Career Coaching for Young Adults
The Truth About Picking the Right Career: It’s All About Fit
Be Faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself. - Andre Gide
From a young jobseeker’s perspective, the act of tirelessly sending resumes out into what feels like a black hole can be disheartening and demoralizing. Despite putting in hours of effort to tailor each application, receiving a boilerplate HR rejection letter or being ghosted altogether together, can leave you downright angry and hopeless about the traditional job search process. You wonder whether the time and energy spent sending out resumes is worth the effort.
I get it! But let’s take a break from the job application abyss process and reflect on this single truth, as you embark on one of the most exciting adventures of your life: Selecting a career that uniquely fits your innate abilities, will be one of the most important missions you will ever undertake as a young, aspiring professional.
Why? Because your innate abilities speak to your talents, natural abilities and aptitudes that belong exclusively to you. Your birthright, if you will. They go way beyond personality and interests. Doesn’t it make more sense to pursue a career path that plays to your natural strengths than one that requires gumby style stretches?
As Mary Oliver once said,
“Tell me what you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
A life and career that that fits the WHOLE OF YOU:
We’ll begin with figuring out:
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What and how have your life experiences informed who you are and what’s true about you.
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What you really want and a general understanding of why.
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What’s possible given your unique skills and talents.
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What might be possible with a little more training.
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What’s the plan and smartest path to get you from where you are to where you’d like to be.
