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
- Myers-Briggs type Indicator
- Experience (employment or others)
Part D: Job search, retraining resources
Community support services
Course Duration
Two Days