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Wired for Work Career Coaching: Tailored to How You’re Wired

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Do you know a grade 12 student, a university student, or a young adult considering a career change? Wired for Work is career coaching designed to provide guidance as they begin, or return to, their educational and professional journey. The program provides clarity and direction, helping participants carve out a path that aligns with their strengths and aspirations.

At the heart of the program is the Birkman Method assessment, a tool trusted by leading universities and career professionals. It is central to understanding your unique career profile and setting the stage for a fulfilling working life.

What Is the Birkman Method^®?

The Birkman Method offers valuable insight into your personality, motivations, and preferred work styles by looking at your usual behaviour, underlying needs, stress behaviours, and interests. This well-rounded approach sheds light not only on how you see yourself, but on how you work alongside others, guiding you toward career paths that fit who you genuinely are. The Birkman Method® is designed to help you understand your potential and set you on a path to success.

In Our Coaching Environment, Participants Explore:

The work they are meant to do.
How to devise a strategic plan for career success
Their ideal career industries
How they perform best at work
What energizes them and what doesn’t
Their strengths in a professional setting
The essentials for career success.

How Does it Work?

The Wired for Work package includes preliminary work, starting with the Birkman Method assessment, followed by a two-hour virtual session to explore the findings. Your Certified Birkman Coach will walk through your Birkman report with you and provide insight into how you are uniquely Wired for Work, so your strengths, motivations, and work style can help guide your next steps.

If you would like to go further, optional one-hour virtual coaching sessions are available. These sessions build on your Birkman results and can help you:

Develop a roadmap to move toward your desired career path
Identify potential obstacles in your way and plan how to work through them

Wired for Work package: $749 (includes the Birkman Method assessment and your two-hour feedback session)
Optional additional coaching sessions: $175 per hour

Common Questions About Wired for Work

Whether you're exploring this for yourself or for someone you care about, here are answers to what families and participants ask us most.

FAQ

High school students who want to choose a career path that suits their interests, strengths, and personality
Young adults whose gap year didn’t bring them closer to a future career
University or college students who aren’t sure what comes after graduating
Adults who are unhappy in their jobs and want to reinvent themselves
Anyone re-entering the workforce after a planned or unplanned break

Before you begin, you will complete the Birkman Method assessment (about 45 minutes). Your Birkman Coach authorizes your assessment, reviews your report, and sends it to you ahead of your two-hour feedback session. In that session, held virtually over Zoom, your coach walks you through your results and how you are uniquely Wired for Work.

If you choose to add optional coaching sessions, these are also held virtually. Add-on sessions are typically scheduled over several weeks, with spacing between each one so you have time to reflect and act on what you learn. All reports, insights, strategies, and conversations are kept confidential between you and your coach.

Payment for the Wired for Work package is due at registration and includes the Birkman Method assessment and your two-hour feedback session. Refunds are available with 14 days' notice as long as your assessment has not been activated and services have not begun; an $80 administration fee applies to cancellations. Once your assessment is activated or services begin, refunds are not available. Optional coaching sessions are billed at $175 per hour and arranged directly with your coach. Our full cancellation and refund policy is available here.

Meet Your Coach

Dr. Rob Bedard

Dr. Rob Bedard earned his Master’s in Leadership & Training from Royal Roads University (Victoria, BC) and his Doctorate from the University of South Africa (UNISA).

For decades, Rob has trained and coached in secondary schools, universities, and organizations, guiding hundreds of individuals through their Birkman and StrengthsFinder (CliftonStrengths) assessments as a Certified Birkman Coach and career coach. He mentors young and established adults alike in individualized career planning and advancement, helping each person understand how they are uniquely wired and how to move toward work that fits.

In short, Rob is passionate about coaching people toward careers that match their strengths.

Ready to discover how you are Wired for Work?

Take the first step toward a career that fits your strengths. Get started with the Birkman Method assessment and your feedback session, or book a free consultation if you’d like to talk it through first.

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