The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Short training courses

Content of Career Coaching

DAY 1

Introductions and objectives
Introduction to career coaching model and principles
Key skills in the career coaching process: –

  • contracting
  • active listening
  • paraphrasing
  • questioning

Tools for career coaching: -

  • personality questionnaires
  • interest and values inventories
  • decision-making
  • practice sessions

Common issues in career coaching: - 

  • managing careers in organisation
  • redundancy and jobsearch skills
  • referral and ethics
  • time management
  • self-development exercises
  • overnight ‘my career’ exercise (optional).

DAY 2


Review of previous day’s learning
Results of exercises
More key skills in career coaching: - 

  • reflecting
  • summarising
  • challenging

Frameworks for helping the client and coach: -

  • transition theory
  • lifespan development
  • skills analysis and values

Practice sessions
Review of learning

Action planning