Career Counseling Services
Every person comes to a point in their life when they reflect on what they want to do, or want to do next in life. Sometimes this reflection comes right after high school, and sometimes it comes 20 or 30 years after working in one or several jobs. In either case, career counseling and coaching can assist a person not only identify their personal strengths and skills, but also help them develop an action plan that can land them their next opportunity or calling.
RTG offers professional career counseling and coaching from qualified professionals who have years of actual professional work experience. Industries include technology, operations, engineering, sales, accounting, finance, government, education, manufacturing, counseling, ministry and many more. Career counseling and coaching is a process and involves action on both the counselor and the one being counseled. This means that the RTG career counselor will work with you to develop an action plan that will be filled with activities that will help you stand out to an employer and amongst your competitors.
Here’s the process:
You will complete a questionnaire and a career assessment that will address your personality, skills, work interests, values, work history and education. Once completed, an RTG consultant will speak with you during your one-on-one to go over your results. There are no wrong answers, because they are truly your answers, but you will discover a lot about yourself.
You will initially meet via phone, Skype, or in person for up to an hour with your career counselor to go over your Assessment, and then discuss your career objectives. Don’t worry if you do not have a clue, the counselor will help you develop an action plan that will help you discover what you want to do. You will be given some tasks that will help you identify possible occupations of interest, identify both industries and companies within these industries that offer these occupations, and/or identify opportunities that will fulfill your goals and aspirations.
You will schedule weekly, 30-minute follow-up meetings with your career counselor to go over your progress and plan activities for the next week. In these meetings, you will go over:
- Follow up on your strategic career plan
- Setting up your LinkedIn profile
- How and where to identifying employment (internship, full-time, entrepreneur) opportunities
- Learn how to write a resume and cover letter (one professionally written resume and cover letter is included with a counseling package)
- Learn how to develop a professional network
- Interviewing techniques that will help you land that job
Tailored counseling sessions are based on where you are in life.
(18 and 25 years old)
RTG counselors will guide you through the process of discovering your strengths, aspirations, values, skills, and work interests. Combined this will give you the opportunity to identify career options that fit your personality and interests. You will learn how to research companies, occupations, industries, and identify the skills you have and skills that you need to obtain – and how to obtain them.
(26 to 40 years old)
The average time a person spends in one position is three to five years. This means that a person is either in the job search or evaluation phase at least three to five times before they turn 40. As with any professional (business, athletes, politicians, artists, etc.), counseling and coaching helps you stay on top of your game and be competitive. It is one of the reasons that professional licences and certifications require continued education. RTG counselors will help you see the value of the skills that you have acquired, and develop an action plan on enhancing these skills and adding additional skills that will be valuable to employers (either current or new).
(40s, 50s, 60s, 70+)
Very few people today “retire.” Many individuals find themselves in a situation that either they have to keep working, or they just want to keep working. Social Security officially does not start until age 65, but many people want to continue working way past this age. It gives them a sense of purpose, accomplishment and feeling alive. When looking for a job after 40 or 50, many people feel that they loose to the younger generation, or they have to “settle” with a position. RTG consultants will help you rediscover yourself by helping you identify the occupations that inspire passion in you, and then help you create an action plan that shows employers the vast skills and experiences that will be very valuable to the organization and help them grow, thrive, and train a new generation of successful professionals.
(Directors, Vice Presidents, Presidents, C-Suite, Owners)
Ask any executive and they will tell you they have a mentor or advisor, which means successful executives do not “go it alone.” RTG can connect you with consultants that can help you build your brand and your team, become the visionary that you need to be, understand the business environment you are in or want to be in, find new opportunities that fit your interests, and share ways to help others become successful.
Richard Glass – President
Today we are considered one of the most reputable and effective career consultation firms in the world.
Our clients become more self-aware, more confident, and more capable of identifying their own flaws and weaknesses. The result is that they often go on to be promoted, to hit aspirational milestones, and to become leaders themselves. If you’re ready to unlock your potential and reach your goals, contact our team for a no-obligation consultation.