Going Up?

JOB COACH HELPS POLISH JOB-SEARCH SKILLS by Susan B. Tauber
Published in FLAIR Magazine Spring, 2004

Jane Raitt coaches a team of players who are after big stakes - fulfilling and satisfying jobs based on their strengths, skills and mission in life.

Helping someone reach stakes that high may be a lot to ask of a “coach,” but according to her clients, Raitt knows how to guide and motivate them to land a job that matches their career and personal goals.

Raitt works with people young and old, inexperienced and experienced in the job world - on a one-on-one through her business, Unlock Your Potential, based in West Bloomfield. Since she does most of her coaching over the telephone, her clients live in several states. Her seasoned techniques, her talent and her love of people enable her to successfully help people in transition.

“People in transition don’t have a clear view of the next step,” said Raitt, whose series on changing careers by design, published by
the Wall Street Business and Employment Weekly, remains in demand. “The key to finding the perfect job is goal setting and
developing an action plan. I give my clients different assignments weekly that make them think about things differently. I coach them to refocus, to reinvent themselves.”

David Rosenblum was a recent University of Michigan graduate when he called Raitt for help. “Jane’s coaching was a godsend for me. I didn’t know how to find a job in the field I wanted,” he said. His career choice was nanotechnology. Raitt’s techniques fine-tuned his job-hunting and interviewing skills to the point where Rosenblum is confident he’ll land a job in his chosen profession.

Jeanette Wareham said she has Raitt to thank for her new job that’s perfect professionally and personally. “I recently lost my job after working 17 years.” Wareham said. “Thanks to Jane’s guidance, I learned to articulate not just my accomplishments but the skills that enabled me to accomplish what I did. She helped me articulate those skills to future employers.”

Raitt used her own techniques years ago to help herself focus on a career as a career coach. “I think what makes me successful is that I serve as a sounding board, a mentor and a guide. I’m a coach, not a therapist,” she explained.

To contact Jane Raitt phone 248-661-2174
or email jane@unlockyourpotential.com.