PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER COUNSELING
A job search is an opportunity to investigate your strengths, to create your personal brand, and discover a career that is a perfect fit for you. Once you define your personal brand, it's time to communicate that brand to others. Your personal network is the most effective way to get the word out. 80% of jobs are found not by posting on job boards, but through personal networks. More surprising is that the most productive contacts are usually not close friends, but acquaintances! So how do you get people who barely know you to think of you for a specific role? It's about developing that 10-second elevator speech that communicates your personal brand, and making sure everything that prospective employers see and hear about you - your job, your references, your resume, your cover letters, your social and professional networking pages - deliver consistently on your personal brand promise.
- Who is your target audience?
- What is your personal brand?
- What is your brand promise?
- Is that promise relevant and unique to your target audience?
- Are you sending a consistent message to support your brand?
Scholar Strategies applies proven business approaches to help you present yourself in your best light. You can't be all things to all people, so at the core of what we do is help you find the right-fit potential careers to match your individual strengths. It's about taking what you've done - your job history, achievements, and activities - and telling a compelling story about who you are and who you have the potential to become.
At Scholar Strategies, you will partner with a counselor to develop your personal brand and to ensure that message is consistent across all areas of your job search process.
Please contact us for a free 30 minute needs consultation.
Career Jumpstart
Career Jumpstart is a 5 - week program geared towards jumpstarting your job search. If you already have an idea of what direction you want to go in, Career Jumpstart can give you the boost you need to propel yourself forward. Your Scholar Strategies Counselor will mentor you to build an actionable plan for enhancing your career development. Career Jumpstart includes:
- Developing Your Personal Brand
- Informational Interviewing
- Cover Letter Development
- Editing your Resume
- Preparing for Interviews
- Essay Development
- Developing Your Networking Strategy and Plan
- Five weekly one-hour one to one meetings with an assigned Scholar Strategies Counselor
Career Exploration
Career Exploration is designed to help you explore career options and hone in on a direction in which to move forward. Your Scholar Strategies Counselor will guide you through a 5-week program to help you determine how your unique interests, values, and approach to the world can lead you to a career that is a perfect fit for you. Career Exploration includes
- General Interest Evaluation through Structured Interview and Analysis
- Work Values Assessment
- Work Interests Assessment
- Behavioral Style Assessment
- Work Interests Assessment
- Guided Career Exploration
- Developing Your Networking Strategy and Plan
- Five weekly one hour one-to one meetings with an assigned Scholar Strategies Counselor