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Has anyone ever used a professional career advice company for guidance and could recommend doing it? Or will I be p155ing money up the wall for someone to tell me exactly what I already know?
Any recommendations welcome...
there was one on TV the other day, the introduction went............
"After being made redundant in 2008 Mr xxxxxxx decided to start his own consultancy advising people about how to progress their careers"
Not knocking people who get made redundant, but theres no way it qualifies you to give carrers advice! You clearly were either rubbish at your job or picked the wrong industry at the wrong time! Neither are things I'd look for in someone to take advice off!
Pissing money up wall as it's all available online or if you want face to face through your local job center if you ask. I got sent to one as I was unemployed for over 3 months, the lady was nice enough but she generally saw people with no education where as I have a degree so was up to speed in most areas. Go check it out takes less than a hour if I recall correctly.
I'm employed and earning really well, just bored bored bored and want a change, but I don't know in what direction. There seems to be companies out there that spend a couple of days talking to you and assessing you... is that just a bit fat con?
I had a mate & he used to go through the yellow pages, find something he wanted to do & apply.... that has always seemed to me the best career advice ever.
Wish I had done that, still maybe I will soon 🙂
If you went to uni, go back to your uni and pester them, or try the local one. I know that some unis will give advice to anyone who's got a degree, irrespective of where it's from.
What tails said.
If you go to the wrong organisation/individual or you approach it "incorrectly," then you might well end up pi55ing your investment up the wall.
However, I've been a coach since 2005 (do it less so now because I'm involved in other work) and have helped numerous people get their careers back on track. I also know other career-specific coaches that can help.
So long as you ask the right questions when "qualifying" them, then you'll know what option is best.
SM
Mail me it is my day job
Dont worry not precious like Graphic deigners or anything will do this for free 😉
Try here for general stuff as well
http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/educationandlearning/adultlearning/dg_071762
Nextstep will probably be in your area but it depends what they do in your region
Oh yes waste of money to pay IMHO and I hate coaching [I am qualified] NLP is a bit better but both a bit of BS IMHO
Thanks Junkyard, I'll drop you a line!
When I was getting made redundant in 1994, I was desperate: in a low-paid, dead-end job that was entirely unsuited to my interests, character and abilities. Yet I was looking for work in the same line, because I had convinced myself that that was all I could do.
Luckily for me, the company hired some outplacement consultants called 'Alternative International'. Cynicism stopped me visiting them but one day one of their people stopped me in the corridor and asked who I was, what I planned to do, etc.
That led to two or three sessions which completely changed my life. I am still in the career my advisor helped me believe I could follow, and I often thank my lucky stars for her.
Might sound dramatic, but those people not only got me out of a financial hole but, I believe, prevented some pretty severe kind of depression or other emotional crisis from setting in.
So, on the whole, yes, I would highly recommend.
I have searched for 'Alternative International' and they seem to no longer exist. But I'm sure there are plenty of good ones to choose from.
Good luck!
Ooooh that sounds good too! You are all making me happier as we speak!
The book "What colour is your parachute" may help.
The book "What colour is your parachute" may help.
Oh yes waste of money to pay IMHO and I hate coaching [I am qualified] NLP is a bit better but both a bit of BS IMHO
Hate coaching? I'd be interested to know who you qualified with ... some organisations are shockingly bad, some are good, some are excellent.
Like you say, NLP can be very powerful in the right hands, but I wouldn't say it's [i]better[/i] than coaching. Depends on your training/background/application and who you're working with.
I agree both can be BS at times, but IMO that stems from the same issues I pointed out in the NLP statement above.
I honestly think people who say negative things about coaching (and indeed NLP etc) haven#t worked with a genuinely good coach. There are so many BS ones around that they leave a bad impression ... and therefore the few good ones sometimes have their work cut out undoing that stigma.
The book "What colour is your parachute" may help.