Career Coaching Places For Clare Jobseekers

Business & Finance - Industry

Saturday, 23 October 2010 00:00

Written by Noel Cotter

Award-winning career coaching company, Career Decisions, announced today that it is providing 100 places on its Diploma in Career Coaching programme to Jobseekers who have been unemployed for three months or more.

The programme, which is the only career coaching qualification available in Ireland accredited with an NFQ Level 7 Diploma by the Dublin Institute of Technology, is financed by the Government’s Labour Market Activation Fund through the European Social Fund’s Human Capital Operational Programme 2007-2013.

Making the announcement at the Department of Education and Skills, in the company of An Tánaiste, Mary Coughlan T.D., Career Decisions managing director, Miriam Magner-Flynn said: “This Diploma in Career Coaching involves a part-time commitment of two days per month, over 7 months and will be delivered in key regional centres to accommodate people nationwide. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis to applicants who successfully get through the recruitment process for the Diploma.  The level of demand is already very high with approximately 40% of places allocated to suitable applicants who are eager to grasp this unique opportunity to graduate with a sought-after, internationally-recognised professional qualification.

“The Diploma has been framed to address the shortage of career coaches in Ireland with formal qualifications, and accredited with recognised professional bodies. There is a significant demand for career coaching from the 400,000 people who have been made redundant and wish to return to work or retrain, and from organisations requiring outplacement services,” added Ms Magner-Flynn.

Congratulating Career Decisions on being selected as a deliverer of a number of programmes in the €20million Labour Market Activation Fund, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan T.D. said: “The Activation Fund was put in place to stimulate innovation in the provision of training and activation measures for jobseekers seeking to up-skill and get back into work. Career Decisions’ Diploma in Career Coaching is one such initiative. It has the ability to improve the employability of jobseekers in a potential high-growth area.

“Career coaching is a requirement in all economic times: in recessionary times, the unemployed and those facing redundancy need career support; students need guidance in choosing suitable courses and career direction; while those in employment need to continually upskill to satisfy labour market needs. This Diploma programme will deliver a cohort of much needed professionally-qualified experts, empowered to make a difference to other people’s career paths.”

Further information on the Diploma in Career Coaching is available at www.careerdecisions.ie, or by calling Career Decisions at 061 400664/01 or emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Applicants can register online at www.careerdecisions.ie. The Diploma programme commences in mid October.