step 1: self-discovery

Step One is the most important step in the process. Before you can determine which career direction will be best for you, you need to be clear about who you are.

What are your personal preferences? Do you like working with people? if so, how? As a team member, leader, mentor, educator? What types of things excite and fascinate you?

Arête Services offers a combination of online career assessments, questionnaires and virtual communication to help capture your core values and key traits which serve as the foundation for developing your career transition plan.

step 2: exploration

Step Two takes you through the process of researching and evaluating options.

During the career development process, the assessment testing provides each client with the starting point in the process but it is the engagement in active research that leads one toward effective career decision-making.

Our virtual library will provide you with the resources necessary to explore hundreds of different career fields and educational programs.

step 3: planning

Step Three, transition planning, takes into account all of the knowledge gained in steps one and two and filters the information into a concrete plan of action that involves goal setting and plans for next steps.

• Elite athletes are athletes that have competed in athletic competitions at the national, international or professional level.

• At the conclusion of our 9-session program, each athlete will receive a report that summarizes their career assessment results and outlines
  their next steps by identifying goals and objectives.

• Arête Services assists elite athletes through the career development process in order to assist each person in indentifying and narrowing down prospective career options. We are not a job placement or employment firm.

• If, in general, you are comfortable using technology and are used to online communications such as chat and as long as you have the appropriate equipment using our services is not difficult to do. It is important that you have an internet speed that meets our technical requirements, if you use a “dial up” internet connection you will not be able to use our services.

• The Career Transition Program is designed to be a “jump start” to the next phase of your professional life. Each person has their own unique experience in the career development process. Some people will be very clear about where they are headed and how they will get there, while others need more time to reflect on the topics discussed in the advising sessions or need to engage in more research. The Career Transition Program’s goal is to help athletes determine concrete action steps that will move them toward a new career transition.

Please contact us about our confidentiality policy and technical requirements for specific details about our services.