"Design Yourself: Career Coaching for Youth"

Aims & objectives

To explore possibilities to use coaching for improving young people's competitiveness and opportunities in the job market and business and to equip participants with different methods and tools that can be used in coaching young individuals in matters concerning their career development and personal growth.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

24 youth workers, educators and youth leaders from Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia and Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia.

Training methods used & main activities

Coaching, work in pairs and small groups, simulations, personal development exercises, career planning exercises, reflection and evaluation techniques.

Outcomes of the activity

Participants improved their self-awareness and understanding of their strenghts and weaknesses, made concrete plans for achieving their own dreams, as well as learnt tools that can be used in work with their target groups, in order to help them to expand their career opportunities.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Facilitating sessions about self-awareness, self-reflection and different personal development approaches and methods.

I worked on this training for 2 days as a full time trainer.