Welcome to Career Health Workshop
Know yourself. Love your job.
Career Health Workshop helps adults identify careers that fit them because of their unique traits and backgrounds, find jobs in those careers, and start well at those jobs.
We work with all kinds of people, but specialize in supporting people who face unique disadvantages with employment such as disability (including neurodivergence) and career gaps. You can thrive at work, too.
Services
Career Health Workshop offers welcoming, experience-based, and friendly assistance with:
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Resume and CV Review
Expert support for the DIY job seeker who already knows exactly where they’re going and why
02
Resume Writing
Creating job application documents (including resumes and cover letters) that showcase the best angle on your existing accomplishments
03
Job Search Training
Equipping you for the hiring process, including a safe place to practice interview questions with a former hiring manager
04
Career Planning
Identifying jobs and career paths that would be a good fit for you based on your background, education, context, interests, and work history
05
Negotiation Preparation
Building the confidence and knowledge you need to negotiate with your new employer regarding the salary and benefits package
06
Onboarding Support
Support through the onboarding process with evaluating health insurance and other benefit options
About
Photo by Aly Issabelle
When Ella lost her job due to her disability, she worried she would never be able to work again. She felt stupid and worthless because of the way she had been treated. Despite this, she decided to give work one more try.
Ella decided that instead of working at whatever job was available, she would use her experience hiring and managing people to find the best possible job for her, so this last try would be at the job where she had the best chance.
In Ella’s next job, she was quickly recognized as the best person for the job who had ever worked in that role. That December, she got a card that said, “we can’t remember how we survived without you.” Best of all, Ella was the happiest she had ever been at work. Now, Ella helps others achieve those same results at Career Health Workshop.
Recent Thoughts
Sometimes clients tell me they’re sure to get hired because they’re willing to do anything. Here’s why that’s not helping them find work. Click to read.
Your resume needs to show the hiring team the buried treasure in your past. Here are some gems we unearthed recently. Click to read.
With so much online discussion of ATS, AI, and other technology, many applicants are concerned their resumes are never read. As usual, the truth is more complicated. Click to read.
Stuff We Love
Career Health Workshop is not the only place you can find help with your job search and your career. Here are a few other free resources to get you started:
- www.job-ish.com is a new website for job seekers that finds job postings on company websites, not just jobs posted on major job boards like LinkedIn and Indeed.
- Alison Green at www.askamanager.org runs a workplace advice blog that includes years worth of useful information on finding work and succeeding in the workplace.
- This article on negotiation by Aleenah Ansari: https://joysauce.com/negotiate-your-salary/ covers the basics from a realistic angle.
- This 20-minute TED talk on burnout and what you can do about it right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrJAX-iQ-O4. Burnout is extremely common at work and in life, but there are practical steps you can take to reduce its harmful impact on your body and mind.
- This insightful episode of the Journey to Launch podcast where financial expert Jamilla Souffrant interviews human resources champion and diversity and inclusion leader Dorianne St. Fleur on success in the workplace, especially focused on the challenges unique to women of color: https://journeytolaunch.com/episode232/.
- This essay by Simone Stolzoff about what careers are really like: full of change, decision points, and few mistakes (if any) that can’t lead to somewhere fine: https://every.to/p/in-praise-of-the-meandering-career.
- If you are disabled or neurodivergent and working, the best place to start for considering accommodations is www.askjan.org.