10 Free Career Coach Worksheets & Tools for Clarity
Are you feeling lost when it comes to your career? You're not alone. A lot of people feel lost when it comes to their careers, especially if they've been in the same job for a long time. If you're looking for some help getting more clarity on your career goals or you are a coach working with clients, then you'll want to check out these 10 career coach worksheets. These tools can help give you some direction and clarity in your own or your client's professional life. So what are you waiting for? You can download these 10 coaching worksheets for free (as PDF) files to start using them today!
01 - My Achievements Exercise
This type of exercise is often used in the context of self-discovery and analysis and can be effectively used to create clarity around your next work/career decision. It will help you decide what you really enjoy and what skills you would like to develop and use as you go forward in your career.
In the first part of this exercise, the participant will write and brainstorm some events or achievements from all aspects of their life. Once that's done, the second part has some probing questions that will help to get a better understanding of what you enjoy doing the most and why.
02 - Career or Job Change Exercise
Whether you’re looking for new challenges or more job security, wanting to change careers is quite common in today’s marketplace. This three-part exercise will help you determine if you’re looking for a complete career change or if you would just need a new role within the profession/career you’re currently in.
03 - Career Exploration Worksheet
You've been in your career for a while now, and you're starting to wonder if it's really the right fit for you. Maybe you're not using all of your skills, or maybe you're just ready for a change. But how do you know what career would be a good match for you? And if you're thinking about switching careers, what new skills would you need to learn?
This worksheet can help you figure it all out. It will help you match the skills that you already have to a career you considering and get clarity on whether you'd also need to re-tool. It also helps you think about your financial expectations for the new career.
04 - My Skill Set Exercise
Trying to figure out which skills will help you succeed in your career? You're in luck! This worksheet will help you to identify both your hard skills and your soft skills. Hard skills are the technical abilities and knowledge that you need for a particular job. They can usually be learned through formal education or training. Soft skills, on the other hand, are the personal attributes and interpersonal skills that enable you to interact effectively with others. These skills are often more difficult to quantify, but they're just as important for career success. This worksheet helps you get clarity on both!
05 - Deal Makers & Breakers
In order to get clarity about what you want in your new job or career, it is important to sit down and ask yourself some tough questions. This worksheet will help you do just that. By taking the time to consider your values and what you are willing to tolerate (and what you're absolutely not willing to tolerate), you can set yourself up for success in your new venture. With this worksheet as a guide, you can be confident that you are on the right track to finding fulfillment in your new job or career. Good luck!
06 - Ideal Job Vision Board
In this exercise, you will create a vision board containing images and phrases that represent your aspirations and goals. It’s a creative way to make a visual representation (and get more clarity) of what you’re looking for in an ideal job that will serve as a reminder of your long-term goals.
In the second part of the exercise, you'll analyze your vision board using some coaching questions that will help you pull out what's important for you in your career and what changes you could make to move towards your dream career.
07 - Career Reflection
This exercise is designed for you to get a better understanding of what career choices you’ve made so far and why and what are your interest and innate abilities. Getting a clearer overview of all of this will help you move forward in your current or new career with more confidence and make better decisions. It also helps you understand if your current career path has been more of an accident and what you pay attention to be more mindful of your choices in the future.
08 - Career Aspirations
We all have dreams of what our lives will look like in the future. Sometimes it helps to write them down to force yourself to put them in words and get clarity about what really makes you happy and what you should be striving for. This exercise will help you get some clarity on your ideal career, what is holding you back, and the steps you can take to overcome these obstacles.
09 - Job Satisfaction Wheel
In today's fast-paced, competitive workforce, job satisfaction is more important than ever. Fortunately, there's a tool that can help you assess your level of satisfaction and identify areas that need improvement: the job satisfaction wheel. To use the wheel, simply print it out or use the fillable PDF and rate each aspect of your job on a scale of 1 to 10. Once you've rated all of the factors you'll have a better understanding of what you're happy with and what needs some work. If your score is on the low end, don't despair; simply use the second part of the wheel exercise to identify the steps that you can take to start moving in the right direction.
10 - Dream Career Genie
As you rub the lamp, a plume of smoke rises, and out pops a genie! But that's not any ordinary genie, this is a career genie.
You think for a minute. What do you really want to do with your life? If you could have any skill or career, what would it be?
This is the perfect chance to find out. The Dream Career Genie worksheet is a career coaching tool and thought experiment that will help you get clarity on what you actually want to do with your life if nothing was holding you back.
Simply answer the questions on the worksheet and voila! You'll have a better understanding of what skills and career you'd like to pursue. So go ahead, rub that lamp, and let the Dream Career Genie help you figure out your next move
Over to You!
The career coaching worksheets we’ve provided are designed to help you assess your current career, identify what you need to do in order to move towards your dream career, and increase your job satisfaction. If you’re feeling lost or uncertain about your next steps, don’t worry – these exercises will help point you in the right direction. You can use these tools for yourself or as a coaching professional in your own practice for anyone looking for guidance on their professional journey. So download the PDFs now and get started!
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Hey there! I’m Andrew. I help coaches and mental health practitioners with the tools and resources they need to provide the best help to their clients and grow their practice at the same time! MindfulCoachingTools.com is my passion project to do just that. On the website, you’ll find coaching tools for life coaches, career coaches, mindset coaches, general CBT exercises and so much more! By the way, if you have some special requests for a coaching tool or exercise, just let me know through the contact form!
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