It starts with trust! This is the first of our three core values (the others being respect and positivity). We provide a safe environment where you can share what you want to share. We don't judge and we don't find much strange. We listen to your story: we want to get to know you, identify your needs and indicate what we can do in that regard. we formulate concrete objectives.
We are all experienced coaches (40+, college-educated, with leadership and coaching background). As Styx Career Consult we have been active since 2003 and have been able to help hundreds of highly educated people, also called theoretically educated, to change their destiny and take control.
You will get individual coaching with a regular coach in our Eindhoven office or online with Skype or Teams. We also have phone and WhatsApp contact between sessions. We offer customized coaching, which means we know which tool is needed at which moment. As short as it can be, as long as it is needed. Simply put: respect for you and your needs.
We share positive experiences of other clients with you for inspiration and to learn from. And we help you accept what is.
We affirm what is going well and strengthen your self-confidence. We help you (re)find your self-esteem and authenticity. If there are any limiting beliefs, we teach you how to deal with them. We encourage you to use your qualities. Positivity is about what is.
We see possibilities everywhere, until proven otherwise.
We ask a lot of questions: What do you have influence over? What would you like to have influence over? How is that achievable?
We support you in taking charge of your career, by thinking along and against. For example: Can you be absolutely sure?We are also there for you when times are tough and where necessary we support you.
We always support the choices you make deliberately!
TOOLS & EXPERTISE
We use validated instruments such as DISC, the Belbin team roles, 360-degree feedback, career interest research RIASEC and the STAR method. These instruments are obviously not the truth, but they provide objectification, are a mirror (what is correct and what is not, and why?) and provide direction. We share knowledge about what does work and show you new, refreshing angles.
We teach you proven and effective interview techniques, such as the one-minute story, depth-, counter- and control questions, testing your assumptions AINA (Always Inquire, Never Assume), dealing with difficult questions, the STAR method and conversation balance.
We have knowledge of and experience with high sensitivity (HSP) and giftedness:
We can identify people's needs, motives, qualities and uses; those in their twenties, millennials, fifties and those at the end of their careers. We have insight into what it takes to remain sustainably employable.
In recent years, graduate students from Fontys Applied Psychology, among others, have been helping us develop new interventions, such as dealing with resistance to networking and coping better with setbacks.
We do continuous expertise enhancement by participating in workshops, conferences and webinars of our branch association Noloc. In addition, we follow all new developments in the field of positive psychology, work happiness, leadership and high sensitivity.
On our website (under Blog) we regularly post new developments, insights and research (in Dutch). You can follow new posts weekly on our LinkedIn page.
KNOWLEDGE OF THE LABOR MARKET & NETWORKS
We are aware of developments and trends in the labor market. Where are jobs? Where is the labor market going in 2040? Why are there so many burnouts?What causes long-term absenteeism? How do you remain sustainably employable? And to what extent can you adapt your job?
We know how and where to look for vacancies. And in what other ways you can search for jobs. We teach you how LinkedIn can help you prepare for job applications.
We help you answer the most frequently asked question: How do I know if a job and that work environment suits me? We can dissect occupations/functions to determine where you might fit. We teach you to ask the smart questions to understand what is really being sought. We help you deal with recruiters. We know what questions are going to be asked of you and what the job or client really cares about.
We all have different backgrounds and therefore a broad knowledge of, experience with and network in IT, healthcare, high tech and business services, among others. We all participate in various networks, such as The Society and Bouwloket.
We put our network to work for you to make exploratory calls. In the past 20 years, we estimate that we have gotten to know about 900 organizations; as clients, as network relations and as (new) employers of highly skilled people we have mentored. We have multiple networking contacts in virtually every sector of the job market.
We teach you the networking skills to build a new network and find work or assignments in it.
We help you clarify your job profile. We see more and more that organizations no longer think in standard functions, but in roles: role clarity.
