you decide where you need to seek further support, information, education, and working experience. These assessment tools will not make your decisions for you. However, they are a place to begin the process of getting to know and understand yourself better.

This service is for people who do not want to write or update their own resume, curriculum vitae, and/or cover letter. Clients who use this service are clear about their skills, strengths, achievements, and career objective.

You work with a Certified Professional Resume Writer. The process includes a confidential telephone interview, exchange of materials by fax or e-mail for your review and approval, with the final documents delivered to you by postal mail.

The relationship between a client and coach is synergistic. This means what is produced through our interaction and work together will be greater than our individual efforts. The coach is the catalyst and the client the creator.

The client commits to:

• The change process.
• Taking action to create what you want in your life and work.
• Learning and personal growth.
• Telling me if you are not getting what you need or expect from the relationship when you become aware of it.

The coach commits to:

• Your success by giving you emotional, structural, and strategic support to help you create what you want in your life and work.
• Helping you reach your full potential.
• Respect for the whole person, flexibility, and consistency.
• Keeping all client information confidential.
• Your satisfaction.

Clients retain my coaching services on a monthly basis. The monthly fee is payable in advance, and varies by the service or product you choose. Payment arrangements are possible for the Career Crafting Package Program and the Career Crafting Empowerment Group Sessions. We accept checks, money orders, Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.

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