Certified Career Management Coach
Prerequisite: minimum of 30 hours of coach training
Tuition: $1995 (with 3 weeks advance registration) - $2295 thereafter
15 sessions, 2 hours each (30 hours of credit)
Taught by: Susan Whitcomb or Nancy Branton
E-Mail: Susan@lifecoachtraining.com

Regardless of your coaching specialty, career issues are bound to surface with your clients (surveys show that 50-60% of people are unhappy with their work)! Designed for coaches working with individual clients, this 30-hour certification program equips you with the knowledge, resources, systems, and coaching skills to help clients manage the development, transition, and enhancement of their careers from a holistic viewpoint. By the completion of this program, you will be able to coach clients through the entire career continuum, including:

• Assessment (self-discovery, visioning, subjective/informal assessments, objective/formalized assessments)
• Exploration ( translating skills into economically viable work, informational interviews, research, volunteering, internships)
• Commitment (decision-making, identifying commitment levels, verbalizing and embodying the decision)
• Development (acquisition of new hard and soft skills and knowledge through education or on-the-job experiences)
• Marketing (personal career branding, network building, verbal/visual personal marketing)
• Transition (job-search strategy, networking, resume writing, interviewing, salary negotiations; traditional and retirement career transitions; bridge job strategies)
• Enhancement (extrinsic—growth in responsibilities, projects, income; intrinsic—honing interpersonal, leadership, team skills; tweaking alignment with priorities, values)

Program is regularly $2295 and discounted to $1995 with registration three weeks in advance of start date. A payment plan of four monthly payments ($525 each) is available with early registration. Those wishing to sit for the certification exam (a written and oral coaching exam) must also complete (or provide documentation of completing) a minimum of 5 one-hour individual mentor coaching sessions. . (Career Coach Academy mentor coaches offer a discounted rate of $100/hour.) The individual coaching can be completed up to 4 weeks after completion of the 15-week program in order to qualify for your credential.

Materials fees: Also required for the course is the text:

And the course includes a variety of career assessments, the costs of which are included with your registration.

The program includes a 400-page reference manual with dozens of career coaching forms, tools, and exercises that you are authorized to use with individual clients at no charge.

About Your Instructor:
Susan Britton Whitcomb teaches the CCMC Core Track and Christian Track. She is president of Career Coach Academy. She completed foundational coach training from ILCT and developed Career Coach Academy's Certified Career Management Coach Program, accredited by ICF as an ACSTH program with 30 hours of credit. Susan is the author of best-selling Resume Magic, Interview Magic, and Job Search Magic (JIST), as well as 30-Day Job Promotion, and is co-author of eResumes (McGraw-Hill).

Nancy Branton, MA, ACC, CLTMC, CCMC, CLC, CPBS, JCTC also teaches the CCMC Core Track and Christian Track. Nancy's 30-year career spans human resources, leadership, talent management, career development and coaching experience as a Human Resources Director, Assistant Director, Human Resources Development Consultant, and Internal Coach. In addition to her corporate coaching experience, she also serves as president of PeoplePotentialGroup.com, providing career, leadership, and life coaching and training. Nancy holds an M.A. in Industrial Organizational Psychology and is an Associate Certified Coach, Certified Leadership & Talent Management Coach, Certified Career Management Coach, Certified Job & Career Transition Coach, Certified Life Coach, Certified Personal Brand Strategist, Certified Behavior Analyst, Certified Myers-Briggs Type Practitioner, and qualified to administer more than 100 assessments.