Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is online vocational counseling and career coaching?

By vocational counseling we mean professional counseling aimed at improving our clients' professional success and work satisfaction. Career coaching stands for professional vocational counseling aimed at executive level employees. Working online means that we use Internet services, such as e-mail, chat, calls and video-conferencing to communicate with the client instead of meeting face-to-face.

2. Who can use your services?

Anyone who is looking for professional vocational counseling or career coaching and who approves of communicating online through the Internet.

IMPORTANT:

The use of our services is always under the client's responsability. Please do not use your employer's time and resources to use our service in order to avoid any hazzle at your workplace.

3. Where to find more information on work oriented issues, such as vocational counseling?

A very good general source is the web site of The International Labor Organization. It features various articles and other information on work conditions world-wide and programs dedicated to improve them. Part of this effort is vocational counseling.

4. What kind of benefits are associated with online vocational counseling?

Better work satisfaction and better chances to find personal fulfilment through one's professional career. Speaking of working online, communicating online is a very practical solution for many clients. E-mail counseling works when the client wants to contemplate on their career without time pressure. Using calls and video-conferencing are ideal in cases where the client wants to discuss his/hers situation with the career counselor in real time but does not wish to leave home.

Many clients prefer working online to regular face-to-face sessions due to the level of flexibility it offers. For example, working without seeing each other is possible by choosing not use a web camera. In many cases counseling online is the only alternative available due to geographic factors.

5. Do online vocational counseling and career coaching really work?

It is an interesting fact that reported benefits of online vocational counseling and career coaching are very similar to the ones associated with more traditional methods, such as face-to-face sessions. This means that online counseling is an efficient solution in coping with many types of career oriented challenged and problems.