I offer career counselling services to support clients as they:

• Search for a new job
• Transition into a new role
• Move forward after a job loss/termination
• Renew their career or head off in another direction
• Re-enter the workplace
• Cope with workplace stress
• Seek to improve leadership skills
• Manage through change in their organization

Career counselling provides the guidance to create or modify a career plan, develop or fine-tune career management skills, explore and cope with work-related issues, and generally improve upon one’s own level of satisfaction and fulfillment with work.

As a career counsellor, my role is to provide support, give input and direction, and teach skills that allow the client to find the right role for them – whether entering the workforce for the first time or after an absence, or making a change from a previous role.

I help my clients learn about their preferences, possibilities of work, skills, interests, beliefs, values, and personality – all factors that shape who the client is and what they are best suited to do.

Understanding one’s own career preferences and strengths is an important step in the creation of a career plan; without a plan, we are at risk of “burning out” or being “adrift”. Career development is a lifelong activity, and having a strong sense of direction and personal identity equips people to manage in the continually evolving working environment.

Contact me at katie@katiearmstrong.ca and we can discuss how I may help you with your career goals, job-search challenges, or work-place issues.