Career Support Community and Resources

As you’ve explored a role as a Career Coach or Navigator in the preceding courses in this program, you’ve gained skills and knowledge about the profession and how to help clients find fulfilling jobs that allow them to earn a good living. This final course in the Career Coach and Navigator Professional Certificate will explore how the changing technology landscape affects the career landscape and what to do about it, develop skills for virtual coaching and career fairs, work with community organizations to develop referral relationships, understand funding sources, and complete a capstone project that will help you prepare for the role of a Career Coach or Navigator. By the end of the course, you will be able to: 1. Research and act on technology trends. 2. Develop computer application skills for virtual coaching. 3. Engage community partners and businesses to identify resources. 4. Identify career development opportunities for Career Coaches and Navigators. 5. Complete a capstone project. To be successful in this course, no prior experience with career coaching or navigation is required; but we recommend completing the previous courses in the program so you can build on the knowledge and skills from those courses here.

• Technical Skills
• As technology changes, so do the tools Career Navigators and clients use. Technology changes affect the career landscape, too. Learn how can Career Navigators keep up to date for themselves and their clients.
• Building Community Partnerships
• One way to make sure you have the right resources for your clients is to build strong partnerships with stakeholders. Learn how to engage new stakeholders, discuss client progress with them and secure sources of funding.
• Professional Organizations and Career Development
• So far, you've learned how to help clients grow and develop in their careers. Now it's time to focus on opportunities for Career Navigators to join professional organizations and progress in their careers.
• Capstone
• In this final module, you will apply all the skills you have learned throughout the course to a final, graded project. You will also take a final exam.