Center for Career Management

Discover Your Direction. The Center for Career Management offers results-oriented processes designed to empower you to be more successful in today's challenging job market and economic climate. Our career management services will help you discover your passion and your direction! All services are individually customized and delivered by a credentialed career coach.

Resume Preparation and Letter of Introduction - How Do I Sell Myself?

Are you one of hundreds of individuals who have not written a resume for a number of years or who want to "polish" a more recently written resume? Your career coach will prepare, edit and manage your resume so that it meets the highest quality standards. This package includes three face-to-face interview sessions with your career coach in order to produce the following outcomes:

• Selecting the right resume format to tell your story.
• Delivering an introduction, summary, or objective that targets the position or field for which you are applying with clarity and purpose making you stand out among other applicants.
• Developing a systematic approach to your job search that utilizes your resume as a strategic tool.
• Providing opportunities and methods to insure that your resume stands out in a sea of paperwork.

Career Coaching - Your Customized Career Plan for Life

Are you seeking immediate, highly professional, and effective career techniques to help kick-start a stagnant career, overcome job challenges or other obstacles? Then you need a customized career plan for life! At the end of twenty face-to-face sessions with your career coach, you will have a robust, personalized plan for your career objectives and your career path! Through assessment exercises, evaluations, and one-on-one discussions with your career coach you will develop a focused plan for life that will help you maintain a purpose-driven attitude by:

• Discovering your work values, interests, skills and competencies.
• Identifying alternative career options that capitalize on your experience, knowledge, skills and abilities profiles.
• Maximizing your persona-job-organizational fit.
• Identifying and cultivating mentor and career advisor networks.

Interview Preparation - Telling Your Story, Land the Job You Want!

Are you preparing for the daunting task of interviewing? You must stand out above the other candidates by telling, substantiating, and branding your unforgettable story. As part of your sales pitch, you need to demonstrate poise, preparation and confidence. Land the job you want! In two, face-to-face sessions with your career coach, your interview performance will improve by applying the following skills and strategies:

• Techniques to arm you with the ability to adjust and tailor your "interview persona" so that you remain in control - even in the toughest circumstances - and tell your message effortlessly and effectively.
• Exercises to help you understand your body language and that of the interviewers.
• Specialized speech skills that eliminate confusion and clarify your thoughts.
• "Learning lessons" from your interview and making adjustments in preparation for the next.

Exiting Assistance - Dealing with Job Loss and Successfully Moving On

Are you experiencing a job loss and in need of "exiting assistance"? Employers are reducing staffing levels at an alarming rate. In this job loss stage, career coaching will provide you with the help you need to successfully transition into a new professional opportunity! Sessions with your career coach in the "exiting assistance process" include:

• Coping strategies for job loss.
• Purposeful and targeted career transition training.
• Effective interviewing techniques.
• New and easily accessed job search resources.
• Professional resume preparation.

Want to Know More?

For further information on these services and a personal, complimentary consultation, please download our CCM Factsheet and contact:

Sam Bruce, PCAF
The Center for Career Management
sbruce2@richmond.edu
(804) 287-1204, ext. 8 (office)
(804) 922-9947 (cell)