What is Self-Guided Career Development Exactly?

At its most basic, Self-Guided Development is a career evolution plan that you create and implement for yourself, agnostic of wherever you happen to be currently working. 

Let's add a little more depth to that— most corporate organizations have Learning & Development initiatives to help their people be the best employees they can be for that company.  Self-Guided Development is a program you outline for yourself that will make you a stand-out in your career as a whole, no matter where you’re working.

Are you hitting a wall in networking for your job search?

Finding something challenging doesn't mean that you give up.

Perhaps you haven't found that one process you need to master to achieve a job search network that works.

Lucky for you, I'm here to teach you all about networking for job search success.

Grab your emotional support beverage of choice and dive on in with me, friend.

There’s a whole lot of misinformation on careers, which is why it’s easy to feel defeated when you’re doing everything “right” and still not getting results. Read on for some sneaky limiting beliefs that may be holding you back from a fulfilling career, and how to turn them into your superpowers. 

Like many others in career/executive coaching, I stopped using assessments, tests and quizzes. 

You may think you already know why I don't like using assessments anymore, but this post will take you through 5 reasons why I switched away from it.

I’m giving you the low down on why I don’t use these tests so that in the process, you just might find new ways to gain insight into your own career desires.

The goal of every job hunter is to get a job. Insert your favorite adjective as to what kind:  good, better, decent, fun, fulfilling, high paying, etc. 

But without a strategy, it can be hard to snag that role so you can bring in those dolla, dolla bills.  

Oftentimes, it just comes down to misguided strategies. So you just end up with spaghetti all over your job search walls. 

Maybe you’ve been applying to every job you can find and wondering why you’re not getting anywhere.

It's enough to make anyone feel frustrated.

I have been in the career space for a little while now, right? (Can you believe it's been over a decade?!)

That doesn't make it any easier when the job market takes a header,  mass layoffs are the norm and there’s major feelings of scarcity and fear when it comes to job security.

I hope you've managed to get clear on what you want your work to look like this year and are ready to buckle down and get to work to make it happen (yes even in this economy).

I see you frantically typing, “How do I figure out a career I like, that pays?”.

Do you feel like everyone else has it figured out? Do they make it look like it should be a quick and easy thing to know? Ever wonder what their secret is?

Most likely, they’re using some variation of the strategy I’m about to share with you. I call it my “FIND YOUR THING FRAMEWORK.”

Luckily, I'm not one to gatekeep career figure-outing success!

So grab a caffeinated beverage of your choice and let's get into how you can achieve happy making career having by ASAP.

If you’re a person who works for a living who wants to be happier and make more money, you, my good human, are in the right place. 

Before I discovered career coaching, I struggled with knowing where to even start looking for a job that I would enjoy, that also paid my bills (something that teaching was not doing at the time).

You can't teach new tricks to an old Career Champ. Or can you?

Over the last year, I've been feeling uninspired with traditional job search tactics, because (and I don’t think I have to tell you this, but the job market has been a hot dumpster fire ON a rollercoaster).

Knowing how to effectively tackle a job search isn’t a no brainer. 

We get stuck wondering things like, “Where do I even look?” or “Should I just apply to ALL THE THINGS?”

When you’re unsure what to do, it’s hard to move forward. 

The good news is, you can easily bring order to the chaos by planning your job search with intentionality.

In this post, I’ll define what I mean by ‘job search strategy’ and provide 3 sure-fire tips to create the best strategy for you. I hope that this will give you a roadmap so you can get started with an effective job search and get that job you’ve been crossing your fingers about!