Career Shifts - Navigating Your Next Big Move

Whether you're exploring new job opportunities or considering self-employment, this 90-minute session is your first step toward a successful career shift!

In Career Shifts - Navigating Your Next Big Move, Clear Creek Makerspace's Growing U career coach will guide you through key considerations, actionable steps, and how to make a smooth transition into a new career path.

Growing U Career Coaching is available to the public! Free for CCM members with promo code, or $15 for non-members.

In this interactive session, you’ll learn how to:

• Assess your transferable skills and identify new career opportunities
• Understand the financial considerations when making a career change, especially when transitioning into entrepreneurship
• Explore potential challenges and how to manage them during a career shift
• Create a personalized action plan to confidently move forward in your career transition

PLUS: There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so bring your questions! Whether you’re looking to switch industries, roles, or career paths, you’ll leave with clarity on next steps and practical advice.

Who Should Attend

This session is perfect for you if:

• You’re thinking about changing careers and need guidance on where to start.
• You’re interested in self-employment or starting your own business but want to understand the challenges and rewards.
• You’re feeling stuck in your current job and need help identifying new opportunities and transferable skills.
• You want actionable advice on how to take the next steps in your career, whether within a company or as an entrepreneur.

The Growing U mission is to take you to the next step in your creative flow, entrepreneurship dreams, and for you to feel at home at the Clear Creek Makerspace. As a member of CCM you have EXCLUSIVE access to professional coaches.

Workshops with Coach Kate of KaptivateMe guide participants in focused learning, development and conversation on specific topics, where she - along with additional subject matter experts at times - will provide specific guidance and resources; and answer your related questions. Think about everything from the maker’s mindset and burnout management to how to write a business plan; the nuts and bolts of starting a business; or building a brand and marketing strategy.

Kate Peabody, MBA, is an International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach pairing positive-psychology-based coaching with more than fifteen years of corporate & small business leadership, creative confidence and design-thinking experience. Kate loves being part of the CCM community to help makers balance work, life and time for their holistic wellbeing, and explore and take action on their potential as a professional maker.

You can expect to hear cheesy puns and alliterations, and see her learning and making in the space herself – as 75% of what Kate owns are art and craft supplies. Clay, paint, markers, chalk, charcoal, yarn, embroidery, stamps, paper and canvases, fabric, bits and bobs she thinks she could make something great out of…