AVGS Coaching for Your Next Career Move
Are you looking for work or at risk of unemployment? With our customized career transition coaching, we’ll help you (re)enter the workforce. You can choose your own AVGS coach from our team.
AVGS coaching may be 100% funded by the Employment Agency. SEQUOYA is certified as an agency for this program, and we’ll advise you on how to obtain the required AVGS voucher (Activation and Placement Voucher).
Following the AVGS job coaching, we’d be happy to continue supporting you in one of our success teams—either during your job search or during the probationary period of your new job.
A fresh start in your career thanks to AVGS coaching—online and in Berlin
Whether through online coaching or in-person sessions in Berlin – our AVGS coaching supports you during your career transition. With experienced and empathetic coaches by your side, you’ll set out on a journey to find a job that suits you and brings you joy.
- Together, we develop realistic career prospects and strengthen your professional self-confidence through job coaching. College graduates, in particular, often doubt their abilities.
- Your coach supports you in dealing with mental blocks, in stress management, and in decision-making
- Our coaches take your personal skills, work experience, and qualifications into account.
- Your coach will address your individual needs. Are you looking for a permanent position or self-employment? If you’re starting a business while unemployed, we recommend our startup coaching. Startup coaching may also be funded by the Employment Agency. During this process, you’ll work on a business plan for your startup and receive startup consulting.
Our offerings for artists
The SEQUOYA team consists of coaches who have their own artistic training and professional experience—for example, as actors, musicians, or writers. They understand the unique demands of creative lifestyles and work environments, where clear boundaries between professional and personal life are often blurred.
As part of our career coaching for artists, we offer specialized topics that we can explore and work on together with you:
- Creating a personalized development plan for coaching
- Analysis of your artistic and professional career to date
- Identification of strengths, skills, and areas for development
- Exploring alternative career paths and opportunities for professional reorientation
- Strategies for self-marketing, networking, and securing work
- Support in creating showreels
- Preparation for castings, auditions, and job interviews
- Constructive ways to deal with nervousness and destructive inner attitudesOur goal is to help you shape your artistic career in a way that suits you and your vision. To that end, we provide personalized and professional coaching, addressing your specific needs and practical questions.
Does this sound like you?
We can also advise you on whether you’re eligible for AVGS and how to apply for it.
We’ve put together everything you need to know about our AVGS coaching program specifically for artists in this flyer.
What happens during AVGS coaching sessions, whether online or in Berlin?
Our coaches will guide you toward your professional future and help you gain a fresh perspective on your next career move. With our coaching, you can redefine your career path.
- Together, we will analyze your past job applications, always keeping the job market in mind.
- We will help you create compelling application materials for your job search.
- During coaching sessions, you’ll revamp your career-relevant social media profiles—such as LinkedIn or Xing—and discover how modern professional networking can be enjoyable.
- We will coach you on self-marketing and work with you in one-on-one sessions to develop the right application strategies for your next dream job.
- Through our coaching, you’ll learn how to impress others in job interviews—whether in person or virtually.
AVGS coaching online or in Berlin
We support you from start to finish. During our sessions, we focus on your personal situation and provide professional guidance through AVGS one-on-one coaching—either in person in Berlin or nationwide via virtual meetings. You can find more information about the process on our AVGS coaching page.
Please contact us
Request an initial consultationYou can schedule a free initial consultation with us via our contact form, by phone, or by email. During this consultation, we’ll get to know each other, get a sense of your specific needs, and walk through the process of submitting the application and starting coaching with us. We’ll help you navigate the bureaucratic maze and are available to answer any further questions you may have.
Counseling at the Employment Agency or Job Center
Flyer: Job Coaching with AVGS (German)The Employment Agency/Job Center can advise you on the conditions and requirements for receiving funding for coaching. If you meet the requirements, you can receive your personal activation and placement voucher (AVGS). AVGS coaching is a free one-on-one coaching service. You can find more information about the AVGS on the Employment Agency’s website.
AVGS Coaching Begins
Job coaching can take place in Berlin or online, regardless of where you live. At the beginning, we’ll discuss the coaching process, among other things. We schedule the individual sessions to fit well with your daily routine. You can come to our coaching rooms or participate in the coaching online from home. AVGS coaching sessions can be spread out over up to three months. The goal is for you to re-enter the workforce—with a job that suits you and your skills.
AVGS Coaching is coming to an end—we'll handle the billing
Once you submit the Activation and Placement Voucher (AVGS), we will bill the Employment Agency/Job Center directly. This means you don’t have to worry about any paperwork.
