Foreword

What should a career coach do for you? Well, according to The Bolles Dictionary—a mythical book if ever there was one—a career coach is one who helps people with three basic questions: what, where, and how. That is, what do I want to do with my life, where do I want to do it, and how do I find such work?

And if you want help figuring out these questions on a higher level—what skills would I most love to use, where would I most love to use those skills, and how do I identify such a dream job and actually get hired to do it—a career coach can help you with that too.

What makes talking to a career coach a better choice than, say, simply turning to your partner or best friend for help when you are trying to solve these questions? Well, career ...

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