Career Counseling and Coaching Services

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• Introduction
• Option #1: Live Your Calling Career Program
• Option #2: Professional Career Testing Package (for adults or students)
• Option #3: Job Search Mastery Program
• Option #4: Individual Career Coaching Sessions
• The Next Step
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Introduction to Career Coaching

• Are you bored and dissatisfied with your job?
• Do you dread the thought of another 10, 20, or 30 years in your present career?
• Do you long for work that is a calling instead of "just a job"?
• Is job stress affecting your health, family, faith, and fulfillment in life?
• Do you want to make sure your son or daughter chooses the right college major, graduate program, or initial career path?
• Do you wish that you could be self-employed and/or work from home?

OPTION #1:

LIVE YOUR CALLING CAREER PROGRAM: Discover the Work You Were Designed to Do

If you are ready to find meaningful work that uses your God-given gifts, the Live Your Calling Career Program is for you! This one-on-one career coaching program offers you:

• A proven, systematic approach to identify your unique, God-given design, explore the right career options, and make the best career decisions.
• Personal career counseling/coaching from a National Certified Career Counselor who is a committed Christian and a skilled career coach. Your coach can help you link your gifts with work that you were designed to do.
• Proven professional career tests and assessments to help you identify your God-given design and career options that use your gifts and strengths.
• Career planning from a biblical perspective, enabling you to integrate your faith with your career/life planning and address issues such as God's will for your life.
• A "game plan" for finding work that uses your God-given gifts and abilities, bringing you fulfillment and a sense of meaning and purpose in your life!

1. Discover your God-given design through professional testing and assessments, and create your personalized Life Calling Map^TM.

• Using professional standardized career tests and specialized assessment exercises selected for your unique situation, you will identify the key aspects, natural patterns, and strengths of your unique design. You will also complete assessments that will help you target your ideal working environment. The standardized tests are completed online for your convenience and for quick turn-around time. Your results include full-color reports and useful information about how to utilize your results in your career and life. Assessment typically includes identifying your interests, personality type, decision-making style, change-management style, motivated skills, core values, spiritual gifts, preferred roles, and more.
• Recognize the "killer skills" you need to avoid using in your next job because they drain your energy and rob you of job satisfaction.
• Determine what you need in a working environment to do your best work and to feel like you "fit."
• Develop your personalized, expanded version of the Life Calling Map^TM that represents key elements of your God-given design and your personal mission statements. Your Life Calling Map^TM will guide your career and life choices now and in the years to come.

2. Expand your vision of career options that fit your unique design.

• Use your Life Calling Map^TM, professional testing results, and specialized resources to quickly identify the careers or small businesses that best match your interests.
• Utilize creative techniques for identifying unique, realistic job or business options that are tailored to your skills, interests and aptitudes.
• Discover time-tested strategies for widening "tunnel vision" to identify potential new job or business options.
• Overcome "calling blockers" that may be hindering you from recognizing the calling God has for your life.
• Learn how to get the right information about potential career choices to eliminate the risk of choosing the wrong career path.

3. Confidently decide on your career direction and develop a successful plan for your career transition.

• Use the information from your Life Calling Map^TM to evaluate career choices effectively, and learn decision making strategies to help you make the best decision in each situation.
• Receive professional guidance and feedback to guide your decision making.
• Avoid traps that lead to poor decisions.
• Learn how to work in partnership with God to make good decisions that are within His will for your life.
• Develop a "do-able" action plan and achieve the goals you really want in your life.
• Gain the confidence, enthusiasm, and sense of purpose that come from knowing who you were created to be and what God has designed you to do.

4. If your journey includes a job transition, you can utilize the Job Search Mastery workbook materials to conduct a strategic job search campaign and obtain your targeted position.

• Learn how to tap into the hidden job market where 80% of jobs are found.
• Write a powerful resume and cover letter that get results.
• Learn how to use your Life Calling Map^TM to find job opportunities, prepare for interviews, and persuasively demonstrate to an employer why you are the person to hire.
• Discover how to focus your energy and action in your job search or business start-up.
• Use job search techniques that can cut your job search time by 50-75%, and increase your salary by 20% or more.

Schedule your FREE consultation session to discuss your situation and learn more about the Live Your Calling Career Program could meet your needs.

Here's what you will receive by participating in the Live Your Calling Career Program:

• The most effective professional career tests and life calling assessments for your unique situation. Your professional career testing and assessment inventory results will be used to complete your own Life Calling Map^TM. The expanded, comprehensive version of the Life Calling Map^TM creates a highly personalized, in-depth, and multi-dimensional portrait of your unique, God-given design.
• Personal, focused attention from your career coach, Kevin Brennfleck or Kay Marie Brennfleck, who are National Certified Career Counselors, to help you achieve the results you want. Your nine career coaching sessions (up to 50 minutes in length) by phone, over a three to five month period of time, will assist you in identifying work that fits your design and taking action to accomplish the transitions you want to make. This program was developed to help you achieve your goals as easily and quickly as possible.
• The Career & Life Calling Coaching Resource Notebook^TM (with more than 100 pages of resources) developed by the Brennflecks. Your notebook contains additional assessment inventories and exercises for developing your Life Calling Map^TM (including several assessments to identify the key components of your Ideal Working Environment), exploring career and business options, and making wise decisions within God's will for your life. The Resource Notebook is a "toolbox" you and your career coach will utilize to address your particular needs and goals during the course of the program.
• The Job Search Mastery Workbook which contains strategic, time-saving resources for all facets of your job search; information and examples for writing resumes and cover letters that get results; frequently-asked interview questions and sample responses; keys to researching salary targets and negotiating effectively, and much more. The Job Search Mastery Workbook is an added bonus in the Resource Notebook.
• An inscribed copy of Live Your Calling: A Practical Guide to Finding and Fulfilling Your Mission in Life by Kevin & Kay Marie Brennfleck to use as a resource during your career coaching.
• Individual attention between coaching sessions via unlimited e-mail contact. We will be there to help you every step along the way.

OPTION #2: PROFESSIONAL CAREER TESTING PACKAGE (for adults and students)

Adults:

• Do you sense there may be a better career for your skills, interests, and personality?
• Have you lost enthusiasm for your work, and aren't sure what to do?
• Do you believe God might be calling you to do something else with your life?
• Would you like the opportunity to evaluate how well your current job fits you and/or how you might make some minor adjustments for greater work satisfaction?

If you answered, "Yes!" to even one of these questions, professional career testing can give you key tools for evaluating your career situation and identifying career options of interest.

• Identify key aspects of your unique, God-given design using proven professional career tests and specialized inventories selected especially for you and your situation.
• Recognize the skills that will energize you in work and the "killer skills" that drain your energy, and should be avoided or minimized in your work.
• Quickly identify the types of careers that best match your interests, skills, and personality through using specialized resources that utilize your testing results.
• Learn how to check out potential options easily and thoroughly to avoid making the wrong career decision.
• Receive professional guidance, support, and feedback to help you evaluate your situation, assess how well your work fits you, and determine appropriate next steps.

• Professional, standardized career tests and assessment inventories selected especially for your unique situation. The standardized tests are completed online for your convenience and for quick turn-around time. Your results include full-color reports and useful information about how to utilize your results in your career and life. Assessment typically includes identifying your interests, personality type, decision-making style, change-management style, motivated skills, core values, spiritual gifts, preferred roles, and more.
• Professional career counseling/coaching to help you determine the key "puzzle pieces" of your unique design, to recognize the natural themes in your assessment results, your strengths, and special giftedness.
• Comprehensive information and exercises for identifying and exploring career options using your assessment results.
• Personal and focused attention from your career coach who is a National Certified Career Counselor. Your career coach will spend time prior to your session(s) reviewing the Client Information Form that you complete and send prior to your first session, as well as analyzing your standardized career tests and assessment results beforehand in order to tailor the session to most effectively meet your specific needs.
• An inscribed copy of Live Your Calling: A Practical Guide to Finding and Fulfilling Your Mission in Life by Kevin & Kay Marie Brennfleck that contains a "toolbox" of resources for discovering and living your God-given calling.
• You can choose to have either one 2-hour coaching session or two 1-hour sessions (by phone) to interpret your assessment results and help you determine your "next steps"" to utilize your assessment information in your life and career.

The purpose of professional career testing for students (typically ages 16-22) is to help them make the right decisions about college majors, graduate studies, and initial career choices.

Do you (or does your son/daughter) need to:

• Choose a college major or determine a direction for graduate studies?
• Develop a clearer understanding of skills, strengths, interests and giftedness?
• Determine which college will be the best fit?
• Identify a career path to pursue after college?

With the cost of education these days, it makes sense to make your investment count! Professional career testing can help you make the decisions that will prepare you not only to experience educational and career success, but to live God's calling for your life!

By participating in our Professional Career Testing Package for students, you can:

• Identify key aspects of your unique, God-given design using proven professional career tests and specialized inventories.
• Quickly identify the types of careers that best match your interests.
• Utilize an easy, efficient approach to explore the right career areas.
• Learn about education/training requirements, job outlook, and salary information.
• Discover which college majors best fit your interests.
• Learn how to get first hand information about career paths so you can eliminate the risk of choosing the wrong career path.
• Receive professional guidance and feedback to help you make the best career decisions.

What you will receive in a Professional Career Testing Package for students:

• Professional, standardized career tests and assessment inventories selected especially for your unique situation. The standardized tests are completed online for your convenience and for quick turn-around time. Your results include full-color reports and useful information about how to utilize your results in your career and life. Assessment typically includes identifying your interests, personality type, decision-making style, change-management style, motivated skills, core values, spiritual gifts, preferred roles, and more.
• Professional career counseling/coaching to help you determine the key "puzzle pieces" of your unique design, to recognize the natural themes in your assessment results, your strengths, and special giftedness.
• Comprehensive information and exercises for identifying and exploring educational and career options using your assessment results.
• Personal and focused attention from your career coach who is a National Certified Career Counselor. Your career coach will spend time prior to your session(s) reviewing the Client Information Form that you complete and send prior to your first session, as well as analyzing your standardized career tests and assessment results beforehand in order to tailor the session to most effectively meet your specific needs.
• An inscribed copy of Live Your Calling: A Practical Guide to Finding and Fulfilling Your Mission in Life by Kevin & Kay Marie Brennfleck that contains a "toolbox" of resources for discovering and living your God-given calling.
• You can choose to have either one 2-hour coaching session or two 1-hour sessions (by phone) to interpret your assessment results and help you determine your next steps to utilize your assessment information in your life and career.

OPTION #3: JOB SEARCH MASTERY PROGRAM

This career coaching program is for you if you want to cut down your job search time by using the most effective job search tools, strategies, and resources.

The Job Search Mastery Program will equip you to conduct an efficient, successful job search. You will develop effective job search tools such as formatted and online versions of your resume and cover letters, and your "contact card" that will help you present your qualifications succinctly and effectively. You will learn and practice the best job search strategies for your job target. Most importantly, you aren't alone in your job search! You will have support and guidance from your own career coach all along the way. This program can help you cut your job search time by 50% or more.

This program includes the Job Search Mastery Workbook, coaching assistance with development of your resumes and cover letters, job search strategy coaching, as well as coaching in interviewing and negotiating. You will have five career coaching sessions with a National Certified Career Counselor to help you develop and conduct a strategic and effective job search campaign.

In this results-focused program, you will:

• Crack the "hidden job market" and locate top jobs not advertised on the Internet.
• Learn the secrets to getting interviews with the people who have the power to hire you.
• Use techniques to set up several interviews a week.

2. Produce powerful resumes and cover letters.

• Develop formatted and online versions of your resume designed to get you results.
• Produce cover letters that will get your resume read by prospective employers.

3. Use job search tools that will save you time and produce results.

• Develop a master application that will save your time and get interviews.
• Create a contact card to help you uncover job openings and convince employers to interview you.
• Maximize your job search time by using powerful planning tools and the most effective job search strategies.

4. Sharpen your interviewing skills.

• Polish your interviewing skills by learning how to respond to the most frequently-asked interview questions.
• Receive professional feedback on how to improve your answers to interviewing questions as well as hone your interviewing style.
• Learn which questions you need to ask the employer to determine if the job is right for you.
• Enhance your prospects of getting job offers by knowing how to prepare for and follow up on your interviews.
• Develop the ability to uncover what employers really want in the person they hire so that you can effectively address their needs and concerns.

5. Negotiate effectively for the salary you deserve.

• Find out what you should be paid before you negotiate your salary.
• Learn how to answer questions about your salary history and salary requirements with skill and confidence.
• Maximize your ability to negotiate the best possible salary. Good negotiation skills can produce thousands of dollars of extra income for you annually!

OPTION #4: INDIVIDUAL AND MONTHLY CAREER COACHING SESSIONS

We offer career coaching on an individual session or monthly basis if other services do not meet your specific needs. Customized sessions can, for example, help you:

• Develop an action plan and/or work on achieving the career and life goals you have identified.
• Take a "time out" to look at your career and life, and explore what God is calling you to do.
• Implement your plans to run a home-based or small business.
• Prepare for an interview, negotiation session, performance evaluation, or other specific work situation.
• Attain more balance in your career and life.
• Successfully make career and life transitions through ongoing guidance, accountability, and support.

Together with your coach, you determine what you would like to achieve through the coaching process, and develop a path and plan for accomplishing those goals.

Schedule your FREE consultation session to discuss your situation and learn more about how career coaching could meet your needs.

I'm interested! What's my next step?

Schedule your free consultation session today by completing the Free Consultation Session form. Kevin or Kay Marie Brennfleck, National Certified Career Counselors, will follow up to schedule your initial complimentary session. During that session, your coach will discuss with you what you would like to achieve through career coaching and which option would best meet your needs. This first step can be the beginning of a new life for you!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Career Coaching with Kevin and Kay Marie Brennfleck

• Who are Kevin Brennfleck and Kay Marie Brennfleck?
  Kevin and Kay Marie are the authors of Live Your Calling: A Practical Guide to Finding and Fulfilling Your Mission in Life (Jossey-Bass, 2005). They have been leaders and innovators in the practical integration of career development and Christian calling since 1987. They are National Certified Career Counselors and Career & Life Calling Coaches who have a passionate interest in helping people find their purpose in life. They have more than 20 years experience assisting individuals in discovering their unique, God-given design, finding work that fits their design, and discerning their calling through individual counseling and coaching, workshops, and retreats in both Christian and secular settings.
  
  In 1987, they founded Lifework Design, their private practice career services firm to help people do comprehensive career planning with an eternal perspective. In 1997, they launched their first web site, ChristianCareerCenter.com, as a one-stop online career resource center for job seekers, career changers, and employers. They since have added ChurchJobsOnline.com and LiveYourCalling.com. Their web sites are a part of Gospelcom.net, and currently receive more than 1.2 million hits per month.
  
  In addition to their work as Career & Life Calling Coaches, they have had the privilege of serving many organizations by providing career development and executive coaching, outplacement assistance, workshops, and consulting services. These organizations include Insight for Living, World Vision, Focus on the Family, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Campus Crusade for Christ, Wycliffe Bible Translators, World Impact, and the Christian Management Association (CMA).
  
  They have also provided chapel presentations, faculty/staff events, and student workshops at Christian colleges such as Taylor University, Azusa Pacific University, Asbury College, and Spring Arbor University. They have worked with many other schools, camps, and churches, as well. [If you are interested in the Brennflecks speaking at your organization, church, college or camp, please contact them by email (Staff@ChristianCareerCenter.com) or phone (517.552.0328).



• How does Career & Life Calling Coaching differ from completing the exercises in the Brennflecks' book Live Your Calling?
  Live Your Calling: A Practical Guide to Finding and Fulfilling Your Mission in Life is designed to be a "toolbox" with a wide variety resources to help people identify components of their God-given design and explore how God is calling them to use their gifts in the world. Reading a book, however, is a very different experience from working with a skilled, professional career coach who is also a National Certified Career Counselor. When you are working with Kevin or Kay Marie Brennfleck as your career counselor/coach, you will receive a copy of Live Your Calling, and, the book will be used as a resource in your career coaching experience. The coaching experience, however, is very different from working through a book. Together with Kevin or Kay Marie, you will clarify the goals you want to accomplish in your coaching experience. Your coach will then draw upon his or her extensive experience to utilize the most effective strategies, resources, professional career tests and assessments, etc. to assist you in achieving the career and life goals you desire.
  
  For many people who want to make a career transition, reading a book is not enough. Choosing a career that uses your God-given gifts is one of the most important decisions you will make. If you are serious about wanting to find work that is a calling--not just a job--and that fits your God-given design, professional career counseling/coaching is a great investment. What is your life and future worth to you? Career coaching from the Christian Career Center can be the key to your discovering and living the life God created you to experience.
  
  
• In what ways is Christianity integrated into the coaching experience?
  The career services offered through the ChristianCareerCenter.com are grounded in biblical principles such as the beliefs that each person has been uniquely designed and gifted by God, and is called to make a positive contribution in this world. All career coaching and materials are compatible with biblical truths. Your coaching will deal specifically with spiritual issues to the degree you desire. (Reviewing the Table of Contents, Introduction and Chapter One of Live Your Calling will give you insight into the centrality of the Christian worldview in the Brennflecks coaching.)
  
  
• Is this coaching appropriate for me if I'm not a Christian?
  Kevin and Kay Marie have coached many people who are not Christians, but who are spiritually open and looking for career coaching that is spiritually-based. Reading through the sample chapters of Live Your Calling will help you assess whether working with Kevin or Kay Marie Brennfleck would be a good fit for you.
  
  
• What is the structure for the coaching relationship? You call your coach at your appointment time, giving you the convenience to be coached wherever you happen to be on a given day.
  
  
• How can I get started with a Career Coaching?
  If you think that Career & Life Calling Coaching would be a good fit for you, please complete the Free Consultation Session form.
  Kevin or Kay Marie Brennfleck will personally follow up with you by emailing you an appointment time and the call-in number for your initial complimentary session. During that session, your coach will discuss with you what you would like to achieve through Career & Life Calling Coaching and how the process can meet your needs.
  
  When you begin as a new coaching client, your coach will schedule your first coaching session, arrange for payment (by Visa, MasterCard or Discover), and get the initial materials sent to you. This first step can be the beginning of a new life for you!
  
  

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