Exploring your Career Ideas

Getting the groundwork right

Many people fall into jobs in an unplanned way. They just take the first thing that comes along and then find themselves feeling stuck and dissatisfied a few years down the line.

I can help you to take a step back and work out what you really want.

Career planning is useful at many different stages in your working life

• Are you at the beginning of your career, wondering what on earth you should do?


• Maybe you’re a few years down the line, feeling that you have ended up in a job that is not quite right for you but you can’t work out what else you could do.


• Or are you here because you are at your wits end in a job that is really stressing you out. You just know that you have got to make a change sooner rather than later – but what?


• Perhaps you are facing redundancy? This is not always a disaster. It can offer you a great chance to do a radical rethink.


• You may be moving towards retirement and just want to explore what options are open to you at this point so that you do not completely lose touch with the world of work.

Wherever you are, taking some time to explore career ideas in a variety of ways can help you move forwards with renewed confidence and commitment.

So what’s involved?

Who am I? What makes me tick? What are my key values in work and in life? What am I good at? What is my underlying personal style and how does that impact on the kind of work that will be right for me? Where do my interests really lie?

My work so far. What jobs have I done already? What worked for me and what didn’t? What can I learn about my own priorities from my work experience to date? What are the achievements I am most proud of – both at work and in my life?

What do I really want? What are my priorities in life? What am I passionate about? What do I want to look back on when I retire? What would my ideal work look like? And my ideal life!

What is available to me? What career ideas could I consider? What job opportunities are worth exploring? How will I research these? Who can help me to find out more?

How do I make my career choice? How do I weigh up the pros and cons of the various options?

In all of this, I’ll help you to explore widely, to think outside the box and consider options which you might initially disregard. I’ll get you to a point where you are ready to take action with a clear sense of purpose about your new career ideas.

Ready to get started? Just get in touch!