The lifelong learner who didn’t want to settle for just another job

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I see much better now how my five Clifton strengths tied together and the ones that I had felt were really not that much of a big deal, I can see better how they are innovative to me as a person and to my strengths and where they come from. And that was a kind of a new thing.

What I love is new situations and learning, and I actually actively look for opportunities to push myself out of my comfort zone. So, and if I look back at past roles, I would tend to have to go back to go to the land and to run a major program that had been failing. And I didn’t know a lot of the nitty gritty, the detail of all the different projects, but I had the organizational skills, I wanted to learn about the different projects. I wasn’t fazed by the fact that I didn’t know any of that detail. So I had the challenge of learning and the environment initially and also the challenge of language as I learn to. And that satisfied my learning.

From Working In Oil And Gas Operations On The North Slope of Alaska, To A Meaningful Career As An Entrepreneur Career Coach.

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The hardest part was getting overfitting myself into a job board. Because after about a decade of following job boards and what careers were trending in on the uprise, you really get in this holding pattern of not acknowledging what you want.

It was you and your podcast and your CCB program. So, more background, I went through your CCB program a year ago. But, I finished it less than a year ago. And some of the tools are you have us design this ideal career profile. And so, you make us acknowledge all of these different aspects and put it together in one sheet. And so, it really visually lays it out that you can combine them.

The Analytics Leader who turned down a job to get what she really wanted

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My favorite part of the career change boot camp was actually having some of those conversations and getting feedback and positive feedback about strengths. And to me that was key, because in that moment, I realized that my network not only is a great for finding the next role, it also is helpful to… they help you remind you who you are and who you will be in your next role, even if the current circumstances are not ideal.

The receptionist who realized that she could do so much more!

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I took your advice and I talked to my boss, telling him how I wasn’t enjoying work, wasn’t challenged enough etc. And it could not have gone better! He has actually recommended me for a job as a sales rep for one of our suppliers, that is a more challenging, involved position. He realizes that the position I am in now at his company does not have longevity and room for me to continuously grow. And now I have a job interview with that company!

The Community College mentor who wanted to get paid more

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Thank you for guiding me through the negotiation process of asking for a raise. Even in this economy you convinced me to follow through. I also appreciate your thoughts on what I should include in my portfolio; it made the difference in the value added that I was able to present to my supervisor.

The Tasmanian muncipal worker who went from “unsure” to an offer fit for her strengths and talents

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I’ve been offered the job!

It was great having the opportunity to speak with you prior to my interview. It enabled me to highlight my strengths as part of the conversation and I was able to be clear about my enthusiasm for opportunities to be proactive versus reactive. I also highlighted my desire to provide positive individual experiences.

Our discussion not only assisted me in the interview but it also helped to increase my confidence!

The Research Analyst who didn’t want to go back to school (unless he was sure about what he wanted!)

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That’s one of the things I learned about in CCB is just the importance of, where are you coming from? Are you more trying to escape from or are you going to, but before that all before CCB, I was thinking very much in terms of I want to escape from. OR

Starting with career change boot camp, I think one of the big things that realized is that you can’t think your way there. You’ve got to kind of get out of yourself and, you know, go out and take action. And that definitely came through in terms of the experiments and just kind of the action steps are part of a career change boot camp.

The laid off corporate lawyer who wanted a role that would grow along with him

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It was extremely valuable for me, for a lot of reasons!

Just getting ready to make a shift to some sort of understanding what my strengths are, and just really how to bring those to the table and bring those to the forefront in my work and find work situations that are satisfying that hit on those strengths.

I owe that largely to our coaching sessions!

From work-stress induced blindness to a new role as an HR consultant

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A lot of people are probably in the same place that I was in, that you were in. It’s normal, almost, or it’s very common. And just because it feels normal, or it feels common doesn’t mean that you have to continue going down that same path.

I’m very thankful for the opportunity that I had to get to work with, you know, a career coach to help really assist me in that thought process and get me to where I am now essentially, because I don’t think I would be here without HTYC. Even my spouse mentioned that, “you wouldn’t be where you are now without the guidance that you’ve received.”

So honestly, both of us are thankful for it.