If you can answer yes to any of the following questions, a session with the Career Counselor at the Work and Family Life Center can help. Appointments are available every fourth Tuesday and may be scheduled by calling the Work & Family Life Center at NIH 301-435-1619.

ARE YOU

• Feeling that your skills and capabilities are being underutilized in your present position?
• Not getting the promotion you would like or expect?
• Satisfied with your current situation, but want to learn how to plan for your future?
• Unsure about the next steps to take in managing your career or what development activities to engage in (coaching, training, seminars, professional organizations, mentoring…)?
• Wanting more recognition but unsure of how to get it?
• Concerned over organizational changes and how they may affect your position or career?
• Needing to update your resume in order to bid on another job?
• Feeling unprepared to interview for new positions?

HAVE YOU

• Interviewed for multiple positions and not gotten an offer?
• Wanted to explore other career options, but felt unaware of what is available and where to focus your efforts?
• Been frustrated over not getting interviews for positions you have applied for?
• Experienced a shift in values or priorities that you would like to incorporate into your career?

DO YOU

• Feel that you’re not being challenged in your present position?
• Know that your current position will be eliminated, but are not sure what your next steps should be?

Consultations with a career counselor offer an opportunity for you to receive confidential one-to-one counseling and guidance that can help you:

• Gain personal awareness of your strengths, interests, values and work style
• Clarify and establish goals, and create individual development plans
• Explore options and identify training and professional development opportunities
• Align your personal goals with the organizations’ goals and objectives
• Evaluate important personal and workplace transitions and changes
• Develop an action plan for achieving your goals
• Assess your current work situation and learn how to get more from your work.
• Develop feedback, interviewing, and networking skills
• Integrate your goals, strengths and values with your performance and development plan
• Learn how to communicate your goals to your manager
• Plan second careers post retirement
• Review federal application materials
• Learn how to assess organizational needs and challenges
• Learn how to obtain feedback from others