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The ever-changing technological advancement, the global
competition suggests that the economy of the 21st Century
will create new challenges for both organizations and workers.
Though it is possible to compete by accessing the low-wage,
low-skilled job destinations, countries like the US has
chosen to take full advantage of its labor force and to
create high-performance workplaces. However, in today's
services-led global economy, the economic success depends
heavily on the quality of workforce. They need to be better
educated and to fill new jobs; they need to be more flexible
to respond to the changing knowledge and skill requirements
of existing jobs. These developments indicate that lifelong
skills development must become one of the central pillar
in today's job market.
Over the past decade, the job market and almost every industry
have transformed a lot and so as the job search process.
Earlier many people have struggled with downsizing, mergers
and acquisitions and reorganizations. On the other hand,
job search process has experienced a period of tremendous
growth and expansion to meet market demand. It was a mere
cottage industry and today job search is now a multi-billion
dollar industry. The growth trend created many new career
paths for the job search professionals. Besides, the traditional
jobs of resume writer, career counselor, direct mail provider
and testing specialist, etc., have emerged several new job
categories. Among these, career coach (also referred to
as a career strategist) has received tremendous attention
and has evolved as its own profession within the job search
industry.
A career coach is a life coach specialized in helping people
in their working life. The coaching is not based on one
past experience, but concentrates on the present, to move
the life forward in the direction that one want in future.
The career coaches not direct any thing, but facilitates
progress through exploring alternatives and supporting through
making the change.
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