Hiring a Career Coach- A Path to a Higher-Paying Job

Posted December 8, 2009 by Bernz

In today’s constrictive job market, contemplating a job change can be a scary proposition. Employers are laying off workers on a daily basis and more and more job seekers are searching for fewer and fewer jobs. Most employees simply want to hold on to the jobs they have for dear life and ride out the destructive wave.

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However, this difficult employment market may be the perfect time to seek out a better job and the best way to do that is with a career coach. When the job market is contracting, it is the positions that require knowledge and skill that will remain the longest. Upgrading your education and skills can not only bring in a bigger paycheck but can solidify your position in the market and make you more attractive to potential employers.

It can be difficult to know what you need to upgrade and how to market yourself to potential new employers. That’s where career coaches come into play. A career coach’s job is to obtain a clear understanding of your strengths, weaknesses, and aspirations as it relates to the employment field. A career coach can help you fill in the gaps in your skills in your chosen profession and can lead you to leveraging your existing skills in a new direction. For example, if you have done general office work- filing, responding to email, and organizing for a small veterinary office, a career coach may help you realize that those skills are in great demand in the government sector, where wages can be substantially higher.

Another benefit of hiring a career coach is that his or her finger is on the pulse of human resource management in the real world. A career coach knows what experience levels and skills employers are asking for in each industry and where you can spend your limited time improving your skills to meet those requirements. This is a far more efficient way to build your educational portfolio than taking the splatter gun approach and signing up for a bunch of courses that you hope will help.

Using a career coach to obtain a better job can be one of the best investments in your financial future. Increasing your income by even $5,000 a year can mean the difference between having financial freedom and living paycheck to paycheck. And it can mean being a desired commodity in a shaky job market.


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