Diploma In Career Coaching

Earn a living as a career coach, andhelp others find their dream job.

If you like the idea of working on your own terms while helping others, why not become a career coach?

As a career coach you can work from home and choose your hours – it's well paid too.

Once you've trained as a career coach you'll never be short of people who are desperate to use your skills. Consider these facts:

• More than 75 percent of people do not enjoy their work

• Most people change careers over 10 times in their working life

There has never been a better time to become a career coach. Career coaching is one of the fastest growing professions today. Career coaches are needed at all levels of the job market, by organisations and individuals. Your clients could include:

• Career changers

• Women returners

• School and college leavers

• Corporate clients

• Government and not-for-profit agencies

• Entrepreneurs

• Job-seekers after redundancy

This course will provide you with everything you need to set up a successful career coaching practice. You'll learn how to get clients and how to connect with them. You'll become an expert on CV writing, job applications and interview techniques. You will also learn how to set up on your own, develop your coaching skills, find clients and grow your business. This course will not only teach you how to be a great career coach but how to turn career coaching into a successful business.

What is career coaching?

Career coaching is a relatively new profession. Building on the foundation of the career development industry, which included vocational counsellors and career counsellors, career coaching takes a focussed and practical approach to job-hunting and career development. In short, career coaching works. Following the tried-and-tested coaching model, career coaching helps people make satisfying job choices and enjoy better careers.

As a career coach you can work the way you want to. Coaching sessions can be carried out face-to-face, by telephone or email, on an individual basis or in groups. You can work from home or from an office – the choice is up to you. Many career coaches are self-employed, but there are also opportunities to work for large organisations. Career coaching is a growing profession.

Recession-proof

Career coaching is recession-proof because there will always be people looking to change jobs – whether the market is up or down. During good times the workforce is upwardly mobile. During down-times, redundancies and cut-backs put quality people back into the job market. That's where you, as a career coach, can help.

Who'll benefit from doing this course?

This course is for anyone who is interested in becoming a career coach. If you like the idea of helping other people succeed in life this course is for you. Good coaches are often assertive people who have an innate sense of what needs to be done to make a situation better. If you know you are interested in finding out more about career coaching, this course is for you. You may be:

• Thinking of becoming self-employed

• Looking for a new career

• A manager needing to update or add to your skills