Career Training for Younger People: A Guide to Starting a Successful Career
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Introduction to Career Training for Younger People
Why Career Training is Crucial for Younger Individuals
Younger people with limited or no experience will benefit from working with an experienced coach. By working with a coach, individuals can learn how to make the most of their current abilities and develop skills that will be attractive to potential employers.
A coach can also help young people project their potential to employers by providing guidance on how to effectively communicate their strengths and goals.
With career coaching, young people can gain confidence in their abilities and feel equipped to take on new challenges and opportunities. Investing in career coaching early on can set individuals on a path towards a successful and fulfilling career.
Benefits of Early Career Preparation
Skill Development
Younger people find it difficult to identify and promote the skills they already have. Coaching will help identify the skills already possessed and the gaps to be filled in the future.
Networking and Mentoring
Networking will be important now and in the future. Very often it isn’t what you know but who you know and how you have projected yourself. There are techniques available to ensure that you can network effectively and not just www.Linkedin.com!
Experienced people can act as Mentors, guiding you with their thoughts and style. When starting out you can use the experience of others to help you form your own thoughts or direction.
Key Skills and Knowledge for Younger Individuals
1. Technical Skills and Certifications
Whilst academic skills will open the door for many people leaving school or university, they are not the be all and end all for having a great career. The ability to produce or contribute to an outcome will be attractive to employers.
Working with a coach you will learn to identify the skills that you can offer to help employers deliver outcomes. Outcomes are important as they, generally, drive the revenues and profits required for commercial success.
There are many practical certifications available that will help you stand out from the rest. Working with a coach, understanding the kind of role you might be looking for, you will be able to identify and select the functional certifcates and skills you might want to present.
2. Soft Skills and Emotional Intelligence
The working world is significantly different to the that of school and university. Additionally, the working world has different cultures, approaches and requirements depending on the sector you want to work in.
Coaching will give you the awareness of what soft skills are, how to use them and how they can be developed. Younger people today are more developed with emotional intelligence than the generations before were. This is an advantage and can be used to great effect when working with others, communicating and influencing.
Awareness, is the key to all of these softer skills. Your coach will ensure you have the opportunity to explore and utilise them advantageously.
Navigating the Job Market as a Young Professional
Career coaching can be invaluable for younger individuals who are just starting out in the job market. With interview training, CV writing and cover letter writing skills, coaching can help jobseekers to stand out from the crowd and highlight their strengths.
For school and university leavers, this kind of support can be particularly beneficial, as they often lack the experience required to navigate the job market successfully. By working with a coach, they can identify their unique skills and learn how to pitch themselves to potential employers.
Whether it’s helping to create a compelling CV or providing tips for how to ace an interview, career coaching can be the key to success for anyone looking to start their career on the right foot.
Why Work With Us?
- International experience in the public and private sectors
- Organisational Change and Strategy Leaders
- Professionally qualified coaches
- Your solution, not ours
- Confidential, honest and timely interactions
- Flexible timing
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