Webinar: The Job Search Roller Coaster-Helping Clients Cope

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Please join us on Wednesday, October 26th from 6:30 – 7:30 pm for our first MCDA professional development webinar of the 2022-23 season on the topic of The Job Search Emotional Roller Coaster: Helping Clients Cope. There will also be optional discussion and networking time from 7:30 – 8:00 pm for those that wish to participate. This event has been approved for one NCDA Continuing Education credit.

Job seekers are often dealing with a roller coaster of emotions from excitement to hope to disappointment. With the tumultuous job market during the pandemic, job seekers are feeling more unsettled even in an improved market. Helping clients understand and manage emotions can lead to greater effort and success.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about this overlooked career development topic including relevant research
• Identify roles for career counselors and processes for clients
• Hear language that can be used with clients to normalize and inspire
• Experience specific mental, emotional and physical techniques that can help clients regain or keep a positive attitude.

This event is FREE to all MCDA members and costs $20 for non-members. If you’re not currently a member of MCDA, now is a great time to join! For annual dues of only $70 per year (or $35 per year for students or retirees), you will receive access to social networking events, our 2022-23 slate of four professional development events, a reduced rate for the annual conference, members-only access to our Online Membership Directory, and the MCDA Newsletter.

About Our Speaker:

Karen Litzinger, MA, LPC is the author of the recently released award-winning book, Help Wanted: An A to Z Guide to Cope with the Ups and Downs of the Job Search. As a career counselor with decades of experience and as an obsessive fan of daily inspiration books, Karen recognized that clients need tailored emotional support in addition to career change help and job search advice.

Karen has coached thousands of clients, including twenty years in her own business, Litzinger Career Consulting. She is a Certified Career Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Global Career Development Facilitator. Karen helps individual clients from high school students through retirees clarify their goals – and reach them. For corporate clients, Karen provides personalized career transition services during downsizing. Karen hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but helps clients across the country remotely. More information at: KarensCareerCoaching.com.

Karen’s wide-ranging career coaching experience includes serving as consultant for an international outplacement firm and director of a college career services center. Karen also achieved professional status in the National Speakers Association and served as the Pittsburgh Chapter president.