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The
Career Direction Workshop
Where uncertainty becomes direction, and direction becomes action.
“Feeling unsure isn’t a setback; it’s the signal that something new is ready to begin.”
The August Workshop:
A one‑day, in‑person, career discovery intensive for people ages 18–30 stepping into their next chapter.
Saturday, August 22, 2026
9 am - 4 pm
In Person | Hyatt Regency (downtown) | Calgary, Alberta
Limited to 12 spots.
Registration closes August 15, 2026.
$335.00
Breakfast, lunch and materials included.
Facilitated by Arlayna Alcock BA, M.Ed, CCDP
Recognized among Influence Digest’s Top 15 Career Coaches in Calgary in 2026:Influence DigestThis workshop is designed to help you move from feeling unsure
→ to knowing what fits → to taking your next step with confidence.
In our day together, you will take away:
Your Strong Interest Inventory® Report
You’ll complete the Strong Interest Inventory®, a comprehensive, personalized, research‑backed assessment administered through The Myers- Briggs Company.
This is a recognized assessment used by career professionals that helps you notice what energizes you, what feels flat, and what aligns with how you naturally move through the world.
This sample from the 23 page report maps your responses across six core interest areas. By showing your "very high" clusters alongside your moderate or quieter interests, it offers a clear structured picture of what naturally interests and energizes you in relation to occupations:
This report becomes a touchstone throughout the workshop and a practical guide that you can revisit as your career direction continues to unfold.
Your Direction Snapshot
You will learn how to translate your report results directly into your personalized Direction Snapshot — a clear, centred summary of your strengths, interests, patterns, and career paths available to you.
Practical Tools and Resources
You’ll leave with a set of usable tools including:
Interpret your Strong Interest Inventory® results
Connect your results to aligned career paths
Research salaries, labour market information, and education options
Explore where to study and how to compare program ideas
Evaluate your options with more confidence
A Workable Next-Step Plan
Get support developing a realistic next-step plan you can use right away, so you know where to focus your energy after the workshop.
Support After the Day `
The Compass Kit
A collection of post‑workshop resources, including salary research links, program directories, exploration tools, and prompts to help you continue moving forward with confidence.
The Compass Kit includes two continuity plans:
The 30‑Day Activation Guide
A guide for your first month — small actions, reflections, and notes that help you stay connected to your emerging direction.
The 90‑Day Direction Plan
A direction‑building plan that supports integration, exploration, and steady movement over time — helping your clarity take shape in a way that feels natural and sustainable and support your decisions.
This workshop is where uncertainty becomes direction, and ideas begin to take shape.
This workshop is designed for you if:
You are in a transition phase and feeling the weight of "what comes next."
You are currently studying or working but have a quiet voice telling you that something isn't quite the right fit.
You are a recent graduate wanting to choose your next steps with conscious intention, rather than default expectations.
You are reconsidering your path—whether that means switching majors, exploring new fields, or taking a pause because a previous choice didn't work out for you.
Do any of these thoughts sound familiar?
“I’m not sure what options are actually out there for me.”
“I have a sense of what I want, but I am not sure what the first step should be.”
“I’m choosing between several paths—how do I decide without feeling like I'm making a mistake?”
The Space to Find Your Direction
If you have recently completed high school or post-secondary studies, trying to figure out your next step can feel incredibly loud.
Many people spend years switching programs, trying on different paths, or feeling frozen in the uncertainty. This is not a lack of potential. It is simply that you haven't been given the quiet, structured space to actually sort through the pieces of your story and listen to your own direction.
A single, dedicated day to step back and organize your thoughts can save months of emotional strain and quiet worry. It gives you the chance to look at what fits, so you can make your next move with resources, a plan, and a level of clarity you didn't have before.
You do not need to have your whole future figured out to step through the door.
We begin exactly where you are.
About Your Facilitator
I’m a Strong Interest Inventory® facilitator, educator and certified career development practitioner with an M.Ed. in Adult Education and Workplace Learning. For the past 18 years, I’ve supported students and professionals through moments of uncertainty, transition, and direction‑finding.
My work focuses on helping people understand what’s shifting in their lives, find the meaningful data inside the fog, and organize it into a clear map they can use to make confident, well‑informed decisions. I’m especially drawn to the quiet patterns that reveal who you’re becoming — and how those patterns shape the choices that make sense for you.
Looking forward to working with you!
Arlayna Alcock, BA, M.Ed., CCDP
For more about my professional background:
Join the Preview Call:
Meet the Facilitator — Arlayna Alcock
Tuesday, August 11 | 7:00–7:30 PM (MT) | Zoom
A short, welcome session where you can meet the facilitator, learn what the workshop includes, and ask any questions as you consider registration.
Clarify your direction
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Express your thoughts
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Begin to move forward
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Discover
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The Workshop Flow
Signals → Understanding → Direction
The day is designed to help you notice your own signals, understand what feels right, and explore what fits with guidance and support.
Here’s a look at how the day unfolds, so you know what to expect and how each step builds towards your direction:
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Your Starting Point
Upon arrival, you will receive your personalized Strong Interest Inventory®, providing a focused, data‑informed baseline for the day.
This initial step sets a clear, strategic foundation as you move into the workshop experience.
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Noticing Your Signals
A structured, thoughtful process to understand who you are now and the patterns that are quietly pointing you forward.
You’ll begin to see the clues that have been there all along.
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What Matters Most
Clarifying your values, strengths, interests, and the environments where you thrive — the foundation for future choices.
This is where your inner logic starts to take shape.
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Bringing the Patterns Together
Creating your personalized Direction Snapshot — a simple, clear summary you can return to whenever you need to make a decision or evaluate an option.
This becomes your anchor long after the workshop.
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Exploring What’s Next
Practical ways to explore ideas, test possibilities, and use credible tools to research real‑world options.
This is where direction begins to translate into movement.
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Landing the Day
Finish having developed implementable next steps that help you carry your direction forward with confidence.
You leave knowing what fits, what doesn’t, and what to do next.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequently Asked Questions *
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You’ll leave with a Direction Snapshot that reveals the themes already forming in your life — and a next-step plan that feels doable and aligned.
Some people make a decision quickly; others continue exploring with new confidence. Both are normal.
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The continuity plan gives you a structure for what comes next — how to look into your ideas, where to explore programs, and how to understand the practical details that shape real choices.
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Most people arrive unsure. The workshop is designed to help you uncover strengths, patterns, and possibilities even if you’re starting from a blank page.
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No. You don’t need to bring anything other than yourself.
Everything you’ll use during the day — materials, exercises, tools, and food — is provided.
You don’t need to do any pre‑work or have anything figured out ahead of time.
Just arrive ready to explore, reflect, and see what begins to take shape.
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This is a guided, structured day with room for reflection and exploration. Participants move through a clear process at a pace that feels comfortable.
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I am a person who is not very talkative…
I am a person who likes to talk a lot…
Either is completely ok. The day is supportive and pressure-free.
You can participate quietly, reflectively or actively— whatever feels right.
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Important questions don’t fit into the margins of your life. Most people try to sort out their direction in scattered moments and those moments are hard to find.
This retreat gives you a full day devoted entirely to your future — uninterrupted space and a calm environment where your direction can finally rise to the surface and you can confidently take away a next step plan.
Explore what’s possible. Shift directions. Begin something new.
The Career Direction Workshop
Your Story. Your Strengths.
Your Direction.
A career direction that feels unmistakably yours.
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Inside, you’ll find:
Helpful prompts to help you begin to notice the clues that are signaling to you to move forward.
How to set up a Coffee Chat designed to help you reach out for low-pressure in person or Zoom meetings with someone who does the work you are curious about.