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Ultimate Guide To Becoming a Career Coach & Selecting a Certification Program
Ultimate Guide To Becoming a Career Coach & Selecting a Certification Program
By Cara Heilmann
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Insider Secrets: How Do Large Organizations Screen Résumés?
Insider Secrets: How Do Large Organizations Screen Résumés?
By Cara Heilmann
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Don't Let Employers Assume the Worst About You By Your Email Address
Don't Let Employers Assume the Worst About You By Your Email Address
By Cara Heilmann
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I ran into Matt Cardona last night at Comic-Con 😅. After 22 years of working with pro wrestlers, I know to remain calm and very still…. No…
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I am so excited to announce that I received my Senior Professional Career Coach Certification from the International Association of Career…
I am so excited to announce that I received my Senior Professional Career Coach Certification from the International Association of Career…
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Taking a vacation or sabbatical won’t solve your burnout. It will definitely help you reset. But once you’re done, you’ll be waltzing right back…
Taking a vacation or sabbatical won’t solve your burnout. It will definitely help you reset. But once you’re done, you’ll be waltzing right back…
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Board of Director, Legislative Affairs Committee Chair, Global Diversity & Inclusion Chair
SHRM Hawaii
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Publications
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The Secret Life of Career Coaching: Find the Work You're Meant to Do by Helping Others Do the Same
Un-Settling Books Publishing
Why choose between doing well and doing the world good?
Most of us start with a blueprint: college, career, do all the right things. Find a house. Climb the ladder. Buy your happiness. And above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going—until you can’t.
What happens when you just can’t do it for one more day? Best-selling author and career coach Cara Heilmann knows the answer. Cara writes to those of us wondering about career coaching and if our purpose just might be…Why choose between doing well and doing the world good?
Most of us start with a blueprint: college, career, do all the right things. Find a house. Climb the ladder. Buy your happiness. And above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going—until you can’t.
What happens when you just can’t do it for one more day? Best-selling author and career coach Cara Heilmann knows the answer. Cara writes to those of us wondering about career coaching and if our purpose just might be helping others find theirs. In this warm and practical guide to starting your own business as a career coach, she connects the world of making pragmatic choices with the magic of doing what you’re meant to do. So that you can do well, and do the world—and yourself—some good.
You’ll learn how to:
- Find the courage to leap into entrepreneurship
- Use all your gifts to build a business that helps others
- Discover your magical zone of entrepreneurial genius
- Fall in love with what you do
In addition to walking you through the steps to building your own business, Secret Life features the unforgettable true stories of career coaches who put everything on the line to build practices that serve others. Perfect for entrepreneurs who know they want to be in the business of doing good.
“Cara guides us on a journey of self-inquiry. That is the magic and the power of this book.” ~ James R. Doty, MD, author of the New York Times bestseller Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart -
Confessions of the Accidental Career Coach
Morgan James Publishing
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The Art of Finding the Job You Love: An Unconventional Guide to Work With Meaning
Morgan James Publishing
Cara Heilmann is interviewed by publisher, Dr. Angela Lauria, about Heilmann's international best selling book.
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Forbes Coaches Council
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International Coaching Federation (ICF)
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