One-on-One Coaching

Why career coaching? The new world of work is competitive, more so now than ever before. It is often confusing, isolating and exhausting.

Having a career coach to guide you

• Provides you with a safe, unbiased sounding board
• Helps you stay focused on what is really important
• Keeps you accountable to yourself and your career goals

Together, we focus on identifying and exploring career options, identifying your areas of expertise, and developing and implementing an actionable plan that takes you where you want to go.

Common areas of focus include:

• Assessment of career direction and target job
• Creation of a powerful accomplishment-based résumé
• Review and assessment of online visibility
• Development of a successful job search/career strategy
• Preparation for networking meetings
• Interview coaching and follow up strategy
• Preparation for a performance appraisal or promotion opportunity
• Development of job search marketing materials
• Evaluation of job offers and salary negotiation

Start today with a Career Action Planning Session

In one focused Career Action Planning session we can get to the heart of any career issue and make a plan to solve it. Includes:

• A two-hour session with a Professional Career Coach
• A written action plan that identifies
  1. What Is Working
  2. What Needs Attention, and
  3. Next Steps to Take
• A discussion of  the written action plan

Click here to schedule your Career Action Planning session or call 831.657.9151

Follow up with one of these one-on-one coaching packages

Interview Preparation Package
This package includes two hours of pre-interview practice, suggestions for handling tough interview questions, help responding to illegal and trick questions and a 30-minute after- interview debrief with recommendations for follow up. It also includes a set of the Acing the Interview cards which you can continue to use to hone your interview skills after the coaching session.

Resume Development Package
In today’s competitive job market you can’t afford a ho-hum résumé. You need to engage hiring managers immediately with a compelling marketing tool that impels them to pick up the phone. A well-written résumé includes ample evidence of past successes and future potential. It highlights your unique expertise and sets you apart from the competition. The Résumé Development Package includes:
 6 hours of one-on-one coaching
 Identification of key skills and areas of expertise
 Development of relevant accomplishments
 Finished accomplishment-focused résumé
 Blank letterhead that matches résumé (for use with cover letters and thank you notes)
 Email on an ongoing basis Monday-Friday; response time within 24 hours
 A safe and confidential coaching relationship

Jump Start Your Job Search Package
Whether you've been right-sized, downsized, underutilized or just plain fired, looking for work is a life-changing experience that rocks your world. Get the edge you need to be successful in today’s competitive job market: make the most of your education, enjoy a rewarding career, and earn a competitive salary. The Jumpstart Your Job Search Package includes:

 10 hours of one-on-one coaching
 Strengths-finder assessment
 Assistance with résumé preparation and cover letter development
 Guidance and support regarding job targets
 Help preparing and practicing for and strategizing about interviews
 Practical tools including networking brief, reference sales sheet, worksheets and templates
 Innovative strategies for finding a job in a tight economy
 Recommendations for improving online social media presence
 Email on an ongoing basis Monday-Friday; response time within 24 hours
 A safe and confidential coaching relationship, and much, much more!

Graduation Success Package
Help your new graduate get the edge he/she needs to be successful in today's competitive job market.The Graduation Success Packaage includes everything in the Jump Start Your Job Search Package but geared toward today's young professional.

Career Transition Package
Making a job or career change is rarely easy. Let Mary Jeanne Vincent, career expert & strategist help you reframe your background, rediscover your expertise, and reclaim your career. The 90-day Career Transition Package includes:
 20 hours of one-on-one coaching
 Accomplishment-based résumé, networking brief, and marketing letters
 Recommendation sales tool and marketing letters
 Strengths-finder assessment
 Clear and actionable insights, ideas, and strategies for finding a job in a tight economy
 Assistance with defining and identifying ideal organizations/target audience
 Actionable ideas for meeting job search challenges
 Interview strategy and preparation
 Negotiation coaching
 A safe and confidential coaching relationship, plus much more!

Professional Coaching Package
As a manager, senior executive or other professional you have achieved a certain degree of success. You understand the value of working with someone who can help you navigate the new world of work.

Mary Jeanne is just the person who can help you make the successful transition you seek. With over 15 years of experience, she will help you reframe your background, rediscover your expertise and reclaim your career! The Professional Coaching Package is a 6-month program. It includes everything in the Career Transition Package and more:

• 6 months unlimited one-on-one coaching
• Accomplishment-based résumé
• Recommendation sales tool
• 15-second commercial
• Business card
• Networking Brief
• Linkedin Profile
• Branded bio
• Marketing letters and leave-behind

Gain actionable insights, ideas and suggestions, benefit from ongoing career strategizing, profit from a safe and confidential coaching relationship.