This is an Energise blog series with three blogs about creating a future-proof career. This is part 3 of 3.
Read part 1: Why you need a future-proof career https://www.inspiringportfoliocareers.com/why-you-need-a-future-proof-career/
Read part 2: How to start creating a future-proof career: https://www.inspiringportfoliocareers.com/how-to-start-creating-a-future-proof-career
A future-proof career provides many benefits in uncertain times.
- It is like having ‘career insurance’.
- It gives you options – a career plan A, B and C, and more opportunities.
- Broadening your skills, experience and knowledge gives you more potential career routes in the future.
- You can pivot in a new direction as trends change and you change e.g. at different life stages.
- It spreads risk, just as having different financial investments spreads the risk, should anything happen in the financial markets.
- You gain peace of mind, important in challenging times.
- A future-proof career gives you flexibility, variety, fulfilment and is stimulating.
- You can ‘put your toe in the water = safe experimentation – to try new things.
12 reasons why I am useful to help you create, manage and market a future-proof career
- Help you to market yourself strategically.
- Help you to network strategically and build your professional network.
- Help you to develop an alternative plan ready to execute – a career plan A, B and C.
- Support you to constantly re-skill.
- Support you to make time to review, think and plan.
- Help you to ‘think out of the box’ – new and different ways to use your talents.
- Help you to develop an identifiable area of expertise to become the ‘go to person’ for x …
- Brand yourself – create a personal brand, verbal business card and strap line.
- Creative ways to captivate the interest of prospective clients/employers.
- Build your self-belief.
- Provide useful insights and perspectives re what is in demand in the marketplace and how best to apply your skill sets.
- Share experiences from having a future-proof portfolio career myself – mistakes, shortcuts, reduce the length of their learning curve, being resilient etc.
Client examples
Lydia
Lydia changed her career direction from working in a law firm to leaving the law and working in music management. This transition took place over 2.5 years, in a series of stages including moving into a non-fee earning role and taking a secondment.
“I realised that I would be useful in another sector and that I had something to offer that was of value. Coaching with Energise gave me confidence to talk to others about my aspirations and to make useful new connections and proactively gain new experience to ‘test the water’. I now feel more aware of my skills and abilities and open to exploring new possibilities. The Energise ‘career recipe’ method has been really useful in evaluating why I might feel unhappy or unsettled in a work situation and what I should look to change for a better fit.”
Lydia Brookes.
Shelley
Shelley moved continents with my support, fulfilling a lifetime dream.
“Simply put, Rachel is amazing and she helped me so much, for that I am eternally grateful. She is an incredibly skilled and experienced coach, who manages to effortlessly combine professionalism with a completely wonderful human touch. She is so responsive to your individual needs and this means that I felt I had a 100% personal journey and experience.” Shelley Seed.
Nicola
Nicola moved jobs and countries and took a career break as a result of her career coaching with me.
“Working with Rachel as my coach provided a positive voice about what I was capable of, uncovering insights about what was really important to me and what next in my career and life, and the importance of ongoing learning and embracing new challenges.” Nicola.
Lydia, Shelley and Nicola have all worked with me 3 times at different career crossroads.
About your career coach Rachel Brushfield
My job is to help my clients to have an uplifting breakthrough at major career crossroads and create future-proof careers, giving them peace of mind in an uncertain world.
I have an insights and ideas mind! This comes from my career heritage in strategy and innovation. This is very useful to help my clients create a future-proof career.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin.
What next?
Contact us to arrange your free no obligation 20 minute meeting about your needs and how we can help. https://www.inspiringportfoliocareers.com/contact-us/