How to Choose a Career Coach
Do you need help with your career?
This brochure explains what career coaching is and how to find the right career coach for you.
Contents are listed below.
Contents include:
- Why you might want to work with a career coach.
- What a career coach is and the difference between ‘coach’, ‘counsellor’, ‘advisor’ etc.
- What a career coach can help you with.
- The professional qualifications that career coaches have.
- Links to professional directories listing qualified career coaches.
- What working with a career coach involves.
- How long it takes.
- What it costs.
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