Seven qualities that make a good career consultant

Cluetrain INDICATED - If you do not know where you're going - how the hell you expect your coaching clients to understand their mission, dream, purpose, mission, goal? A good career counselor has a clarity and works their sox off to give the same to their customers.

Many people are attracted by the idea of ​​giving other people advice and guidance - pulls off the side 'People who love' even 'die-hard' human resource management professionals and the work they think they might retire in the role.

FOOD DODO? Just because people are managed in the organization used to listen to you before when you had some control over their lives does not mean that they will pay now. You have to have something that they would happily pay to hear.

In fact - you need within a few minutes to build a relationship so strong that the individual is easily tell their life story, without fear and with confidence. If you can not do this now you should not spend on your clients. Do you really listen, so you can listen to what is not said?

IDEAPRENEURS want to listen to the person. Listen to who is the person. Is to focus your attention on them and anything else you can learn about them as people. Here are three ways you can become a better listener:

Become aware of thoughts that cross your mind when you hear someone. You will not get strong thoughts that cross your mind like "You're right, she is not it? This is good, this is not good? I agree, disagree?

If you become aware of these filters can get rid of them and pay attention.

Most people spend the time you should be listening, preparing for what they say - as you can be listening? Instead of focusing on what you are going to say - focus on knowing the purpose of your listening to the person who is listening.

KARMA think of something else or what they have said about themselves - this shows that the other person who was really listening.

"So what you're saying is ..."

Understanding where people are coming from and what motivates them is a vital skill in any career consultant. You develop your skills in patience, listening and empathy of a life-long goal.

Your own work has integrity? Not only the adherence to a code of values, but not the whole stands out an examination? A building has integrity need to aim high. If a pillar of support is broken, say, 'the structure has no integrity.'

MAGIC Identify where your integrity is less than ideal, thin, or 'abyss' and take radical measures to make them all back. Turn around this and you will be able to take your clients, forward and upward.

Teach your client network with your example. As you know, not about numbers, it is the quality of relationships you develop with people. Networking requires effort, it takes time to build close contacts and time must be carefully managed for maximum benefit.

As a good and credible gatekeeper can take the customer's network from scratch to easy maintenance expert group supporting colleagues and potential JV in just six weeks.

Naturally be better connected Begin now - show them how to use the random acts of kindness. Pay for the coffee of the person behind them in a bar (or in front of the train), stopping and talking to a homeless person or to fall by an elderly lady, and fixing his torch.

MASTERMIND In the world explodes in which we live can not be counted on to give people the benefit of advice that is based on the 'old days'. (You know when you've had a good idea is milked for as long as you could.)

Forget it and go forward - old ideas are the victims of diminishing returns. Price of agreement, advertising, technology and products, and transparency and connectivity are key to keep yourself and your client forward....