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Counseling & Consultation
Ever
think about how much time of your life is spent working?
A quick analysis may reveal that you spend more time
working than doing anything else in life. Given this
fact, isn't it important that you spend that time doing
something that provides you a sense of fulfillment,
purpose and happiness?
The
more you are passionate and satisfied with your work
and career the more you will accomplish, earn and achieve.
Working in a career or job that is unfulfilling and
unsatisfactory can have a negative impact on job performance
and prevent career achievement and growth in earnings.
Studies have also shown a link between career dissatisfaction
and long-term personal and health problems.
At
the Career Success Group we believe in helping you find
success in your career, work and life. Depending on
your career related needs you may want to consider our
Career Success Counseling to learn more about yourself
and how to carry out decisions and plans that relate
to your life and future career direction.
Our
Career Success Counseling follows and exceeds the guidelines
set by the National Career Development Association (NCDA)
and the American Counseling Association (ACA).
Our
Career Success Counseling and Consultations can assist
you to:
1.Self-Assesss
& Career Exploration: Learn more about yourself
and various careers:
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Gain awareness and knowledge of self by assessing
your interests, abilities/ transferable skills,
values, and personality as they relate to career
choices.
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Explore your life, sense of meaning, and contributions
to society as it relates to your career.
- Administer
and interpret a career self assessment if necessary.
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Assist you in exploring various career options that
match your passions, interests, skills, education/training,
experience and qualifications.
- Assist
you in evaluating your skills, competencies, strengths,
abilities, knowledge, and education to determine
your current marketability. Assist you in analyzing
your weaknesses to determine what areas need improvement
to increase your marketability.
2.
Decision-Making and Career Planning:
- Learn
decision-making styles and strategies applied to
your career decision-making.
- Assist
you in clarifying and setting realistic and achievable
goals and determining your priorities.
- Assist
you in developing and implementing a Career Success
Strategy and Action Plan that will help you succeed
in achieving your career goals.
- Assist
you to develop coping skills to manage anxiety,
deal with rejections, disappointments, grieving
issues, lacking of confidence, stress, and/or depression
associated with career choices, among others.
3. Conduct a successful job search
- Assist
you in conducting a successful and targeted job
search.
- Assist
you in the development of targeted interview winning
resumes, vitas, and job search and networking letters.
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Assist you in developing a Career Success Portfolio.
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Assist you in interview preparation in order to
win the job.
- Conduct
mock interviews to determine your strengths and
areas of growth.
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Assist you in securing informational interviews
to explore opportunities in various careers and
organizations.
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Assist you in identifying and initiating contact
with potential employers.
- Assist
you in creating and implementing a successful networking
strategy. Assist in building network systems and
job shadowing experiences as appropriate.
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Identify and provide guidance on how to respond
to job ads in a effective and timely manner.
- Assist
you in identifying and actively participating in
job/internship/career fairs. Teach and provide you
guidance on developing and utilizing a Career Success
Strategy to achieve results at the career fairs.
- Assist
and provide you support in the evaluation and selection
among job or internship offers.
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Teach you interviewing etiquette and specific skills
you can use to effectively communicate with and
impress potential employers.
- Assist
you in the creation and maintenance of your career
professional image that will help you succeed.
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Increase your confidence and commitment to conducting
a successful at targeted job search process.
- Teach,
assist, and provide support to you in negotiating
salary and acquiring the salary and benefit packages
you want.
4.
Effectively overcome career challenges and transition
issues:
- Develop
strategies to handle work functions and/or self-employment.
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Create a plan to assist you in becoming marketable
and remaining competitive.
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Develop strategies to assist you with dealing with
predictable and unpredictable aspects of work life,
such as personality conflicts, challenging situations,
unemployment, underemployment, layoffs, and reentering
the job market, and retirement, among others.
5.
Evaluate educational and occupational information:
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Assist you in identifying various educational, training,
and career related resources and programs to help
you achieve your career goals, wants and needs.
- Gather,
summarize, and process information about occupations
as they relate to nature of work, working conditions,
job market, world and US job trends, employment
outlook, earnings and salary, educational/academic
training, and related occupations for you.
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Gather, summarize, and process information about
academic options and college requirements for you.
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Work with you to generate career options and alternative
plans.
6.
Assist in identifying and applying to college/universities,
graduate or professional schools or training programs
based on achieving goals and wants establishing in your
Career Success Strategy:
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Identify programs that match your interests and goals.
- Provide
you guidance in obtaining letters of recommendations.
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Assist you in developing a successful application
including personal statements/biographical essays.
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Assist you in identifying and preparing for appropriate
admissions tests.
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Conduct mock interviews with you to help you prepare.
- Assist
you in finding financial aid.
- Work
with you to develop a plan B in case of not being
accepted.
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Assist you in doing everything possible to ensure
you feel confident about the graduate school/professional
application process.
7.
Ensure Fairness
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Assist
you in dealing with disability issues and the workplace
and receiving reasonable accommodations.
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Ensure
you are treated fairly during the hiring and employment
process and advising you on equal employment opportunities
(EEO) guidelines and appropriate actions if necessary.
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Assist
you in identifying culturally sensitive employers.
We
offer 1 Hour Career Success Counseling Sessions &
Consultations or 30 Minute Consultations to answer quick
questions.
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ONLINE
QUESTIONS:
If
you have any questions we would be happy to answer them.
Please email us at csg@diversagroup.com
or call us at 1-877-254-0717.
We
look forward to helping you succeed!
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