Hi, I'm Melita Long and I believe we are all here for a purpose -  
that every person has a way to contribute to this world.

 

For most people this is expressed in our careers.

 

Having chosen this path, I'm passionate about helping professionals develop their potential and fulfil their purpose to achieve their career goals and be happier in what they do.

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Let me tell you my story...

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I began my career in corporate marketing because I was creative and good at writing and somehow found myself in financial services.

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In 2003 I went through a quarter-life career crisis (yes, it's a thing) after a tragic death in my family made me question my life, my job and my purpose.

 

I had a successful career in corporate marketing in London, but when faced with a significant values clash at work, where I was asked to endorse something, I didn't agree with, on top of losing a family member, I had to make a tough decision:

 

- Stay in the job, lie, and get sponsored to remain in the UK

- or stick to my values, quit, and step out into the unknown.

 

I made the decision to take action, quit my job and step into the unknown and find a new career path.

 

Fortunately, I didn't have to do this on my own, I decided to work with a coach, Gabriella, and went through a period of soul searching and realised my purpose was to help others find theirs.

 

I realised through this that my purpose was helping other people to find their purpose and I made the decision to become a career coach (before it was a thing) working with adults who want to find and realise their purpose through their careers.

 

I realised that I could use my marketing skills to market the features and benefits of people instead of products and services, the principles are identical.

 

So, I returned home to Wellington, New Zealand, somehow talked my way into setting up the Careers Services arm of a recruitment firm from scratch (it's amazing what you can do when you are clear on your goals and motivated), initially writing resumes using my marketing skills and expanded this into career coaching.

 

My first business Career Coach Consulting was set up in 2005 (rebranded to Careers on Purpose in 2019) and since then I have coached and trained over 3,200+ professional and executive clients in a wide range of corporate professions. 

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As well as founding Career Coach Consulting in 2005, where I led a team of 6 career coaches, I've been a Career Consultant with Katie Roberts Career Coaching, and for 3 years was an Executive Career Consultant providing career and executive coaching to senior MBA students at the prestigious Melbourne Business School.

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Having worked in Learning & Development, Human Resources and Recruitment, I know recruitment processes, and how to develop employee and manager skills. I developed and delivered a successful 2-year Leadership Development Program for a public agency. 

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I know how job hunting feels and can guide you with proven approaches through this process. I see workloads and expectations of managers, employees and workplaces keep ramping up and the pressures these create. Now enter the new challenges of AI, automation, uncertainty, remote working, overworking, and burnout. My strong focus on enhancing wellbeing throughout all my programs and services to help you avoid or deal with career burnout.

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To see what my clients say in my testimonials and on LinkedIn.