Career Counseling / Career Coach

Services for career counseling are offered to assist the individual to make independent decisions regarding their career path and selection of employment. A job coach assists the individual to understand their own strengths & weaknesses through the interview process by working with the individual's strengths toward appropriate career choices. These services are offered independent of insurance or worker compensation referrals or requirements.

Career counseling services are intended to be short-term or limited, and are based on a self-initiated and self-directed approach. A job coach facilitates the individual to research, investigate, and explore work/training options within their abilities and financial resources. Community resources are used when the individual has financial limitations. A self-directed approach is encouraged whereby the individual performs most or all of the research necessary.

The following are some, but not all, of services able to be provided:

• Specialty counseling in career changes.
• Vocational information based on nearly 30 years of job/career counseling experience.
• Assistance with vocational exploration to assess career choices.
• Counseling to establish a self-directed work search or career search.
• Determination of work, skills, education and community/volunteer talents to develop resume.
• Help with assessing and resolving employment barriers; such as transportation, child care, youth activities, shift work, out-dated skills or experience, and financial resources.
• Provision of job search resources.
• Assistance in determine when a career change and training are necessary.
• Community resources.
• Obtaining skills without formal schooling.

These services are provided to individuals who desire individual counseling. These services may be utilized by individuals returning to the work force, such as in marriage dissolution or after child-rearing responsibilities. Professional consultation is available to individuals who are dissatisfied with their present job, and wish to embark on a new career path. It can incorporate Vocational Testing, Earning Capacity Evaluations, or Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling.