After hearing all the buzz about Career Spa, I registered for the 2-day Workshop Only Career Spa package. Whether you are unemployed, underemployed, transitioning into a new role, or changing fields altogether, the workshops were filled with plenty of information to meet you where you are and help guide you through your journey. The class size was about 8 people on the days that I attended. That was a good number as it allowed the facilitators to still answer everybody's questions without having to skip any of the critical materials and rush through the planned course content. It also allowed for good dialogue between the attendees as we each posed questions to the class and the facilitators, and we were also able to speak about our own real-life experiences with the subject matter so that we may get answers for specific scenarios that we may be working through. We covered topics like finding your passion, creating your elevator speech, polishing your online presence with social media, and of course the dreaded resume.
The facilitators themselves (Tom, Allison, and Teela) were awesome! Many times you attend these types of workshops and hear charismatic speakers or information that sounds good, but then you still have to figure out how to take it all and start applying it. The Career Spa facilitators only covered select chapters of the binder but each day was filled to capacity with what I felt were the most important things to get you motivated to spring into action, and the sessions included exercises to help spark your creativity. It was not hard for me to begin taking the tools that they provided and immediately put them to use. One of the most helpful things is the really nice planner-style binder that has a copy of all of the slide presentations, exercises, a pen & notepad, and additional materials to refer back to even after the sessions are complete. I've been using mine when I don't want to lug around my briefcase.
All in all, the Workshop Only package is a great value. The Georgian Club is a beautiful setting for this and the food is great! For those who would like a bit more one-on-one time beyond the 2-day workshops, there are also individual coaching packages and even group packages if you want to have a whole group go through the sessions. I highly recommend Career Spa to give your job search or career transition a kick in the pants! read more