YOUNG & PROFESSIONAL

Young & Professional is a career and life-coaching program for twenty somethings who have completed their formal education, are working and want assistance in redefining a career path.

Many young people haven't settled into a comfortable work pattern and may feel they are floundering and stuck. They want to explore other career possibilities and do something more meaningful.

This program provides comprehensive discovery questions, online assessments and coaching that assists you in learning more about who you are so you can effectively research best-fit career opportunities. It helps you develop the essential work, people, and leadership skills employers look for and includes interview preparation and personalized life coaching guidance and support.

Young people are asking: Who am I? Where am I going? What's important to me? What am I best at? How can I contribute? This program will help answer these important life questions.

Parents and grandparents see the challenges and uncertainty facing young people today. By funding this program, they are investing in their children's or grandchildren's future. They often remark, "I wish I'd had this kind of information when I was young. I could have saved a lot of time, money and effort."

The Young Professional program also features personal branding and the development of a Brand-YOU! Profile.™ Starbucks and Target are well-known brands – we have an image of who they are and what to expect when we choose to be a patron. Have you ever considered what your teachers, professors, bosses, co-workers, peers, friends and family think of you when your name is mentioned? Your brand is your operative reputation and impacts your ability to be successful; it either supports or derails your academic and career success.

Your Brand-YOU! Profile™ must demonstrate what employers want you to have. According to 10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College, author Bill Coplin says you must have mastered the following skill-sets:

Work Ethic Physical Performance Speaking Writing Teamwork

Influencing People Research Number Crunching Critical Thinking Problem Solving

How would you rate yourself in these areas? What areas do you need to improve?



“Cindy has been an incredible life coach for me, as I went from a college graduate with no clear direction to someone with set goals and expectations. She helped me identify my strengths, motivations and goals in a way that gave me a huge competitive edge over other people my age. Her work with me has paid off in ways that I could never have imagined.”

Matt Logan, Greensboro, NC

“I’m in my mid-20s and wish that I knew about Cindy when I was in high school and college; things would have been a lot clearer for me coming out of college with a career path figured out. If you’re thinking, ‘well, I’ll just go to my college career counselor for free’ think again. They don’t have the time or resources compared to what Cindy can do for you. The in-depth assessments, one-on-one coaching, advice, feedback, articles, books, and motivation helped me figure out who I was – my true strengths, gifts and talents which resulted in the confidence to go after a job that suited me perfectly. The best words you can hear are… ‘When can you start?’… I start my new job this week!”

Erin Beavers

PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS

Clarifying your innate abilities, personality preferences, interests, and values through assessments makes it much easier to evaluate career choices. These instruments do not pigeon hole or place you in a box. They provide critical information to help you get clear on who you are; most young people truly appreciate finding out about themselves and report high assessment accuracy.

The Highlands Ability Battery is considered a foundational assessment that measures innate abilities. It provides young people critical information in planning for a successful career and life; it can only be administered by a certified Highlands affiliate.

This program offers a variety of assessments. Together, we can determine which ones are right for you.

• Myers-Briggs Step II Interpretive™
• Strong Interest Inventory Interpretive™ (newly revised)
• Personal Interests, Attitudes & Values™
• Workplace Motivators™
• Management-Staff™ or Sales Version™

For detailed information on the assessments, click here.



CAREER & LIFE COACHING FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Coaching helps you go farther faster by maximizing potential. You may be good and even better than most—but you will never be as good as you could be without outside input. Coaching is confidential and includes email, brief calls & homework sessions. Coaching helps to:

• Further explore career options
• Create resumes/impact cover letters
• Prepare for job interviews/network
• Understand the job offer/benefits
• Set career/life goals and achieve them
• Deal with work/life issues
• Learn effective goal setting
• Improve communication/relationship skills
• Develop effective problem solving/decision making
• Learn about money; save/spend wisely
• Improve/develop self-esteem/self confidence

Contact Cindy for program pricing information.