New perspectives

Unemployment can be one of the most frustrating experiences in life.

Dealing with unemployment is as diverse and varied as the people affected. From our coaching practice with over 4000 individual career coaching sessions, we can draw some generalizations, although these may not necessarily apply to you as a job seeker: 

Many affected people feel helpless or simply “pissed off”.

For some, it's as if they've been relieved of a great burden. People over 50 are hit particularly hard. The labor market sometimes considers them inflexible, too slow, and too expensive.

Anyone who has worked for a company for an extended period and is affected by unemployment is suddenly confronted with completely new demands on the job market. Self-promotion is not usually part of an employee's daily tasks.

Fortunately, we live in times of skilled labor shortages. Unlike the 90s, when structural unemployment was high. 

But what does that mean for you? Sit back, go on vacation, and wait for the next offer? Why not, but this strategy doesn't work for every profession and every age. 

Self-marketing strategies for the unemployed

An effective self-marketing strategy for the unemployed combines a positive attitude with clearly defined career goals. It's about developing a personal brand that reflects your skills and passions and integrating them into all communication tools, such as your resume and LinkedIn profile. Building a strong network, both online and offline, is also important.and continuous training to learn new skills or hone existing ones. Application materials should be customized for each position and used proactively during the job search. Feedback on applications and interviews is valuable and should be used for continuous improvement. At the same time, self-care is crucial for staying mentally and physically fit. Finally, documenting and celebrating progress and successes helps maintain motivation and promote positive energy.

Career reorientation

Did you know? Over 60% of all coaching opportunities relate to career reorientation. Unemployment is also an opportunity to reflect on one's own life in its entirety: "Does my life so far correspond to my expectations? Am I only in my relationship out of convenience? What do I really want to do in this life? And do I want to continue doing the job I have done so far for the rest of my life?" The search for Fulfillment in professional life is becoming more important.

Unemployment is quickly perceived as a personal flaw or failure. Our society isn't set up for "failure." Therefore, unemployment is concealed. Many people eventually withdraw socially and initially wait for a new outcome. Conversations among friends revolve around the professional future, but advice is the least needed. However, social withdrawal is precisely the wrong approach, because a large proportion of job openings never reach the market because they are filled through internal networks.

For men in particular, job loss often also means a kind of loss of identity. This experience can even be traumatizing, comparable to the death of a close relative.

Bewerbungstraining

Managers and well-educated academics, in particular, struggle to reconcile their self-image with the feeling of being "unneeded" due to unemployment. Having to "offer themselves like a commodity" and sell them is perceived as humiliating.

Some start applying hyperactively without the applicant and job requirements really matching. job interviews They appear nervous or use trained application jargon, which seems less than authentic. Difficult questions are skillfully avoided. Their own mistakes are ignored. They lack a meta-perspective, or helicopter view of their own actions. Self-reflection is then necessary:
"What have I learned from my mistakes and what would I do differently in my career in the future?"

Some applicants are so angry with their former employer and the experience of leaving that they cannot or do not want to acknowledge their own responsibility for the development. Unemployment is then viewed from the victim's perspective, and opportunities for personal development are ignored.

Future strategy

As the number of rejections increases, questions about one's own worth begin to arise. Relationships often suffer as well. Financial circumstances aren't geared toward unemployment. Fears of "social decline" grow. The confident charisma required for the application process loses its persuasive power.

Im career coaching We therefore pursue a holistic approach to the topic of professional reorientation.

First, it's important to examine the separation experience and, if necessary, reinterpret it. What ideas and fears are negatively impacting the application process? What vision of my own professional life seems inspiring? Am I expecting "the galley" or rather the dream job?
What mental constructs are preventing me from achieving what I really want to do?
Once the goals are clear and limiting beliefs have been replaced by inspiring ideas, it is time to implement the content.

A potentially more attractive alternative is self-employment. However, there are certain conditions that must be met. Starting a business from unemployment You can find further information here.
Fecke Coaching offers methodical, content-based, and corresponding mindset coaching. Going into business for yourself because you're "fed up with being an employee" is a poor prerequisite for success.

We distinguish career coaching
and Career Advice.

The methodological consultation primarily focuses on practical questions surrounding unemployment. A productive approach to dealing with the employment agency, continuing education opportunities, and benefit issues, as well as secondary employment, are discussed. Business start, social media use. Search agents, design of Application documents, Video application and intensive preparation for discussions with investors or employers.
During our consultations, we provide professional knowledge about the job market, job agents, headhunters, online strategies, and interviewing skills.

Coaching, then, is more concerned with innermost beliefs that, for example, produce undesirable results. Here, we examine the unconscious convictions and beliefs that could be standing in the way of a successful career.

Career Coaching with Funding

Basically, you can get career coaching based on our Price list Book online with us at any time for yourself or for one of your employees.
Most of our clients book packages of 3 to 9 hours.

Under certain circumstances, depending on the individual case, our career coaching can be funded by the Employment Agency. For this you need a
Activation and placement voucherswhich you can redeem with us.

Every career coaching session begins with a personal meeting. In a free initial consultation, we discuss your situation, issues, opportunities, obstacles, and desires. Together, we'll decide how we can support you to ensure your future job search is as successful as possible.

Give us a call:

+49-(0)160-99638012

The career coaching in the region of Offenburg, Achern, Bühl, Kehl, Lahr takes place in the premises of our coaching center in Offenburg at Tannweg 23.