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Programs at Career Transitions Center of Chicago (CTC)
The Career Transitions Center of Chicago’s mission is to provide professional, emotional and spiritual support to those seeking a job, looking for meaningful work, or otherwise undergoing a career transition. The following highlights other programs offered this month at CTC. For details and registration, please see our website, www.ctcchicago.org.
We are pleased to provide you with the CTC September programs list. We are ready for a great fall 2010 with an outstanding line-up of programs and opportunities for connection. We hope you will help us reach out to those who'd benefit and be interested. More information about all of the programs on the attached Programs List is available on our website, www.ctcchicago.org.
Among the many opportunities in September are the following:
Work/Life Coaching Program: CTC's Life Map - For individuals as well as couples who seek a life of greater purpose and meaning, with clearer direction, grounded in who and what is most important, CTC's Life Map welcomes the public. The next Life Map program starts Wednesday, September 15th, held 4 consecutive Wednesday evenings, 6-8:30 pm. This could be a great career/life coaching opportunity for those in life change: job/career transition, mid-career, mid-life and pre-retirement. Cost is $300 ($200 for CTC clients), includes all materials and two one-on-one coaching sessions in addition to the weekly sessions.
Career Coaching Special Opportunity : CTC StrengthFinders Group - For both job search and ongoing career management, CTC StrengthFinders Group, a five-week coaching program, helps you identify your natural talents and your greatest value and contribution. Perfect for mid-career professionals and those seeking to revitalize their career, CTC’s StrengthFinders Group serves to develop the kind of clarity and vision that drives a successful and satisfying future. Highly participatory and connecting, this is a wonderful learning opportunity. Discover your strengths and put them to work for you. The next program is held on Mondays, 11:00 a .m. – 12:30 p .m., beginning on September 20th and continues for a total of five Monday lunchtime sessions, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm . Space is limited to 12 participants. Public is welcome. Cost is $300 ($200 for CTC clients), includes all materials and two one-on-one coaching sessions.
Anita C. Jenke
Executive Director
The Career Transitions Center of Chicago
703 W. Monroe St.
Chicago, IL 60661
312-906-9908
www.ctcchicago.org
Regular Programs at CTC:
CTC Information Sessions
Led by CTC Program Director, Laura Sterkel, these meetings welcome/orient all interested in the programs and resources available through CTC. The 50-minute agenda underscores the value of coaching as a CTC distinction and a key to successful job search and/or career transition. A tour of our business center is hosted by a CTC staff member following the meeting. All are welcome to this exploratory session. Please call 312.906.9908 to attend.
CTC Building Skills Workshops
Facilitated by CTC job/career coaches, these 2-hours seminars offer up-to-date job search instruction for CTC clients are held in succession, repeated every four weeks. Topics include:
Know Yourself and Where You’re Going
*Present Your Best Self in Writing
*Networking: An Essential Tool for Career and Life!
*Awesome Interviewing and Winning Negotiating
*recently updated!
Weekly Peer Groups and Networking Sessions
CTC Peer Groups are weekly sessions for CTC clients, held weekly, help clients maintain progress in their job search efforts by sharing “Success Stories, Lessons Learned, and Best Practices,” at a weekly check-up/update opportunity. Clients share ideas and leads, celebrate successes and encourage each other in times of rejection, disappointment or temporary malaise.
St. Chrysostom’s Employment Council Monday Evening Speaker Series
Held at St. Chrys’, a CTC sponsor, on the North Side each Monday evening, the speakers present on a job-search related topic. Participants are encouraged to network following the presentation. Organized and facilitated by members of the well-established Employment Council of the St. Chrys’ congregation, CTC clients and the public are welcomed.
CTC Career Assessment Workshops
Each month CTC offers clients the opportunity to gain greater awareness through Strong Interest Inventory® and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessments and workshops conducted by our colleagues at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. The Strong Interest Inventory® assessments provide time-tested and research-validated insights to facilitate the search for more engaging, fulfilling careers. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator invites clients to explore how their unique personality type serves them in making choices regarding work and work environments, around style of communication and relationships with others and can enhance their ability to navigate change and conflict.
CTC Coaching Circles
Facilitated by CTC coaches, these multi-week coaching opportunities allow participants to delve deeply into topic areas relevant to job and career direction, greater effectiveness, success and satisfaction. CTC charges $300 to the public; $200 discounted price to CTC clients and coaches.
CTC StrengthFinders Group is led by CTC Program Director, Laura Sterkel, and Coach, David Kaiser around the content in StrengthFinders 2.0 by Tom Rath and “Go, Put Your Strengths to Work” (authored by Marcus Buckingham, et al). This group coaching format assists CTC clients in clarifying their strengths and work success. The StrengthFinders experience is intended to serve both job search and ongoing career management. Additional one-on-one coaching sessions are available to participants. Next course starts in June.
Life Map: Charting Your Course to a Life of Greater Purpose and Meaning - Offered quarterly, this multi-week program (4 weeks in succession and then an additional session one month following) is based upon the work of work-life coaching pioneer, Richard Leider, led by CTC’s founder, Al Gustafson and Laura Sterkel, Program Director. Approximately 12 participants are led through an in-depth examination over 10 hours of group coaching with exercises and discussion. Participants develop goals and action-steps in the areas of work, relationships, personal growth and finances that can be put to work immediately. Two one-on-one coaching sessions are offered to all participants as part of the program. CTC charges $300 to the public; $200 discounted price to CTC clients and coaches. Next course starts May 12th.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Generously sponsored by Charter One to benefit CTC clients and the public, this series of programs consists of a variety of learning opportunities including, presentations, seminars and coaching, led by CTC job coaches and expert entrepreneurs. The line of programming is designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs and creative professionals become more confident, strategic and successful in organizations or in independent business pursuits. Series starts November 2009 and continues through June 2010.
Finding Work Retreat
This retreat has been attended by thousands in the Chicago area over the past 11 years. It is offered through CTC sponsors and a diverse group of churches/parishes and career centers to the public (typically 20-30% of participants are CTC clients). Finding Work provides a two-day opportunity for participants to put aside resumes and job boards to gain greater awareness of the opportunities as well as the range of confusion, angst and soul-searching accompanying transition. Led by Al Gustafson and a c. 20-person retreat team of seasoned career management professionals, the retreat benefits persons of all ages, faiths and work experience, ministering to the spiritual and emotional dimensions of transition, helping participants find resolution and hope in their search for meaningful work. One-on-one counseling and spiritual direction are available throughout the retreat. $95 is requested from the 40-60 retreat participants but no one is turned away due to an inability to pay. Check the CTC calendar for a special one-day opportunities in May.
CTC/Chicago Coach Federations Quarterly Programs
Once each quarter, CTC collaborates with Chicago Coach Federation (CCF) in a Monday evening workshop targeting CTC clients, coaches and the public. The purpose of the program is to promote the use and value of coaching. The programs can provide a helpful learning experience and content to both coaches and clients alike. In addition to providing CTC coaches with a development opportunity, it also serves to connect them with the larger Chicago coaching community. All are welcome. Cost is discounted for CTC clients and coaches.
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