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Career counselling in Wellington

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Are you needing to change careers  or are you looking for a  totally different career? Are you looking at your choices for work or looking at what to study for a career? I will work with you to look at choices, taking your interests and skills into account.

I assist you to discover and clarify your Life/Work Values, Career Motivators, Fields of Work and Competencies

Career Intelligence:
Through an in depth interview and assessment online,  I will work with you to identify where you would like your career to develop next. 
You are likely a mature worker, or someone returning to work after a break and need clarification of your direction now. 
The Career Intelligence  assessment will clarify your new directions.

CareerSmart:
Finding a career path can be difficult, especially if you are a school leaver without a great deal of experience of the world of work. 
A Career Counsellor can assist you to identify your strengths and skills and use them for a career that makes it enjoyable to go to work everyday.
 These are some of the challenges.
The first stage is understanding yourself and what you value.
Followed by an evaluation of your skills, personality and what you have to offer.
Then the options of what is available for training and finally making that choice that feels exciting and part of who you are.

The CareerSmart assessment assists you with career development and the decisions your making in Secondary School Years 11-13 or University.

Thinking of leaving School?
Take a CareerSmart assessment to assist you with your decisions on your future.

SPECIAL AVAILABLE on CareerSmart for School holidays.
5 October until 12 October.

Recommendations

When leaving school or university your next options are not always obvious. 
Discussion on options and directions can assists people to clarify what motivates them next. 
Covid has created confusion for some and fear in others about their original direction. For other it has clarified what they what next.
Original University choices  may have been for interest only, and did not have a career path that was evident.

At CareerWise I enjoy working with students on this junction in life, which is clear to many,  but not everyone.

Here is a recent comment from a student who accessed  CareerWise in 2022.

"After finishing university I was confused as to where I wanted to go next. Catherine at CareerWise helped me figure out what I enjoy, and where that could lead me. There are so many options that I had no idea about. Now I have the contacts and knowledge to confidently move forward in my Career" , Graduate.


Assessments available at CareerWise

Career Intelligence Assessment and Coaching

Assessment available for online
Recommended fo r Mature workers changing roles or returning to the workforce.

The Career Intelligence assessment is an online assessment developed in New Zealand, that provides you with a summary report. It identifies what matters to you and what motivates you. 
The insights gained will confirm and strengthen what you may have lost touch with along your own career journey.
The assessment will update you on how you relate to your work and what you offer now.
Your report provides rich information for you and your coach to work with and set goals and objectives for career sustainability and professional development. It will help you create the change you want in your working life.

The assessment has six section that cover the following:
  • Life Values - What matters to you in life
  • Work Values - What matters to you in life
  • Career Motivators - what motivates you
  • Fields of Work - fields/industries of work that interest you
  • Functions/Skills that you want to utilise and grow in
  • Work Competencies - the competencies or aptitudes you bring to a workplace
Career Intelligence Licensed Coach



CareerSmart


Assessment available for online


Recommended for Secondary School Years 11-13 and University students.


A new online assessment combined with coaching is a useful start to exploring ideas for your future work; and knowing how your background can influence your contribution will help you to learn and grow in the future.

We know that making study, career and work options is hard, at the best of times, however this assessment should help the process of making these choices easier for you.


The process when taking this assessment will look like this:


  • Your background
  • Things that are important to you
  • Your Career Motivation
  • Your Career Interests
  • The strengths you bring to your career development
Career Smart



Self Directed Search Assessment:

The Self Directed Search assessment is popular in other countries like Canada where many Career Practitioners use this tool, it is popular with people of all ages and stages of career. I have used this tool with students at Secondary Schools, and Mature Career Changers.


The Self-Directed Search® (SDS®) is a career interest inventory that asks questions about your aspirations, activities, skills, and interests in different jobs. From the responses, the SDS produces your personal three-letter Summary Code, which you can use to find occupations and fields of study that match well with your personality.


The SDS is based on John Holland’s theory that both people and working environments can be classified according to six basic types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. These personality types are known together as RIASEC.


More than 35 million people worldwide have used the SDS to discover the careers and fields of study that are likely to satisfy them.

The SDS is a standardised assessment, and is distributed by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

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Wellington Region
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