Career Growth: find and achieve your dream career

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Chris Croft is a world renowned speaker known for his practical approach to all aspects of leadership and workplace happiness. In this specialisation he's curated 3 in depth courses providing practical guides to establishing your life purpose and career goals, and then how to get your dream job, and finally how to continuously progress at work throughout your journey. The Job Interview course covers all aspects of creating an engaging resume and then excelling in an interview environment (including detailed workbooks to help you prepare for common questions and a step-by-step guide to giving presentations in an interview). Next, the Career Development course gives numerous ways to think about your career plans over a lifetime, find your life purpose and establish how your personality type fits within your long term goals. Finally, the Personal Success and Work course ensures you navigate the workplace effectively long term - covering aspects like goal setting, when to change jobs, how to get promoted, effective leadership, time management, and finding happiness in your daily work life.

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Course 1: Job Interview & Resume Mastery: Get Your Dream Job
Course 2: Career Development - Discover your life purpose & ideal job
Course 3: Personal Success at Work

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14 hours 26 minutes
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Chris Croft is an international speaker and author who has been teaching goal setting and career progression skills to people around the world for over 20 years. His practical and entertaining teaching style keeps learners engaged while delivering valuable, life-changing skills. It’s incredibly common to feel like you’re not achieving enough, or that you don’t know what your life purpose is. The root of these problems is most often found in your work life, but it can be surprisingly simple to get back on track and start doing what you love. Many people underestimate how much your choice of job affects your long-term happiness. This course is specifically designed to help you identify your ideal career so you can stop dreading Monday morning. You’ll spend time honing in what your dream career and life purpose is, as well as the benefits and sacrifices required to make more money. We’ll go over the pros and cons of being self-employed and starting your own business, and look at the choice between taking risky jobs, versus those that are safe but don’t excite you. This course will delve deep into your life goals and how you view success, and whether you feel that success is something worth exchanging for stress. We’ll look at whether having a big salary is a priority to you and how to feel like you’re doing your best work every day. This course will help you find the ultimate career sweet spot, where you get to do something you are good at and enjoy, that gives you a sense of achievement and contribution to the world, while also paying the bills – the Japanese call this Ikigai. By the time you finish this course, you will feel well prepared and confident at goal setting and ready to start your job search and find your dream career, but more importantly, how to go about getting it. Whether you’re just starting out in the workforce, looking for a big career change, or just want to move up the ladder in a more fulfilling direction, this course will provide you with practical tools you can use right away in your career development.
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10 hours 25 minutes
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Chris Croft is an international speaker and author who has been teaching interview and presentation skills to companies around the world for over 20 years. His practical and entertaining teaching style keeps learners engaged while delivering valuable, life-changing skills. I meet people every day who are unhappy in their jobs, which shows just how important career choices are. Your job affects not only your short-term happiness - since you spend at least eight hours a day doing it - but also your long-term fulfilment, including your sense of achievement, contribution, friendships, and intellectual challenge. This course will teach you practical skills to succeed in interviews and write an eye-catching resume, while also encouraging you to think carefully about which career will truly suit your strengths and make you happy. If you want to feel excited about going to work each day, this Dream Job course is for you. The course follows the full job interview timeline. You’ll learn how to choose the right role, write a strong resume, prepare effectively for interviews, and perform confidently on the day. It also includes advice on answering difficult questions, giving interview presentations, what to wear, how long your resume should be, and what to say during the interview. You’ll also learn how to follow up afterwards to maximise your chances of success. By the end of the course, you’ll feel calm, prepared, and confident in your ability to succeed in interviews - and hopefully receive several job offers. The course includes real interview and resume examples, some humorous, and provides practical tools you can use immediately in your job search. Whether you are planning a major career change or simply aiming for the next step on the ladder, this course will help you get that “You’re hired” call.
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11 hours 13 minutes
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Chris Croft is a business coach with over 20 years’ experience teaching entrepreneurs and leaders worldwide. His specialty is making complex ideas simple, useful, and even fun. What does success in your career really mean? For some people it means promotion and a bigger salary. For others it means job security, enjoying their work, making a difference, or finding the right balance between career and life. In reality, career success looks different for everyone and understanding what success means to you is the first step toward achieving it. In this practical and thought-provoking course, Chris Croft shares the strategies, behaviours, and career tactics that help professionals succeed inside organisations. Drawing on decades of experience working across companies of different sizes and industries, Chris explains how careers actually work inside real workplaces, not just how we think they should work. You’ll explore how organisations operate, how promotions really happen, and how to position yourself so that you become the obvious candidate when opportunities appear. The course covers everything from defining your personal version of success to developing the habits and skills that make people promotable. You’ll learn how to manage relationships with colleagues and bosses, build strong professional networks, and avoid the common career pitfalls that derail talented people. You’ll also explore practical frameworks such as: • The four career paths within organisations • The SPVEM goal framework for powerful career goals • The PEAR model of promotion potential • How to balance achievement and quality of life • Strategies for navigating office politics and organisational dynamics This course also explores the importance of visibility, communication, relationships, and reputation within organisations, all essential ingredients for long-term career success. By the end of the course, you’ll have a clearer picture of where you want your career to go and a practical toolkit to help you get there. Whether you want to climb the corporate ladder, develop specialist expertise, or simply build a career that you genuinely enjoy, this course will help you design a career path that works for you.