Career Coaching for Seniors (Train-the-Coach programme)
Rationale/Aims
With increase life expectancies, the enactment of the Re-employment Legislation and the concomitant need/desire to extend working life among seniors, due to financial circumstances or by choice, human resource practitioners, management and helping professionals would need to be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to offer counselling to mature employees, as they navigate their career transitions in their later years. These transitions could mean re-employment or re-deployment within the same company, a new job in another company, or another industry or self-employment. Cognizant that mature employees possess valuable skills, knowledge and experience and have made significant contributions to the company and the society, the aim of this course is to equip participants with the essential competencies to coach seniors, so as to enhance the fit between their interests, strengths, personalities etc and their jobs. A good fit will increase mature employees’ motivations, job performance and personal fulfilment, while at the same time help companies maintain business competitiveness.
The following is designed to address the above requirements.
Target Participants
Helping professionals (e.g. counsellors, career coaches etc.) in the health, community (e.g. CDCs) and social service sectors, human resource practitioners, managers supervising seniors
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
Have better understanding of seniors
Be equip with basic coaching skills to optimise the strengths and experience of seniors and facilitate their vocational well-being
Course Outlines
Part A. Understanding & Managing Life-Stage Changes, Current Social Systems, Ageing Process
Developmental issues and changes
Physical and psychological aspects of ageing
Health and health maintenance
Financial review
Part B. Coaching: Purpose, Principles & Skills
Definitions and objectives of coaching
Self-assessment & values clarification
Principles of coaching seniors
Coaching skills
Part C: Skills Application - Inventory for Assisting Seniors in Exploring Career Options
Assess the following:
Skill sets
Functional
Adaptive
Specific content, etc
Heart/passions/goals
Motivation and values clarification
Career values and needs
Talents/abilities
Personality types
Dr John Holland’s Self-Directed Search (SDS) Interest Inventory
Understanding and using the SDS Interpretive Report
