Career Coaching and Mentoring Reinvention

Cosmic Coaching Centre
Corporate & Individual Career Solutions for Mid-Level Professionals & Executives
http://cosmiccoachingcentre.com
1-866-486-4112
781 Spadina Road, Suite B
Toronto, Ontario M5P 2X5


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How Career Coaching
May Help You
Reinvent Yourself for
a New Career
It is easy to believe that having a profitable and
satisfying job are vital components for having a
prosperous and enjoyable lifestyle. If you don’t think
that your career is boring and not satisfying at all, it’s
time that you consider working with a career
coaching professional who will help you decide what
you have to do with your career. Indeed, pursuing a
different career pathway is an intimidating process. It
also takes a lot of courage, endurance, and patience
on your part to pull off a successful career change.
Thus, it is important that you learn how to reinvent
yourself so you can get yourself a lot of new job and
career opportunities.

Practical
Steps
If you have
decided to take
on changes in
your life, make
sure that you’re
not engaging in
too many things
too soon because this could make you feel
overwhelmed. You should start with a simple task,
such as doing research on the industry you care
interested in to know what’s out there.

Learn More
As you attempt to pursue a new career, you have to
be willing to further your education. This won’t be
very hard to do as there are a lot of community
colleges out there that offer inexpensive classes on
various subjects. In most cases, the classes are held
just once or twice every week, just after work hours.


You may even enroll in some online courses related
to the new job you are looking to get.

Become an Intern or Volunteer
If you have no previous experience in the field you
are about to enter, the best way you can gain
exposure is to apply as an intern or volunteer in a
related job. By taking internship or volunteer
positions, you will be able to establish your own
network, connections, and of course your reputation.

Be a Consultant
A good step for preparing yourself for a new career
pathway is to be a part time consultant. As a matter
of fact, this method is also recommended in career
coaching sessions. By doing this, you will have an
opportunity to start in your chosen field without
actually the need to do it full time. You just need to
start by getting one client, who could be a relative or
friend of yours. This way, you will have a feel of what
you need to learn more about the field you are
looking to pursue. You may then ask for feedback
from your client, so you will be aware of the things
you need to improve on.

Ways to Find a
Business Mentoring
Expert
A mentor is someone who has extensive experience
in life or in business, which he then uses to help an
aspiring entrepreneur to discover and enhance their
skills and abilities. A business mentor can be a huge
advantage to any businessman in various scenarios.
Through business mentoring, a mentee can receive
valuable pointers that will guide him in strengthening
his network and take advantage of even the smallest
opportunities out there. But first of all, you have to
know the right time to get a business mentor and
what you should look for in your agreement.

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How and Where to Find a Mentor
•
Start with friends and family. The best place
to start when looking for a mentor is your home. You
could also talk to your friends, colleagues, and
anyone whom you know you can trust and just ask
for their opinion on your plans perhaps. Those
people close to you are the ones who know you well,
which means they could somehow visualize how you
would do in the business you are planning to start.

That You Should Also
Do
Professionals and even ordinary workers have a lot
to think about when they begin their search for a job,
and one of them is how to write a compelling resume.
A huge factor for this is the fact that the way or style

•
Search within your own network. If there is
nobody in your family or amongst your friends that
can serve as your mentor, you may start looking into
your network. There are many places or events
where you could possibly find the right individual for
you. You may find one in a trade show, or a
conference. Keep in mind that finding a business
mentor doesn’t happen overnight. Keep searching
and don’t be in a hurry in doing so to make sure that
you will get the most appropriate mentor for you.
•
Consider working with a complete stranger. If
you have tried asking the people you know who you
can get as a mentor, but haven’t had any success yet,
you should start choosing among the business
mentors you can see online. First, make sure that you
read your prospective mentor’s profile and career
background. This one is easy to do in the internet
because of the numerous mentoring programs
offered by various agencies and individuals. You may
ask a couple of them to have a brief interview over
the phone perhaps so you can have an idea about
your potential mentor.
As you start your search for a business mentor, it
actually becomes like making all the necessary
preparations for a prosperous business. Through the
help of a mentor and effective business mentoring
program, there is no doubt that you will be on your
way to becoming a success in the field of
entrepreneurship.

What an Expert
Resume Writer Does

of writing an effective resume changes frequently.
Thus, you cannot just repeatedly use your old resume
as you apply to several positions in different
companies. You may even seek help from a
professional resume writer who is current in terms of
how resumes should be crafted. If you decide to make
your own CV anyway, here are some pointers you
may want to follow.

Dos and Don’ts of Effective Resume
Writing
Do make your resume relevant.
See to it that your resume is tailored to the
requirements of the particular position you are
applying for. You can do this by putting emphasis on
your experience and skills that are relevant to what
the employer needs from an applicant. Do not fill
your resume with your traits that have nothing to do
with the job you are applying for.

Don’t forget to have a strong start.
In order to catch the attention and interest of the
reader, you should star your resume by writing in

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detail your qualifications. It is important that you use
a clear description of who you are as a professional
and what you can contribute to the company. This
will help make your resume stand out when the
hiring manager starts to scan a number of other
resumes.

Do use only the right words.
Many companies are now electronically looking
through resumes to segregate appropriate resumes
from the others. It is vital that yours contain the
proper keywords to make sure it gets selected. What
you should do is put the exact words or phrases you
find in the job description. This can increase the
chances of your resume getting picked especially
during the crucial initial stages of the screening.

Although what’s traditionally ideal is to submit onepage resumes, managers are now more than willing
to know more about the applicants. They spend more
time in scanning these documents so that they could
decide who among the applicants will be suitable for
the position based on their educational background
and other experiences.

Do proofread your resume.
Even an expert resume writer could make certain
typo errors in their work. But resume developers see
to it that they check and review their documents
before they release them. Even a single spelling
mistake could give a negative impression to the
manager, and this is the last thing you would want to
happen.

Don’t try to limit your resume to just one
page.


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