Getting the help of a career coach to sort out my career

career_changer_2

Hi Folks

Earlier on today I posted a thread stating that I am thinking of doing a PGCE course enabling me to teach in a college.

However, I am also considering about half a dozen other jobs/careers, so I was thinking of hiring the services of a career coach to help me decide which job/career would be best for me.

It seems that career coaches charge by the hour and they seem to be so expensive! Do you think it would be worth me paying for the services of a career coach? Has anybody had experience working with a career coach to help them with their career?

Thanks

Oldernotwiser

You can make an appointment to see a Nextstep Careers adviser for free. although you might then go on to pay for a more in depth service, you will at least see how you get on with the process.

hellokitty08

Some colleges still take people on who arent PGCE'd and train them through the Pttls, Dttls and Kttls route. I thinks thats all the right TTLS? So you might be able to do this if you have relevant industry expereince.

flutterbyuk25

Do you have a degree? If so you can normally get helpful and free advice from a university careers department, it can be anyone, not just the uni you attended.

HTH

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Oldernotwiser

flutterbyuk25 wrote: »

Do you have a degree? If so you can normally get helpful and free advice from a university careers department, it can be anyone, not just the uni you attended.

HTH

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This is usually only within 3 years of graduation.

elsietanner71

You can speak to a Careers Coach for free if you contact the Careers Advice Service http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/

Call on 08080 100 333 between 8am and 10 pm every day.

The service is government funded and they can even arrange to call you back after your initial session for a follow up. Is it a telephone only service.

Good luck

Oldernotwiser

As a Careers Adviser I do have doubts about the efficacy of telephone or online guidance but there's nothing really to lose by contacting both services. Nextstep is also publicly funded with qualified staff (I'm biased, I used to be one!).

elsietanner71

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

As a Careers Adviser I do have doubts about the efficacy of telephone or online guidance

Do you have experience of telephone guidance? Why do you doubt it's efficiency?

flutterbyuk25

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

This is usually only within 3 years of graduation.

I had help from the uni here in 2008 and I graduated in 2003 and they said I can go back anytime, so mayeb it differs in each uni.

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Oldernotwiser

elsietanner71 wrote: »

Do you have experience of telephone guidance? Why do you doubt it's efficiency?

I think guidance is too subtle a process to be done by phone or email and, to be fair, Careers Service Direct only seems to offer Information and Advice. I doubt that I've ever offered guidance by telephone but I've certainly dealt with quite a few clients who were unable to make face to face appointments and the phone is fine for giving information.

Zazen999

elsietanner71 wrote: »

Do you have experience of telephone guidance? Why do you doubt it's efficiency?

It may well be efficient; but not effective.

Depends on whether you want quality or quantity.......