What Does Career Coaching Offer?

Career coaching provides a safe and focused space to reflect on your career, professional identity and future direction. It strengthens self‑awareness, confidence and belief in your abilities – the foundations for making brave decisions and succeeding in a new phase.

An experienced coach helps you identify your strengths, motivations and opportunities, and articulate them in a way that makes your expertise visible in job searches and career steps. Coaching also offers space to process the emotions that come with change – from uncertainty and frustration to hope and forward momentum. Change is a process, and coaching offers a supportive and structured way through it.

Career coaching supports you in times of change, helps you find a new direction and strengthens your confidence. You don’t have to navigate career questions alone.

Benefits for Specialists and Organisations

  • Strengthens self-awareness and confidence
  • Clarifies career direction and goals
  • Builds courage and belief in your ability to move forward
  • Updates job‑search skills to meet current expectations
  • For organisations: a responsible way to support wellbeing during change, reduce uncertainty and strengthen employer reputation.

What Challenges Does Career Coaching Address?

  • Uncertainty about career direction or skills
  • Stress, doubt and negative emotions during change
  • Difficulty recognising and expressing strengths in job search
  • Need for new motivation and direction
  • Need to update job‑search skills

Key Tools and Methods

  • Identification of strengths and motivations
  • Clarifying professional interests and career aspirations
  • Planning the next steps in your career
  • Optional personality or capability assessments (e.g. WorkPlace Big Five / Great People Insight)
  • Preparing job‑search documents and profiles, mapping job‑search channels
  • Preparing for interviews, video interviews and simulations

It focuses specifically on clarifying career direction, recognising strengths, and supporting people through transitions. The service is individual and goal‑oriented.

For specialists who are considering a career change, want to clarify their goals or need support with job searching and articulating their skills.

Usually 4–6 sessions (60–90 minutes). The process can be complemented with assessments.

Greater self-awareness and confidence, clearer career goals and updated job‑search skills. Organisations benefit from motivated and supported employees.

“The sessions were surprisingly simple in structure yet impressively deep and challenging. Reflecting everyday situations through fundamental and thought‑provoking questions forced me to think at a deeper level. Virpi’s ability to listen and capture the purpose behind my words is exceptional. She does not let you off the hook easily – in the best possible way.”

Get in touch to learn more about career coaching!

+358 50 386 9862
virpi.ojakangas@ojakangascoaching.com

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