{"id":7455,"date":"2017-11-11T12:56:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T17:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ioadvisory.com\/?p=7455"},"modified":"2020-07-07T08:16:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T12:16:50","slug":"career-advice-professionals-nuanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioadvisory.com\/blog\/career-advice-professionals-nuanced\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuanced career advice \u2026 why professionals need it the most"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"career<\/a>Have you ever been excited to see a job listing that you know you\u2019re qualified for … and then after confidently clicking ‘submit’ you only seem to hear crickets instead of the phone ringing or the sound of an email pinging a promising notification?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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These days possessing a university degree or even a professional designation doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019ll be immune from career-related challenges (see this blog post about the perceived value of a university degree<\/a>).\u00a0Sometimes, it’s possible to graduate from a program and then learn that there are too many graduates with a similar background for the available positions (e.g., law school graduates<\/a> who struggle to find an articling position<\/a> or certified\u00a0teachers who settle for supply teaching, or for work outside of the area of their hard-earned degree).<\/span><\/p>\n

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If education isn’t enough, what is needed?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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This raises an important question: if a solid education is no longer enough<\/em> to guarantee a good career, what else is needed? Where can you find out? Who can you count on to help? A quick Google search for career advice from career coaches and consultants will turn up countless pages with options. An endless supply of reliable and supportive information \u2026 right? Not necessarily.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"career<\/a>The vast array of coaching options and sources of career advice that are listed online can make it hard to know who is the real deal. One problem is that the career coaching industry is not regulated so it can be hard to tell who’s suitable versus who’s marketing makes them appear<\/em> that way (see this blog on the value of expertise<\/a>). If you dig deeper, you will discover that many of the career coaches have earned their certifications\/ designations in a relatively short amount of time (e.g., hours or days). Even worse, many haven\u2019t accomplished much professionally in a relevant field before taking on the coaching role and starting to dole out career advice. It\u2019s one thing to give some career advice to a high school graduate looking for part-time work while attending school, but tackling the role of a coach when handling an established professional\u2019s livelihood and other high stakes situations is a different matter, in my opinion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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So, which occupations are experiencing this professional \u2018overcrowding\u2019?<\/em><\/strong> Which career paths are now being \u2018disrupted\u2019 after decades and decades of being stable? These include the following fields and roles:<\/span><\/p>\n