Identity Crisis: How to Realign Your Career with Your Life
Identity Crisis: How to Realign Your Career with Your Life
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
You’re experiencing a crisis in your career, business, or life, and have decided that it’s now is the time to take aligned action. In this course, business and career coach, Elaine Lou Cartas, shares her knowledge to start realigning your career and life. Elaine starts by presenting you with journal prompts to help you examine where you stand in your career and life. If you are wanting to change careers, Elaine will walk you through steps to understand what job or industry best aligns with you. If you are wanting to start a business, she’ll teach you how to woo your first paying clients. If you are a business owner and want to transition, Elaine will share how to review your current business and how to create an aligned pivot plan. Finally, you’ll learn the importance of embracing change and evolution in your career and life. After this course, you'll have a list of aligned actions to create a more sustainable career and life.
Syllabus
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Discover your "why" Creating change in your career can cause anxiety, and you can combat it with your reason(s) for changing. 3m
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Be mindful of your words Words are powerful, especially what you say to yourself. After this lesson, you'll be able to leverage affirmations to lead you to success. 4m
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Define your dream life Acknowledging what's important to you allows you to create a plan. 3m
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Demystify your ideal working environment Your work environment defines how safe you feel to express yourself freely. 3m
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Evaluate your income and expenses Money can be a difficult topic; yet having clarity on how much money you need to live on is necessary. 2m
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Examine your career history There are so many lessons and blessings you gain from examining the past. 4m
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Indulge your curiosity There's a reason why you're probably daydreaming about something else. 4m
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Identify valuable connections Your network is everything when realigning your career with your life. 4m
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Conduct informational interviews When changing careers, informational interviews provide insights into a new industry from people you know. 4m
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Leverage your transferable skills Demonstrating your transferable skills and experiences makes it easier to land a job in a different industry. 2m
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Update your resume and LinkedIn Sharing specific skills and experiences when transitioning your career will have recruiters wanting to work with you. 4m
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Maintain accountability To achieve any goal, you need to track your progress. 3m
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Prepare for the interview Interviewing can feel like a high-stakes situation, especially when you have to explain why you are changing careers/industries. 3m
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Integrate into the job It is not just about getting the job. 4m
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Continue your education When looking to realign your career with your life, sometimes you'll realize you'd actually like to build on your existing educational experience prior to transitioning careers. 1m
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Work for yourself After reflecting on your career journey, you may realize you want to start your own business. 3m
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Embrace change Thank you for watching this course! 2m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Elaine Lou Cartas
Elaine is a business and career coach and speaker, serving clients in 24 countries. She helps people realign their careers and lives for more sustainable and fulfilling futures. Her career coaching clients have received raises, transitioned into new careers, and advanced to C-suite positions, while her business coaching clients have secured their first clients and developed multi 6- and 7-figure businesses. Elaine's expertise is featured in Forbes, Business Insider, and Money. She also leads retreats and virtual events in Los Angeles.
Elaine Lou Cartas
Business and Career Coach
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