CCC Events

For Coaches and Counselors who work with employees in organizations.

Workshop Content:

• The Composition and Configuration of Jobs, and Career Paths in The 21st Century
• The Importance and Impact of Emotions on Job and Career Transitions
• Career Assessment Tools:

  • Prioritizing Career Values

  • Identifying Transferable Skills

  • Identifying and Understanding Motivation

  • Understanding Work and Management Style

  • Assessing Career Interests

  • Organizing Assessment Results

• Job and Career Exploration

  • How to Use Libraries and The Internet

  • Field Research Rather Than Information Interviews

  • Building a Personal Network

  • Using Networking to Obtain Referrals and Interviews • Rewarding Your Contacts

• How to Focus on an Immediate Job Objective or a Long-Term Career Goal

  • Matching Skills and Motivation With Tasks

  • Matching Styles with Managers and Peers

  • Matching Career Values with Organizational Values • Hands-on Practice in Goal Setting

• Building and Managing a Job Development Plan or a Career Strategy Plan

  • Hands-On Practice of Coaching Techniques

  • The Coach as ASSESSOR

  • Assessing Attributes and Giving Objective Feedback

  • The Coach as INFORMATION PROVIDER

  • How to Provide Information on Options and Barriers

  • The Coach as REFERRAL AGENT

  • Understanding How and When to Refer Clients Out

  • The Coach as GUIDE

  • How to Guide Clients Without Directing Them

  • The Coach as TUTOR

  • Techniques for Coaching to Obtain Client Movement

• Techniques to Get Both Job Search and Career Planning Clients Unstuck

• Introduction to Job Search Techniques

  • Networking Techniques

  • Resumes

  • Interviews

  • Salary Negotiation Techniques

Workshop Leader: Richard Knowdell, MS, NCC, NCCC, CCMF, GCDFI is the President of Career Research & Testing, Inc., author of six books, including Building a Career Development Program: Nine Steps for Effective Implementation. Knowdell has taught at the University of California, San Diego and at San Jose State University. In 1995, President Clinton appointed him to the Board of Examiners of the United States Foreign Service. He has developed four popular career assessment instruments that have been translated into nine languages. He is a past president of the California Career Development Association (CACD) and the Silicon Valley Chapter of ACP International.

Knowdell established a private career counseling and consulting practice in 1971 and trained and supervised the counseling staff. In the 1980s he founded an Executive Outplacement Firm that provided services for 51 Silicon Valley firms. In the 1990s he served as an executive coach at several Silicon Valley firms. He established one of the first successful Employee Career Development Programs at a national research and development laboratory. He has served as a consultant on employee career development to numerous Fortune 500 organizations and delivered presentations at human resource conferences in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North America. He taught courses on employee career development to human resource managers at San Jose State University and career assessment techniques to professional career counselors at the University of California-San Diego. Over 500,000 of Knowdell’s career assessment card sort instruments have been sold and are used extensively with adults in university, social service, business, outplacement and private practice settings. He has served as an expert witness on employment issues in family law, personal injury, medical malpractice and wrongful termination cases in California Superior Courts and in Federal Court.

This 3 day face to face certification workshop runs from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm each day. Please plan to arrive 15 minutes early on day one for registration procedures. Dress is casual. Lunches and refreshment breaks will be included in your registration fee. Eligible for 21 continuing education hours.

Registration: Limited to 24 participants. $775 workshop fee. CCC Members receive 25% off! Just mention your membership when registering for this event.

Location: Hyatt House, Waltham, MA

For more information and to register: http://www.careernetwork.org/career_workshops.html