Behind the CV façade (part 2)
For me, everything that happens behind the CV façade, is exactly the reason why I have chosen to be and stay in this profession, - helping others in their professional fulfilment and integrating work into lives at large.
The difference between the recruiter and the career coach, is that to a career coach, the candidate will tell the truth. Recruiter will only hear truth that’s polished, or deal with an unprepared candidate 😊 Career coach (and headhunter sometimes) will hear what’s on the agenda.
The unvoiced decisions, the pros and cons of staying vs. leaving, the turbulent times behind the stable title, the offers never signed, the returning alumni and expectations both ways, the shifts between NGOs and commercials, all of that. Decisions and motivations behind the choices. The known and the unknown. Questions around “what’s next”.
We’ll never get to that by just screening the CVs or scrolling LinkedIn profiles. Even more – often clients themselves will not know it until they start talking to someone in confidence. To some extent, people pay career coaches for the questions that coaches ask (i.e. for the competence of knowing what to ask and when), just like they pay trainers in a gym for being there and guarding them.
Some would seek handholding, others – a challenge, and the majority – the space to be listened to and a chance to be heard, - in the world that never stops talking.
For me, everything that happens behind the CV façade, is exactly the reason why I have chosen to be and stay in this profession, - helping others in their professional fulfilment and integrating work into lives at large.
The difference between the recruiter and the career coach, is that to a career coach, the candidate will tell the truth. Recruiter will only hear truth that’s polished, or deal with an unprepared candidate 😊 Career coach (and headhunter sometimes) will hear what’s on the agenda.
The unvoiced decisions, the pros and cons of staying vs. leaving, the turbulent times behind the stable title, the offers never signed, the returning alumni and expectations both ways, the shifts between NGOs and commercials, all of that. Decisions and motivations behind the choices. The known and the unknown. Questions around “what’s next”.
We’ll never get to that by just screening the CVs or scrolling LinkedIn profiles. Even more – often clients themselves will not know it until they start talking to someone in confidence. To some extent, people pay career coaches for the questions that coaches ask (i.e. for the competence of knowing what to ask and when), just like they pay trainers in a gym for being there and guarding them.
Some would seek handholding, others – a challenge, and the majority – the space to be listened to and a chance to be heard, - in the world that never stops talking.