"Those who do not create the future they want,
must endure the future they get."
Draper L Kaufmann Jr.
must endure the future they get."
Draper L Kaufmann Jr.
Does your career make you feel like this?
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> Not sure of the right career path for you?
> Confused, unhappy or lost where you are? > Feel you are not anywhere near reaching your true potential but don't really know what it is? > Want to make a difference and keep learning but don't know where or how yet? > Feel like every miserable day at work lasts for ever while the weekends seem to fly by? |
why meaning and purpose matter
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Rarely do people talk about the effect of choosing one particular career path over another will have on the type of life you will end up living.
And yet it matters massively. Fail to choose wisely and, like 85% of the working population as research by Gallup shows, you will be miserable and unfulfilled for a significant chunk of your waking life. But it doesn't have to be like this. Whatever the problems you are currently experiencing, we have the antedote to feeling lost and hating Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays... well, you get the picture! |
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The INSPiRED Career Development
Programme for Graduates
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Using a unique blend of positive psychology and neuroscience, and informed by career and life coaching theories and action research from working with thousands of emerging and established career professionals, our INSPiRED Graduate Career Development Programme will enable you to take develop an achievable and exciting plan, fuelled by a clearly identified career purpose so you can enjoy a happy, fulfilling and successful working life.
We have done this with others who now feel the sunshine in their career and we can help you achieve the same. |
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Programme Overview
Specifically tailored to meet help graduands and graduates who left university within the last five years, this research-proven programme consists of eight core career development modules and a ninth employability focussed session.
The first seven represent the essential career elements you need to consider and help you to understand and develop your career story. The eighth module pulls everything together and acts as the catalyst to ensure you move forward effectively with career clarity so you can enjoy a happier, more fulfilled working life because you are inspired by what you do and see the point of it. Once you have completed the eight core modules, a ninth module will help you to tell your story effectively in applications, interviews and on LinkedIn.
By the end of the programme you will have a clear career purpose, vision and mission along with the tools and techniques to ensure you stay on track and achieve your goals.
The first seven represent the essential career elements you need to consider and help you to understand and develop your career story. The eighth module pulls everything together and acts as the catalyst to ensure you move forward effectively with career clarity so you can enjoy a happier, more fulfilled working life because you are inspired by what you do and see the point of it. Once you have completed the eight core modules, a ninth module will help you to tell your story effectively in applications, interviews and on LinkedIn.
By the end of the programme you will have a clear career purpose, vision and mission along with the tools and techniques to ensure you stay on track and achieve your goals.
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Module 1 - Identity
Completing this module will help you to be clear about what makes you the person you are.
As well as exploring the essence of personality and character, we will also look at the role of values in career happiness and success so that by the end of the module you will be clear about who you are and what matters to you. |
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Module 2 - Needs & Wants
Everyone of us has different needs and wants in life whether inside or outside of work.
We will explore themes such as money, reward and recognition, autonomy and control, challenge, learning and growth, opportunity awareness, work life balance, the meaning of success, and lifestyle so you can identify what you need and want. This module will help you to understand what sort of life you want to live and what needs to be in your career so that you can live that life. |
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Module 3 - Strengths, Talents & Skills
We all have a different blend of strengths and talents, unique to who we are.
This module will help you to identify your gifts and abilities (yes, you do have some!). You will learn the difference between learned skill-based excellence and natural strengths, why this matters and recognise which ones you want to develop most. |
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Module 4 - Passion & Interests
As Confucius, Joseph Campbell and Shakti Gawain amongst others have recognised, if you do something you love, work and play become the same thing. Informed by theories from positive psychology and flow, this module will help you to identify your passion or strong interest, understand it and explore how you could develop it further in your career. We also look at some of the world's big issues which may just provide the inspiration you need to create a worthwile career.
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Module 5 - Impact & Purpose
We know intrinsically, and research confirms, that doing things that are meaningful and have purpose lead us to feeling good about ourselves and our lives. This module explores how having a career leitmotif or central theme provides enduring stability, opportunity and growth in changing times no matter what happens to individual contracts and organisations. We will look to stories of others who have found themes centred around purpose, contribution and meaning as inspiration for helping you find your own.
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Module 6 - Relationships
It is hard to find a career which does not involve working with other people to some extent.
Given you will probably spend more time with work colleagues than your partner, this module will help you identify the types of people you want to work with - and which types to avoid! This will help you recognise when a specific role or opportunity is right so that you can be happy and grow through positive connection and support from colleagues, rather than feeling miserable and being inhibited by others. |
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Module 7 - Environment
Just as people can be drains or radiators, the environment we work in can also either energise and lift us up or leave us feeling depleted and worn.
Working through this module will help you to be clear about the geographic location, physical environment and working patterns of your every day working life so you can make informed choices which create an enriching and happy working life. |
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Module 8 - Direction and Goals
In the eight module, we draw all seven career elements together and distill them so that you have a clear and purposeful vision and mission based on understanding the essence of your career.
You will learn how to goal set effectively so that, by the time the programme ends, you will have tangible, measurable, achievable and congruent objectives to move your career forward. |
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Module 9 - Telling your story
In this final module, you will develop your ability to tell your story confidently on your CV, at interview and on LinkedIn so that you stand out as a candidate for all the right reasons.
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What do I get and how does the programme work?
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Nine comprehensive one to one online sessions, one for each module
Our Lead Career Coach, Carolyn Parry, will take you through the key concepts and elements in nine 90 minute online meetings at a time and frequency to suit you, and typically fortnightly. There will plenty of chance for coaching and questions along the way as well to ensure you get to grips fully with the material, so you can make informed decisions about the future you want and create it. |
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Interactive worksheets and resources for every module
Each session comes with worksheets and resources to help you build on what you learn in the module webinar. And to help you deepen your knowledge and understanding still further, we provide links to further resources for you to explore particular themes as they capture your imagination during the live sessions. |
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Post course coaching session and virtual quick queries in between
We realise that change can raise other questions which you couldn't foresee, so we are more than happy to answer quick queries via email for up to one month between the end of the programme and your final coaching session to ensure that you are making effective progress. |
What does it cost?
We believe that everyone should have access to cost effective
high quality careers programmes so we use technology to help us do this.
The INSPiRED GRADUATE One to One career development programme includes
all worksheets, and nine ninety minute one hour coaching webinars with support in between.
Priced at just £550, it is less than the cost of a weekend away. and its effects last a lot longer!
high quality careers programmes so we use technology to help us do this.
The INSPiRED GRADUATE One to One career development programme includes
all worksheets, and nine ninety minute one hour coaching webinars with support in between.
Priced at just £550, it is less than the cost of a weekend away. and its effects last a lot longer!
Read how we have helped others
put the sunshine in their career
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"My Career Alchemy coach has been a great help. She has helped me identify what my passions are and how to pursue those within a career. She is very good at helping you understand what your strengths are, and how to convey these through a CV and job application. Thanks to her help and sound advise, I quickly secured a job in a field I am passionate about. Thanks Career Alchemy!" |
"I had two coaching sessions with my Career Alchemy coach. Previously I wasn't sure how to achieve my career goals. My coach helped me to identify my key strengths and create an action plan that helped me to land a very good job in the sector that I wanted to be. I can recommend Career Alchemy to anyone who is looking for career advice." |
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"Helped me to start reaching my dreams. I am also more confident, believing in myself and knowing what and where I would like to be in my life." |