About this episode

The episode discusses how to effectively coach clients through challenging career transitions in a difficult job market.

Coaching clients through career transitions is always complex work — but right now, when the job market is genuinely difficult and economic uncertainty is running high, it requires a particular set of skills that most coach training doesn't fully address. When a client has done everything right and the market still isn't responding, standard coaching moves can land as tone-deaf. And when a client's identity is wrapped up in work they've lost or are losing, the coaching goes deeper than strate...

People in this episode

Host: Kate Swoboda

Topics covered

• career transitions
• coaching
• job market
• economic uncertainty
• client identity
• coaching skills

Keywords

• career coaching
• job loss
• economic challenges
• coaching techniques
• client support

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