Careering Resources
Why is Career Exploration Important?
Our careers and professional work take up a substantial part of our everyday lives. That’s why it is so important to enjoy what we do. And it’s equally important to take the time to explore, research, learn and discover as much as you can about your career interests, talents, passions and skills. We’re here to support young people and parents in moving through this process with as much ease and grace as possible. After all, it's never too early for students and teens to begin uncovering and identifying their best career options.
How Can Careering for Youth Resources Help?
Careering for Youth resources are targeted to help students, teens, and young adults:
- Identify interests, talents, and passions
- Align their passions with possible career paths
- Explore opportunities tailored to their unique gifts
- Create ways to positively contribute to society while thriving professionally
- Develop themselves as emerging leaders
Careering for Youth Resources Include...
- The Careering: The Pocket Guide to Exploring Your Future Career book;
- The Careering for Youth: The Online Coaching Edition course;
- The Birkman Career Report;
- One-on-one individual coaching sessions;
- BONUS Complimentary Resources: Careering Blog and Online Videos
Awards & Recognition
- Career | Personal Growth & Development Award-Winning Author - 2021 International Impact Book Awards
- Career Category - 2020 Book Excellence Awards
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Educational Certificates in Excellence - 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Award
- Young Adult: Non-Fiction | Business: Careers - 2019 Best Book Awards
- Young Adult Non-Fiction - 2019 Readers’ Favorite Award
- Young Adult: Non-Fiction | Business: Careers - 2019 International Book Awards
- #1 New Release in Career Counseling | Vocational Guidance for Youth - 2017 Amazon.com
The book.
Careering: The Pocket Guide to Exploring Your Future Career is an award-winning book that offers a practical way to explore, experience, and eliminate possible career paths. It’s an information-packed guide for students, teens and young adults to explore their career future. And it’s an ideal size for a pocket.
Leadership coach, career strategist and Careering award-winning author Tamara S. Raymond walks readers through a seamless step-by-step process focused on such topics as how to explore career options, network effectively, apply for jobs, develop interviewing skills, and conduct oneself once landing a job. The book also contains a quick reference guide on participating in college immersion programs, summer camps, competitions, seasonal and entry-level jobs, and internships. What’s more, Tamara offers advice on how to responsibly use social media, so it doesn’t hurt chances of landing work.
Careering’s interactive, engaging workbook-style format allows for readers to write their plans, interests, and aspirations on blank lines provided. Specifically, this concise and easy-to-read pocket guide enables young people to:
- Evaluate their interests, skills, and passions
- Identify jobs, internships, and volunteer positions that align with their personal gifts
- Identify multiple career exploration avenues, from camps to summer jobs
- Put together a resume and references, even if it’s their first “real” job
- Learn how to network, apply for jobs, and develop interviewing skills
- Learn how to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities
- Learn how not to use social media if they want to land a job
…to name a few.
So, consider giving the gift of Careering to yourself or the young person in your life! PURCHASE NOW from the following retailers...
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The course.
Careering for Youth: The Online Coaching Edition is a seven-part self-paced course with corresponding worksheets, based on the Careering book’s comprehensive content. Author Tamara S. Raymond facilitates this engaging and interactive course, guiding teens through in-depth, exploratory Delving Deeper exercises after each of the multiple sections within the individual seven sessions. The session breakdown is as follows:
- Session One: Your Interests Talents & Skills
- Session Two: Extra-Curriculars & Event Resources
- Session Three: Key People, Place & Event Resources
- Session Four: The Power of Networking
- Session Five: Applying for Your Jobs
- Session Six: Interviewing
- Session Seven: Once You’re Hired
Purchase the session(s) you need, or the entire seven-session course.
The career report.
This Birkman Assessment-based career report illuminates teens’ interests, passions, talents, skills, strengths, motivators, and stressors, along with recommended career possibilities, and job areas−all providing valuable insight for their career future. Learn more about The Birkman Method®.
Purchase your Birkman Career Report today.
Still need coaching around career exploration?
Book a one-on-one individual session with Tamara, your leadership coach and career strategist.
BONUS Complimentary Resources: Careering Blog and Online Videos
The blog
Check out the IMC Careering Blog. Insightful, informative quick-reads on everything career—including comprehensive practices and tips on career exploration, finding an internship, job interviewing and so much more.
Here are a few to start…
The video channel
Visit The IMC Leaders Channel on YouTube for valuable video tips and information to #BeACareeringLeader…
Watch, learn, like, comment, subscribe and share with fellow career explorers!
