Check back soon for upcoming events. I regularly speak on and moderate panels, lead workshop and training programs, and deliver keynote speeches.

Below is one of my most popular events that I regulary run at General Assembly Chicago. Stay tuned for future dates.

Want to arrange an event? Get in touch with me about bringing me to your company, school, or other organization today.

“I have no idea what I want to do professionally. All I know is that I don’t want to stay in my current job.”

Sound familiar? If you answered (or whispered) yes, this program will help you.

Certified leadership, career, and life transition coach and Career Preparation University Professor Jane Scudder has helped hundreds of individuals navigate their careers and lives and get past feeling stuck. In this 3-part series you’ll learn how to identify what actually interests you, how to effectively set and reach goals to achieve your desires, how to navigate any kind of change, how to strategically apply to jobs and show up strong in an interview, get 1:1 feedback, plus a whole lot more.

You can register for one or two sessions on their own or all three.

Part 1: What The Heck Do I Want To Do?

*Stay tuned for upcoming dates*

In the first part of this 3-part series certified leadership, career, and life coach and university professor, Jane Scudder will use her unique method to determine what it is that you actually want to do.

You’ll walk away with skills and new techniques to explore your values, wants, and professional interests, as well as how to best explore new career paths and set goals to move yourself forward.

 Takeaways:

• Understand how your personal values, interests, strengths, and skills relate to your career (and how they don’t)
• Understand how to clearly set, measure, and adjust short-term and long-term goals and then set short-term and long-term goals
• Understand how to develop realistic career expectations
• A simple, yet effective strategy to explore various, and sometimes very different, job path

*This event has taken place in the past but stay tuned for future dates*

Part 2: Career Mapping, Navigating Change, and Micro-Goal Setting

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In the second part of this 3-part series you’ll learn career mapping techniques to do anything from make a complete career pivot, position yourself for a promotion, move across the country for a new job (or before you land a new job), or any other major professional change.

You’ll walk away with clearly defined “micro-goals” and understand how to use these as well as knowledge of how to kick off a strategic job search so you can stop applying to jobs you never hear back from. You’ll also get 1:1 feedback in this session to ensure you’re building realistic, attainable goals.

 Takeaways:

• Understand what micro-goals are, why you should use them, and how to set, measure, and track them
• Understand concept of “career mapping” and how to make measured, thoughtful decisions about risks, pivots, and more
• Custom 1:1 with expert career & leadership coach

*This event has taken place in the past but stay tuned for future dates*

Part 3: How To Strategically Apply to Jobs You Actually Want

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In the third part of this 3-part series you’ll learn how to strategically apply to jobs to generate results, how to show up best in all areas of an job search from application to interview and how to talk about any friction points or changes in your path.

You’ll walk away with a career road map you build as well as 1:1 feedback to ensure you will reach maximum impact after the program.

 Takeaways:

• Understand job search strategies and techniques “start to finish” from applications to interviewing to negotiating an offer
• Understand how to craft and deliver a strong personal narrative (and how this is different from your personal brand)
• Custom 1:1 with expert career & leadership coach

*This event has taken place in the past but stay tuned for future dates*