Career Coaching

Career Coaching assists you at various stages in your working & professional life. A Career coach helps you make decisions about your career direction, assists you in dealing with challenging situations you may be faced with, encourages and supports you in achieving your full potential.

Each session is specifically tailored to your needs and can include working on the following areas:

• Take a closer look at where you currently are in your career and where you want to be regarding long-term career goals.
• Identify what matters most in your career and gain a better understanding of why values are so important when it comes to job satisfaction and fulfilment.
• Discover what you're most passionate about and what motivates you in your career.
• Identify your current skills, strengths & talents and also the areas you may need to further develop to move forward in your career.
• Clarify any fears or weaknesses that may be holding you back in your career and learn how to take control of these issues and move forward.
• Establish your short-term and long-term career goals and implement a career action plan to successfully achieve these goals.
• CV review, constructive feedback and tips for improving CVs and Cover Letters are available if appropriate to your career coaching needs.
• Excel at internal or external interviews with Interview Preparation Coaching. Suitable for those working in the Private or Public sectors, Not-for-Profit organisations or those returning to work after career break, maternity leave or post redundancy.

Career Coaching packages help individuals focus on career planning and fulfilment, career transition/job search techniques:

• 'Career Planning' packages
  Gain clarity in your career direction, explore current career challenges and identify alternative options. Create focused career goals and prepare practical action plans. Helps you prepare for career transition or potential self-employment. Each session is customised for your career needs. This package includes one-to-one coaching (office based or via Skype), Career Coaching tools, techniques & tips to keep you focused between and after sessions.

• 'Career Transition/Job Search' packages can include Job Search/CV Review/Interview Preparation/Networking/LinkedIn Profile development options depending on your coaching requirements.
  Create a personalised career plan and take control of your job search using proactive routes rather than outdated methods. Kick-start your career transition and maintain momentum and motivation during your job search. Career Transition Coaching includes proactive Job Search Strategies, CV Review, Interview Preparation, effective Networking and an option of LinkedIn Profile development. Also includes in-depth Job Specification analysis for targeted CV format & structured Interview Q&A Preparation. This package includes one-to-one coaching (office based or via Skype), Career Coaching tools, techniques & tips to keep you focused between and after sessions.
  
  E-mail:louise@louisenevin.com for more details on Career Planning & Career Transition Coaching

• CV/Job Application Review Coaching - for Public and Private sector applications.
  
  - A professional review of your existing CV/Job Application in advance of the coaching session.
  
  - Constructive feedback to make your CV/Job Application as focused as possible.
  
  - Learn how to edit and adapt your CV for a target role to ensure the full scope of your skills, experience, qualifications and achievements are clearly evident.
  
  - Includes a Job Specification analysis if applying for a specific role, demonstrating how to tailor your CV/Job Application relevant to the position and avoid generic templates.
  
  - Includes one-to-one coaching (office based or via Skype), CV/Job Application Coaching tools, techniques and supporting notes for future reference.
  
  - CV Coaching & Interview Preparation package options available.
  
  E-mail:louise@louisenevin.com for more details on CV and Job Application Coaching Packages
  
  

• Interview Preparation Coaching - for Public and Private sector interviews.
  
  - Interview skills coaching to assist you prepare, plan and "sell" yourself during the interview process.
  
  - Interview Preparation prepares you for different types of interviews including Competency Based Interviews. Learn to answer challenging questions using structured frameworks.
  
  - Know how to express who you are - understand what the employer wants, prepare for different types of interviews including Competency Based Interviews & learn to answer challenging questions.
  
  - Reduce nerves using specific techniques to keep answers relevant and concise.
  
  - Communication skills & building rapport through Words, Tone, Body Language and relevance in an interview. Includes Interview tips & techniques, an advance Job Spec review if you are applying for a specific role.
  
  - Interview Preparation sessions include Interview support notes and Sample Interview Questions - if applying for a specific position the Interview Questions will be tailored to the role to focus the session further.
  
  - The Interview Preparation package (2x1.5hr sessions) is recommended in most cases. The 2 hour session is suitable for last minute interviews (i.e. 1-2 days notice).
  
  E-mail:louise@louisenevin.com for more details on Interview Preparation Coaching Packages.
  
  

Career Coaching offers:

• A supportive, non-judgemental, confidential environment that is completely focused on you, what you want and how you can achieve it.
• It offers the support of an objective coach with whom you can discuss doubts, challenging situations / work relationships and develop strategies for dealing with them.

Career Coaching helps when:

• You are looking to change your career or job and want to ensure that you make the right decision and do it within a specific time frame.
• You want to improve your professional performance and deal with new challenges developing new leadership skills.
• You want to take action and reduce your stress levels, when workload, colleagues, or situations at work leave you stressed.
• Work is taking over your life, impacting your health and well-being and you want to restore your work-life balance.
• You are considering setting up a new business, or current business owner and want a supportive environment in which to discuss issues you are experiencing and methods to move forward.
• You are seeking more fulfilment or have ambitions that you have not yet achieved and now is the time to do something about it.

Areas Coaching can help with include:

• Direction - "I have always wanted to work in marketing/advertising/fashion/media……"
• Manage Change - "I want a job with less stress and more flexibility/creative challenge...."
• Focus - "I know my job is not for life so how do I keep positive while looking for a new career...."
• Confidence - "I want to go for promotion in the next 3-6 months....."
• Creativity - "I need to improve my turnover or I may lose my business...."
• Decisions - "I’m fed up with my job/not fulfilling my potential, but I am not sure what I can do instead..."
• Work/Life Balance -"I want to find ways of working to allow me spend more quality time with my family..."
• Communication - "I have a manager/colleague I find very difficult to communicate with...."
• Returning to Work -"Now that my children have grown up I want to get back to work ...."