| These days there are seemingly more and more | | | | One career coaching qualification is that the coach be |
| people who are becoming interested to know more | | | | formally trained in working with individuals in honing their |
| about career coaching as a profession. A career | | | | skills to best maximize their goals. They need to help |
| coach is someone who will evaluate your personal | | | | the individual create an effective resume, maximize |
| skills, desire to work, education level and your wants | | | | their strengths, minimize their weaknesses and learn to |
| and needs. | | | | perform effective job interviews with prospective |
| With all this in mind, the career coach will help to send | | | | employees. |
| you in the right direction towards school or | | | | Having a degree in regular coaching is not a career |
| employment that will fulfill your goals. No anyone can | | | | coaching qualification; however, your skills may be |
| suddenly decide to become a career coach. There | | | | transferable to your current training. Check with the |
| are different career coaching qualification steps that | | | | individual institute where you are planning to get your |
| you must meet. | | | | career coaching training. |
| There are certain myths about the career coaching | | | | Completion of the training, possible seminars and |
| qualification regarding college education as well as | | | | tutorials are a career coaching qualification. Many |
| other aspects of career coaching. You do not need to | | | | individuals that have been accredited career |
| have any specific type of education (such as a | | | | counselors feel that they are automatically a career |
| masters or bachelor's degree) to become a career | | | | coach, if that's what they desire. |
| coach. | | | | This is not the case at all. |
| However, some individuals still go to some sort of | | | | There is special training for a career coach. While a |
| college, tech school or training program. This may give | | | | degree is not a career coaching qualification, some |
| you more of an insight into coaching, but it is not a | | | | training is a necessity before you can become a |
| career coaching qualification or requirement. It is | | | | career coach. You need to be wholly educated to |
| important to not confuse career coaching with career | | | | know how to guide your new clients in the right |
| counseling. Career counselors do need additional | | | | direction. |
| education, career coaches do not. | | | | Each company that provides career coaching is |
| In the United States, there may be certain regulations | | | | different, so check with your state regulations as well |
| to be met and followed, but each state is different, so | | | | as the institute you plan to enroll in. You will soon be on |
| check the locale where you are currently residing. | | | | your way to being the best career coach you can be. |