Career Coaching

Career Coaching2023-02-09T23:29:53+00:00

Career Coaching for professionals of all industries and experience levels.

JobStars USA delivers 1-on-1 Career Coaching providing job seekers with valuable knowledge and support for making a career change, preparing for interviews, and much more.

Career Coaching works best for motivated individuals that are ready to get serious about their career issues without going it alone. Partnering with a Career Coach offers emotional support, practical guidance, and a greater sense of accountability in doing the work necessary to achieve your goals.

Career Coaching - JobStars USA

Personalized Career Coaching

We offer a pair of Career Coaching programs called Mock Interview Prep and Making a Career Change as well as nonthematic A La Carte Sessions for support with a variety of career-related challenges like being fired, laid off, dealing with a difficult boss, and much more.

Mock Interview Prep

$495

Mock Interview Prep program involves practicing and refining your interviewing skills in a safe, non-judgmental environment.

  • 1 Intake Session (20 min)

  • 5 Full Sessions (30 min each)

  • 170 Total Minutes of 1-on-1 Coaching Time

  • 30 Days Post Program Correspondence

  • Guides, Exercises, and Worksheets

  • MP3 Session Recordings

Making a Career Change

$495

Making a Career Change program involves taking a step back, exploring your career options, and developing an action plan.

  • 1 Intake Session (20 min)

  • 3 Full Sessions (50 min each)

  • 170 Total Minutes of 1-on-1 Coaching Time

  • 30 Days Post Program Correspondence

  • Guides, Exercises, and Worksheets

  • MP3 Session Recordings

A La Carte Sessions

$150 – $595

A La Carte Sessions are nonthematic, flexible, and agile means 0f support and guidance for any career-related issues you’re facing.

  • 1 Intake Session (10 min)

  • 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Full Sessions (50 min each)

  • 30 Days Post Program Correspondence

  • Guides, Exercises, and Worksheets

  • MP3 Session Recordings

  • Rates: 1 Session = $150, 2 Sessions = $295 ($147.50 per), 3 Sessions = $395 ($131.67 per), 4 Sessions = $495 ($123.75 per), 5 Sessions = $595 ($119 per)

Career Coaching Process

Career Coaching requires effective information gathering and collaboration to position you for success in overcoming any obstacles.

The process begins with an online introductory questionnaire – followed by an intake consultation with your Career Coach. Generally recommended is a one-week interval between each session. This may go faster or slower, based on your needs and availability.

Career Coaching

JobStars USA is a certified administrator of the Keirsey™ Career Temperament.

This popular career assessment tool helps you better understand your own personality type. It includes advice on career options and insights on navigating the job market (based on your personality type). Likewise, this report uncovers facts about your personality and communication style which may be beneficial to improving your performance as an interviewer.

The Kerisey Career Temperament is included in both our Making a Career Change and Mock Interview Prep programs.

Keirsey Career Temperament Report

Virtual Client Portal in a Secure, Confidential Environment

JobStars Client Portal - Career Coaching

Our client portal is a secure digital platform for gathering information, sharing files, and collaboration.

  • Direct correspondence with your Career Coach.

  • Shared calendar with event reminders.

  • Downloadable worksheets, exercises, and guides.

Frequently Asked Questions

Our programs are optimal for motivated individuals that are ready to get serious about tackling their career-related issues and don’t want to do it alone. Partnering with a Career Coach offers emotional support, expert guidance, and a greater sense of accountability in doing the work necessary to execute on your objectives.

Many Career Coaching programs cost thousands of dollars and take many months to complete. Not ours! We intend to provide cost-effective programs that give you a jump start and confidence boost in achieving your goals.

The Keirsey™ Career Temperament ($95 value) is a popular career assessment tool which provides suggested career matches based on research surveys conducted across a wide spectrum of industry. This tool is well known for assisting career professionals, job seekers, and students in the career exploration process. The findings and takeaways are helpful for aligning career choices with your innate strengths and preferences.

It also offers tips on communication and interpersonal skills, based on individual personality type. This information is useful for refining and improving your performance during job interviews. By understanding your own personality type, you possess the knowledge to convince the interviewer why you’re best suited for the open role.

This is included in our Making a Career Change and Mock Interview Prep programs.

Here is a sample completed Keirsey Career Temperament Report.

We’re pleased to feature George Dutch as Lead Career Coach.

George Dutch - Career Coach

Lead Career Coach

George is a Certified Career Coach with extensive experience helping job seekers of all industries and experience levels. As a Global Career & Transition Coach he’s a wizard in interview preparation, career change, job search, networking, and related subject matter in career services.

Credentials:

  • Master of Arts (MA) in Integrated Studies – Careers & Culture (2016)
  • Certified Coach via National Career Development Association (NCDA)
  • Certified Career Development Professional (CCDP) via Certification Board of Ontario

Post Program Correspondence allows you to keep the conversation going with your Career Coach for 30 days after your final session concludes. This keeps you in touch with your Career Coach for help with questions or issues you run into.

Please allow 1 business day turnaround time for each round of replies.

Coaching sessions are conducted on a recorded, confidential phone line. You receive MP3 recordings of each coaching session allowing you to listen back and reflect on the conversation. We also sometimes incorporate the use of Zoom video conferencing.

Between sessions you have direct contact with your Career Coach to send messages via written correspondence within the dedicated client portal.

By participating in Career Coaching you have full access to our entire library of exercises, guides, and worksheets which are available for download in the client portal. Between sessions, you may be assigned voluntary “homework” which involves doing exercises, worksheets, and external research to spur along your objectives.

Career Discovery Worksheets & Exercises

  • Career Discovery Pondering Questions
  • Career Values Identification Workbook
  • Researching Occupations Exercise

Goal Setting Worksheets & Exercises

  • 3 Month Vision Worksheet
  • Annual Goal Setting Worksheet
  • Rocking Chair Life Visioning Exercise
  • SMART Goal Setting Exercise
  • Understanding The Why of Your Goals
  • Wacky Wild Goal Brainstorming

Job Search Worksheets & Exercises

  • Company Target List Worksheet
  • Job Search Fundamentals Checklist
  • Job Search Tracker (excel)
  • Monthly Goals Worksheet
  • Requesting an Informational Interview

Self Improvement Worksheets & Exercises

  • Boost Your Strengths Exercise
  • Weakness Zapper

Self Reflection Worksheets & Exercises

  • 360 Feedback Exercise
  • Find Your Hidden Treasure
  • Get Perspective Worksheet
  • Job Focus Grid
  • Personal SWOT Exercise
  • Sample Values List
  • Top 10 Cognitive Distortions

Interviewing Worksheets & Exercises

  • Elevator Pitch
  • Interview Cheat Sheet
  • Interview Recap Worksheet
  • Interview Script

Job Search Guides

  • Guide to Applicant Tracking Systems
  • Guide to Behavioral Interviewing
  • Guide to Cover Letters
  • Guide to Facing Unemployment
  • Guide to Networking
  • Guide to Professional References
  • Guide to Quitting Your Job
  • Guide to Salary Negotiation
  • Guide to Working With Recruiters

Generally recommended is a one or two-week interval between each session. This timeline may be faster or slower, based on your personal preferences and availability.

Yes. Night and weekend sessions are available upon request and mutual availability.

You may purchase up to five additional A La Carte Sessions for extra time with your Career Coach after your program ends.

Customer Privacy

We are committed to safeguarding your personally identifiable information throughout the Career Coaching process.

Customer Privacy

We are committed to safeguarding your personally identifiable information throughout the Career Coaching process.

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