The current economic state causing layoffs, cut backs, and downsizing is forcing many to go back to the career drawing board and for many that means going back to school. Perhaps you are still employed but have never been satisfied with your career and aren’t quite sure what you want to do differently. Academic coaching with an emphasis on career change is the first step in realizing your goal of a new career. Why do you need an academic coach? An academic coach has the tools, training, and insight to help discover your hidden abilities and knows how they can be applied in the vast opportunities of the career market. The goal of academic coaching with an emphasis on career change is to help you KNOW about yourself and what your path is. The benefits of academic coaching are many, including: * Time management techniques * Dealing with procrastination * Developing organizational skills * Learning style assessment * Developing note taking and study skills * How to prepare for tests * Test taking strategies * Reading comprehension * Guidance to help maintain balance in all areas of life Another way to further enhance your life during and after academia you can take an abilities test, such as the Highlands Ability Battery, the gold standard among tools assessing human abilities or aptitudes, used by most career coaches. The Battery, administered via CD Rom, leads individuals through nineteen timed work samples after which a personal profile is generated showing the scores in each area. With your personal profile in hand, an academic coach can analyze the results to reveal the patterns of ability the Battery has identified and pull it together with the information he or she has previously gathered in a report that you will be able to reference in years to come. Being prepared with this knowledge is invaluable when returning to college, or even beginning. It saves time and money by having an established plan to reach goals that fit the student, eliminating changing majors and the resulting waste. Academic coaching with an emphasis on career change will define and simplify the steps you need to take on your way to a successful new career.
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