Presentation on behalf of CDAA for Reinvent Your Career Expo 2009 Why You Need a Career Counsellor

1. WHY DO I NEED A CAREER COUNSELLOR? Presenter Tony Wright The Career Clinic for Career Development Association of Australia

2. A Third of our Lives Spent at Work Yet we spend more time planning a holiday than choosing a career Fall into a job Gain experience and do more of the same Go on doing what we know and look for what we know when we move on You need a Career Counsellor to help you break the pattern The Career Clinic 2

3. Careers Often Happen By Chance I need a job, I need to earn money What can I do? What’s available? Who chooses? Family Peers Teacher A Career Counsellor will help YOU choose The Career Clinic 3

4. Is My Job Right for Me? However chosen, you may have a job The above question is often raised but seldom explored It can take the shock of retrenchment or other major event to make you think and REINVENT YOUR CAREER You use experts for your fitness, health, over finances, car repairs You also need an expert on careers, you need a Career Consultant The Career Clinic 4

5. A Career Consultant will help you Explore your dream Challenge why “I couldn’t”, find out “how I could” Objectively analysestrengths, skills and values Overcome limitations and clear false obstacles Move you from knowing what you want to getting it Develop strategies Market yourself effectively, through a compelling resume, in networking and interviewing The Career Clinic 5

6. The Job is/was Right but It’s changed It’s not what it was I’m not going anywhere I’m being overlooked It’s becoming too stressful I don’t get along I need a change The Career Clinic 6

7. A Career Consultant will help you Reconnect to your passion Increase your effectiveness Develop ways to manage change, stress or conflict Create a better work/life balance Establish richer and more enjoyable working relationships improve your profile and be recognized Plan moves up or out The Career Clinic 7

8. Expense or Investment ? Earnings at $50,000 pa for 20 years will return $1m Earnings at $100,000 pa for 20 years will return $2m Five sessions with a Career Consultant will cost less than $1000 You need a Career Consultant to help increase your financial returns and quality of life The Career Clinic 8

9. How long will you put your life on hold? Whether it’s a first job, changing jobs or changing your experience of your current job Will you wait till someone else makes the decision for you? Or will you be proactive and REINVENT YOUR CAREER You need a Career Counsellor to help you “Get the music out before you die”, Maslow The Career Clinic 9

10. Tony Wright The Career ClinicEdgecliff0417 447 242 www.freshperspectives.com.au CDAA, Career Development Association of Australia www.cdaa.org.au The Career Clinic 10