Career coaching
What is Career Coaching?
At different times in our career we may want to change our direction or move faster. Career coaching will help you discover what you have to offer and develop a clear plan which will put you ahead of the herd in hunting for that new role.
There are a number of different options you can consider.
One-to-One Career Consultation - £100 per hour
- An hour long consultation designed to help you set a future direction.
- Identify the steps you need to move forward in your career by exploring your aspirations and current skill set.
- Receive personalised guidance on different career paths
- Recognise any obstacles and explore ways to overcome them
- Draw up a specific set of actions
- Outlines your key skills and strengths
- Highlights your career achievements
- Positions you appropriately for the market you’re looking to enter
- Learn how to analyse adverts
- Receive guidance on producing the perfect cover letter
- Find out how to customise your CV for each application
- How to have an effective networking conversation
- Easy ways of approaching people and starting conversations
- Who are the most important people to network with
- How to build an effective network
- How to approach individuals you don’t know.
- a career development workbook (computer based)
- one and a half hours telephone coaching session.
- A Career development book
- Career development e-workbook
- Psychological type testing (based on Myers Briggs Type Indicator)
- Two and a half hours of personal coaching, on the telephone or face to face.
- An initial one and a half hour assessment session, to clarify the issues and what you would like from coaching, and to allow you to sample coaching and see if you would like to pursue it, without obligation.
- Six one hour sessions (2 per month)
- A Psychological Type self-assessment programme
- A two hour coaching session to clarify type and explore its implications for your work and life.
- outgoing/action oriented v reflective and contained
- fact/detail/present-oriented v big picture/future-oriented
- logical/analytical decision-makers v people/values-oriented decision-making
- scheduled/organised lifestyle v flexible/spontaneous lifestyle
- a pre-interview preparation schedule
- two hours of face to face coaching, focusing on content, style and individual barriers to success.
Participants will need to complete a skills audit questionnaire in advance of the session. The questionnaire will take approximately one hour to complete.
Consultations take place over the phone or via online coaching software. Additional hour long consultation slots can be purchased for £80
Creating a winning CV - £1
Complete a skills audit and create an interview winning CV.
After the one-hour session, a CV will be produced and emailed to you which:
Participants will need to complete a skills audit questionnaire in advance of the session. The questionnaire will take approximately one hour to complete. Your CV will be emailed to you in Word format within 5 days of the consultation.
Consultations take place over the phone or via online coaching software. Additional hour long consultation slots can be purchased for £80 each.Interview Practice
Prepare for interviews with a one hour coaching session covering all types of modern selection procedures.
Train for the process you’re facing – presentation, case study, assessment centre, psychometrics or traditional interview.
Construct and rehearse answers for difficult questions
Receive feedback on your image and technique
Get advice on pre-interview research and draw up a personalised preparation checklist
Consultations take place over the phone or via Skype Video Conferencing.
Contact us for more information. Additional hour long consultation slots can be purchased for £99 each.
Answering Job Adverts
Get expert advice on answering specific jobs adverts that you’ve selected in advance of the consultation.
Consultations take place over the phone or via online coaching software. Additional hour long consultation slots can be purchased for £99 each.
Overcome your fears about networking
and construct a personalised networking plan in this one-on-one practical session.
Explore:
Consultations take place over the phone or via online coaching software. Additional hour long consultation slots can be purchased for £99 each.
A CHOICE OF APPROACHES:
THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT DISTANCE LEARNING PACKAGE
For people who are happy to work on their career development alone, but with specialist guidance.
Consists of:
- A career development book
The process takes you through an in-depth career exploration process, covering everything from your personal values and personal style, to specific job options and action plan.
£250
THE COMPLETE CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
For people who want a full career work-out with a substantial one-off coaching session.
Consists of:
The process provides all the benefits of the distance learning package, plus invaluable insight on how your personality plays into your work, and one-to-one coaching to facilitate career planning, and tackle any personal blocks to career progression.
£495
TAILORED COACHING
For people who want tailored support over time, for professional and personal development, career and life-planning, and tackling specific issues.
Typically consists of:
The precise number and frequency of sessions will depend on individual needs. Coaching can be carried out face to face or on the telephone, or a combination of these. £150 per hour.
ÂPSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE ASSESSMENT
For people who want to understand themselves better and how their personal style affects work and personal life.
Consists of:
The approach is based on a theory developed by Carl Jung in the 1920s, and developed by Myers and Briggs. It describes how people prefer to behave and live through four pairs of preferences:
(see articles and psychological type self-assessment for more detail)
Understanding your preferences can help enormously at work, for career planning, in relationships, families and parenting, understanding life stages, stress management, and many other aspects of life.
£310 for the self-assessment e-programme, and two hours personal feedback
INTERVIEW SKILLS TRAINING PACKAGE
For people with an important interview coming up, and those who want to improve their performance at interview.
Consists of
Additional sessions can be arranged as needed.
£310
