Our goal at CareerCounseling.com is to provide you with a career roadmap and strategies for career satisfaction and career success. With more than twenty years of career coaching and career counseling experience we have learned that everyone benefits from following the roadmap, which includes: Career Assessment & Testing, Career & Employer Research, Career, Interviewing & Job Search Coaching, Professional Resume Writing, Reference Checking, Job Search and Recruiter, Resume Blasting & Resume Distribution Services. No matter where you are going with your career it always serves you well to look back at where you have been and plan each step of your next move so that you stay in charge of your career. So many of us end up without a roadmap and just haphazardly move along a career path that no longer brings the career satisfaction, meaning and fulfillment that we had once wished for. By following the CareerCounseling.com roadmap you will be in control of your career and will achieve career satisfaction.

Where are you on your career path?

• Take a quiz to help you discover your dream job, assess whether you are in the right job or test your job search, interviewing, teamwork and salary negotiation skills. What will it take to bring you career satisfaction? Find out where you are on YOUR Career Path.

• Career assessment & career testing is the foundation for your career. Would you build a home without a foundation? Probably not, so why do that with your career? When we work with clients, as part of our career counseling and career coaching services, we conduct a subjective career assessment and an objective career assessment. We use self-assessment tools that we have designed along with tried and true career testing tools, including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Campbell Interest & Skill Survey and the Strong Interest Inventory. If you are not ready to sign up for career coaching, you can begin with a free or low cost career assessment or try a career testing tool. We have featured several providers of free/low cost career assessments on our site. This is a good place to start. If you want a more thorough career assessment you may contact us at coach@careercounseling.com. You can work with us or we can refer you to a Certified Career Management Coach in your state.

• Once you know your preferred direction, you will need to research the various careers within the field you have chosen. You will also need to research the career path progression. It's important to know not only what your next career move will be, but also where your career may lead in two, five, ten and twenty years. We refer to this process as career path planning. When you know what your career path is, then it is time to research potential employers in your chosen field. We have featured some sites that are great at providing employer and career information. We have also included a link to the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH). The OOH provides complete job descriptions, training requirements, job outlook, salary information and resources for additional information. We really like this resource.It is on the list of favorite references of every Certified Career Management Coach.

• Career Coaching/Career Counseling is the vehicle that will help you get a jumpstart on your career or job change. It is also a great way to move forward faster with your career plan. A Certified Career Management Coach can help you develop your very own personalized career roadmap. We have worked with hundreds of job seekers and career changers during the past twenty years. With some we have developed a simple "jumpstart" plan, provided interview coaching, or assisted with job search coaching; with others we have guided them through every step. We have worked with executives, students, recent graduates, teachers. attorneys, physicians, politicians, social workers, engineers, administrators, managers, and the list goes on. Everyone follows the same path, whether just starting out as a recent graduate or as seasoned professional. We all want to succeed in our careers. Our definition of success and career satisfaction comes in many forms from meaningful and passionate work to financial gains to power and influence. No matter what your career goal, a Certified Career Management Coach can help you achieve success.

• Every job seeker and career changer needs a professional resume. Ideally, you will work your network and get interviews through word-of-mouth; however it will be expected that you will have a well-written resume. This is not the time to learn to type. It is worth the investment to seek out the services of a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) to assist you with this project. You will save time and frustration by going with a Certified Professional Resume Writer. We feature several sites of professional resume writers who can help you no matter where you live. We suggest that you look at their sample resumes to make sure that you like their styles. We have selected professional resume writers whose styles are similar to our styles. We want you to have a quality resume because it is often your first introduction to a potential employer and it needs to be polished. Keep in mind that every resume that is mailed to a prospective employer needs to be accompanied by a personalized cover letter. Your Certified Professional Resume Writer can assist you with your cover letter as well. Be sure to check out the resume distribution services once your resume is ready.

• Once your resume opens the door for you to an interview, it is up to your interviewing skills and your references to do the rest. We have links on our site to help you with your interviewing skills. We highly recommend that you do everything you can to polish your interviewing skills. This is where most job seekers fall down. They think they have great interviewing skills, but ultimately don't get the offers. So, we cannot repeat enough the importance of polishing your interviewing skills. Again, a Certified Career Managment Coach can help. What most of us neglect is our references. At best, they are an after thought. At worst, they hold us back from the jobs we want. We have heard over and over that our clients think that a former boss has given them a bad reference. There is now a service that you can purchase that will tell you what your references are saying about you. We have featured this service on our site.

• Where would your job search be without job search sites? We highly recommend that you use your network to develop word-of-mouth referrals; however with today's technology, no job search is complete without an internet job search. We have featured sme of the most popular and some of the not-so-well-known job posting sites. We believe that it is not always the "big" sites that have the best jobs, sometimes the niche sites have great jobs. Increase the odds and check all the job search engines.

• We will be adding job search links for those seeking positions as executives, teachers, pharmaceutical representatives, engineers and other fields.

•  We have numerous links that we will be adding for recent graduates. The information will range from job seeking advice specifically geared for recent graduates to job search engines for new graduates. We've already included some salary information and interviewing questions in our general career coaching section.

• We will feature articles and information from career coaching professionals, with the designations of Certified Career Management Coach and Certified Professional Resume Writer, regarding best practices for conducting a successful and satisfying job search.