WHAT HAPPENS IN
CAREER COUNSELING?

The first step is in knowing yourself.

This includes assessing your interests, values and skills among other very important factors including personality type. It will lay the foundation for the next steps in the process of career exploration.

Once you have more personal insight, we can brainstorm options for specific jobs and industries. The next step is to research these options which will provide more clarity about those jobs. Once you know yourself more completely and your available options, you can then begin to make an informed decision about your career goals.

As a professionally trained career counselor, I can help coach you through self-doubt, fear, confusion and other barriers that come with the territory of making changes in your life. The role that I will play is to facilitate the process of career exploration or career transition and decision making in collaboration with you.

Upon initial contact, I will conduct an intake session to gain an understanding of your specific needs and goals. Then, I will provide four one-hour career coaching sessions and, if necessary, additional follow up sessions.

Career Assessments

Some of the career assessments that we will be utilizing include:

The Strong Interest Inventory
This assessment will identify your top interests and is a very powerful tool to help you make good decisions about your career. It is one of the top career planning instruments used in the world and focuses on the kinds of careers and key skills required for you to work successfully. It will also pinpoint the most satisfying career and educational choices for you.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Report
The MBTI Report is the most widely used personality assessment in the world. As a certified Myers-Briggs practitioner, I have used this assessment for years. When we are able to accurately identify your personality type, we can determine occupational choices for you that match your same personality type. Individuals and organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies, use more than 2 million assessments worldwide each year.

FIRO-B
The Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation–Behavior assessment helps people understand their own behavior and that of others in interpersonal situations. For more than 40 years, it has been used internationally to clarify human interactions in both business and personal situations. It explores three basic interpersonal needs (Inclusion, Control, and Affection).

CPI 260
This assessment objectively describes individuals the way others see them. It measures two dozen scales in such areas as dealing with others, self-management, motivation, thinking style, personal characteristics, and work-related characteristics.

Contact Thomas Career Consulting for
Career Counseling and Career Assessments

For a free consultation and quote for services, please call Mindy directly at 610.937.5632 or email mindy@thomascareerconsulting.com.