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Becoming Empowered in your Career
& Life Choices
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Becoming Empowered in your Career
& Life Choices
Have you ever felt that everyone else seems to be on track in their careers, except you? The reality is many are still trying to figure it all out, yet "career pain" is so often kept secret. With identity so tied to career and work, it's hard to accept career uncertainty. Where do you start when you're finally saying to yourself you're ready to make a better career & life choice? Many begin in the external world of resumes and job postings, yet, to make satisfying career & life choices, it's the internal world--who you are and what you want--that matters!
When you work with a CareerCycles Associate, we guide you through a Career & Life Clarification process. This is the first of two processes in becoming empowered in your career & life choices, and the result is a brief Career Statement that captures the essence of your present career clarity. Your Career Statement then acts like a compass in the second process, Intentional Exploration.
Powerful, engaging and fun, the CareerCycles experience empowers you to make career & life choices that make you feel confident and excited. It is a collaborative process between you--as the expert in your life experience--and, the CareerCycles Associate who is expert in the process.
career-oriented self-assessment: identifying your desires, abilities, temperament, assets
understanding the impact of other people on your career & life choices
generating possibilities
intentionally exploring career ideas
evaluating options
becoming intentional with your thoughts and feelings
work / life visioning
personality assessment using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator
occupational area research
academic and non-academic career exploration and job search for individuals with graduate education
job search strategy
penetrating the hidden job market
resume and C.V. strategy, critique
cover letter strategy, critique
job interview strategy and practice
job offer negotiation
work / life balance.
TESTIMONIAL: Mark was "very approachable, focused on the task. Great at targeting details where necessary. Very friendly. Overall a very positive experience. I wouldn't hesitate using the services again when I deemed necessary or beneficial." -Paul Hyatt, Hyland Interiors
Who can benefit from important career conversations with CareerCycles? We have successfully worked with:
mid-career professionals, including doctors, engineers, teachers, technologists, and professionals in financial services, informational technology, and many others
internationally educated professionals, engineers, doctors, lawyers, dentists, librarians, professors, pharmacists, health care professionals, and others
later-career professionals seeking to clarify next steps or life focus for "retirement" years
stay-at-home-mothers and fathers seeking to re-establish themselves back in the world of work
incredibly diverse clients from over 75 countries and counting.
TESTIMONIAL: "The most value I received was the coaching from Mark in areas of: 1) how to follow-up a resume submission 2) the realization that a resume needs to be adjusted to focus strengths to each individual job posting 3) always work on networking even if you are comfortable in a role as this will provide you with a wealth of contacts if your job situation changes. I have also come to the reality that a person in high-tech must continuously investigate and research the job market weekly/monthly to keep up to date on the trends." -John Steele, P.Eng.
We can help you if you're a university or college student, grad student, recent grad or a parent of one. We have successfully helped:
clients in their 20s and 30s, students and graduates of university or college seeking to clarify career direction
graduate students and recent grads from Masters and Doctoral programs, seeking career re-assessment or job search help
parents of young adults in their 20s and 30s, wanting to direct their support constructively.
How do you begin answering your important career conversations with CareerCycles?
Call to discuss your career questions briefly.
If appropriate, you and the CareerCycles Associate schedule a 75 minute first meeting, ideally face-to-face, though first phone meetings are possible.
This first meeting which costs $75 (including GST) begins the structured process of career exploration using our unique and engaging interview style.
You get to evaluate whether our process and style is right for you, and you decide if you want to continue.
At the end of the first meeting we give you an overview of next steps and a fee quotation to answer your important career questions.
We work at a home-office conveniently located in Riverdale in downtown Toronto a short walk from the Chester Subway Station and conveniently accessed by the Don Valley Parkway. Please call or email for more information or to book an appointment.
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Countries of origin of CareerCycles clients:
Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Bermuda, Bosnia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, England, France, Greece, Granada, Guyana, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates/Abu Dhabi/Dubai, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia