careercoach

DO THE WORK THAT
YOU LOVE THE BEST

Do you feel you have reached a turning point in your career? You know what you are capable of, but not yet exactly what you want. You have ended up somewhere you do not want to stay. As a career coach, I help women (and the occasional man) to get the work they love doing most.

How I can help you get the job you love the most
YOUR STEP

Career session

Schedule a free, no-obligation online session and get the key to doing the work you love most.

Coach programme

You will discover the work you like best, where your chances of finding that work lie and how to apply for it successfully.

Career cards

52 Cards with a focused question that will make you think, stimulate and challenge to give honest answers.

This far and no further!

Suddenly you have reached a point in your career or within an organisation where you don’t actually want to be. At least not for the rest of your (working) life. You find yourself browsing job sites. You are looking for opportunities for growth within your profession. Or you want to spend your time more usefully, to take up a course of study. The more you search, the less you find. Because you don’t really know what suits you and what you really want.

Then you are ready for the Marjan Bakker effect: the Career Ladder!

The Marjan Bakker effect

Marjan showed me in a straightforward way which jobs would suit me. She encouraged me to apply for jobs with confidence. As a result, I found a new job after only three months!

Cathelijne Meijer-Koning

I didn’t have a clue what my focus and passion were. What did I actually want? I gained clarity about my interests and what makes me happy. I learned what my talents are and what I can best focus on. Marjan gave me the peace to be myself and put me back on the right track.

Debby Decker

It became clear to me that I already had the necessary compensation for the position. Marjan gives you tools to bring out the best in yourself and to show this in interviews, allowing you to apply with confidence.

Niloufar Parsa

What would it feel like if …

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You go to work whistling and come home whistling

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You know exactly what you would most like to do for work

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You find exactly the vacancy you want to apply for

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You apply successfully and can tell your current employer you are resigning

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You have energy left over for fun things outside of work

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You can tell fun stories again (and not just about work)

About
Marjan Bakker

Until I was 30, I was just doing anything in my career. I had jobs because I liked them or because they offered growth opportunities. Until that no longer worked and I wasn’t doing well. That was the moment to figure out what I wanted to do for myself. My path to further growth was choosing the work I love most. I made sure I got clear what I want, what I am good at and what suits me best. I consciously chose to become a career coach and have never regretted it for a moment. I have now been doing this for 25 years.

I now choose for myself, can express my talents and know what I want. What a relief. I decide in which direction I want to develop and feel freer and happier.

What others say about Marjan
CAREER

"At the absolute lowest point in my life, Marjan helped me session after session understand my behaviour and actions. She taught me to break through patterns. I have started to express more what I think, feel, and see and have expanded my self-employed activities. She has really helped me to stand in my power again."

"In need of professional guidance and coaching in a pivotal moment in my professional life, Marjan did more than that. Ze helped me reassess my personal and professional decisions and improve certain areas such as expressing myself and giving feedback. Working primarily with women, Marjan understands the psychology and the nature of women's behaviour and I recommend her if you are in quest of (re)discovering your true passion, talent and motivation and are ready to take a step in the right direction."

"Marjan makes sure you quickly get to the core of your (help) question and offers you different ways to answer that question together with her. She invites you to look at yourself openly, but also critically, and comes up with realistic follow-up steps. For me, a pleasant and valuable approach."

Free
Career Session

Do you have no idea what you want in work and do you only know what you don’t want? Can’t see the forest for the the trees on job sites? Or are you reluctant to apply for a job?

Then schedule a no-obligation online career session with me. Together we will make an action plan on how to do the work you like best.