Career Coach - Kerin Groves, PhD - Coach, Career, Consulting

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Kerin Groves, PhD | Career Coach | Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX

Career Coach | Kerin Groves, PhD

career coach CONSULTANT Educator/author/trainer

Your Career Coach

My perspective

I'm an expert in lifelong human development, specializing in career transitions and professional growth. I leverage my unique skill set to build up the strengths of people and organizations through coaching, teaching, training, mentoring, and consulting.

My history

From a young age, I was deeply curious about why people do what they do, and why they don't do what they don't do. This curiosity eventually became my life's work. My own career path has taken me from forklift driver and trash collector at age 20, to coach and consultant. With a lot of interesting work in between.

My assets

Experience counts when selecting a career coach! No youngster can provide what real life wisdom brings. You can trust my wrinkles and my resume. I have 30+ years of direct experience consulting with individuals, groups, teams, and organizations.

Resume

Experience

Coaching, advising, mentoring, training, teaching, and consulting
Workshops and seminars: creating and presenting continuing education for professionals and career development classes for new graduates, young adults, parents of teens, and career changers
Higher education: teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at University of North Texas, Texas A&M University-Commerce, and Dallas College; and Field Practicum Supervisor for student interns in work-based learning settings from six universities from 1992 to 2014
Educators' convention speaker: in TX, AZ, NM, CO, MO, KS, CA, and Montreal Canada
Authors' convention trainer: Oklahoma City Writers Conference and Writers Group of Texas
Professional association speaker: ACA, TCA, TACES, CCTx, ASERVIC, IEAPA, and IFOC
Government trainer and consultant: State of NM 2nd Judicial District Court, Department of Aging, Child Protective Services, Adult Protective Services, Teen Court, and Probation & Parole
Business and nonprofit trainer: numerous corporations, small- and mid-sized businesses, family-owned enterprises, and 501(c)(3) organizations

Professional Profile

Teaching philosophy when working with students

Career development is personal development. I believe I best serve students by guiding them in contextualizing education within a lifelong discovery process that is informed by their unique personal goals and guiding core values.

My fundamental goal in any instructional setting is twofold. First, I help people understand who they are (“what’s in here”), encompassing their unique blend of interests, talents, skills, preferences, values, and traits. Second, I equip them to confidently encounter the world of work (“what’s out there”) and find a place in it that aligns with the essence of who they are.

I am highly relational and strive to connect and engage deeply with students. I show them how to begin formulating a professional identity and setting goals that will prepare them to embrace the opportunities that life presents them. My teaching is grounded in the realities of the modern world of work and is aimed at proactively equipping students with in-demand generalizable skills such as problem solving, teamwork/collaboration, adaptability, professionalism, and written and verbal communication skills. Instructional activities in my courses are practical, applicable, and relevant. Together we answer the big questions of inquiry: why, who cares, so what, and how does this matter in real life?

To that end, I view teaching as facilitating and empowering. Learning is ultimately the responsibility of the student, and my primary role is inviting them to be intentional and to own the outcomes of their educational experience.

Awards and Honors

2015: Best Presentation - Texas Association for Counselor Education and Supervision state conference

2006: Counselor of the Year - New Mexico Counseling Association

2001: First Place - National Mature Media Awards

1997: Outstanding Alumnus of the Year - University of North Texas Department of Social Work

Leadership and community engagement

2019 - 2023 Training and education lead, IFOC

2019 - 2021 Professional development lead, Entrepreneurs United

2019 - 2021 Board of Directors, DAHM

2019 - 2024 Health care chaplain, IFOC

2013 - 2014 President, North Dallas chapter – CCTx

2006 - 2007 Treasurer, NMASERVIC

2006 - 2007 Treasurer, LPCA-NM

2001 - 2003 Board of Directors, Presbyterian Senior Care Advisory Board

2001 - 2002 Planning committee, Southwest Society on Aging Annual Conference

2000 - 2002 Planning committee, NM State Conference on Aging

2000 - 2002 Board of Directors, The Senior Foundation

1997 - 1999 Board of Directors, NAPGCM

1996 - 1997 Liaison and trainer, Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Dallas

1996 - 1997 Liaison, Aging & Developmental Disabilities Coalition of Denton County

1995 - 1997 President, Denton County Elderly Service Providers

Publications

Author

· Career Exploration for K-12 Students: A Parent’s Guide. VanDyck Publishing, 2022.

· Career Exploration. Curriculum and workbook for K-12. VanDyck Publishing, 2022.

Media and journal articles

· Journal of Addictions and Offender Counseling (2022)

· Counseling Today (2016, 2018)

· Association for Specialists in Group Work (2015)

· Albuquerque Journal (2009, 2010, 2011)

· Inside GCM (1999, 2000)

· Denton Record-Chronicle (1995)