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Seeking career coaching early can shorten your job search

elean
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SINGAPORE - A Workforce Singapore career coach says: Career coaching is a multi-step process that involves a series of sessions to help you understand your needs and chart your journey towards achieving your career goals. A coach can help you spot gaps in your skills or job search techniques, as well as challenges you may be facing, such as emotional barriers, limited networks or a lack of confidence about adapting to new work conditions. The process will help you to identify and connect your values, interests, personality and skills, and find jobs that can bring you career fulfilment. It also guides you in planning for career transitions in this ever-changing economy. By reaching out earlier in your job search, you can kick-start this process sooner and possibly shorten your job search. It does not matter which career stage you are in. Job seekers who approach Careers Connect or any of Workforce Singapore's 31 touchpoints around the island are from all walks of life and in different phases of their career - fresh graduates, mid-career switchers, those who were retrenched or are at risk of being retrenched and those who are employed but want to plan their career further. The job se...

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Me & My Career: Helping job seekers find careers that bring out their best

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8 minutes

SINGAPORE -Career coach Elaine Ng found that most of the people seeking help when she started out in her field in 2012 were rank-and-file workers needing a new job, fast. Her main focus was to source for suitable positions and help them prepare for interviews. There has been a sea change since then, with more professionals, managers, executives and technicians coming for coaching amid the more volatile and dynamic job market. Ms Ng, 41, says better education and wider exposure to world developments mean job seekers now have more sophisticated employment needs. "Clients don't just seek jobs; they seek careers that will leverage effectively their values, interests, personality and skills to bring out the best in their potential," she says. "We have to ensure that we are equipped with the right competencies and skill sets to support our client's career direction, personal development and progress." Her job at statutory board Workforce Singapore (WSG), which offers free career services for locals, involves using tools such as behavioural and interest assessments to provide clients with ideas and processes to help them with their career direction. One of the key challenges she sees toda...