Career Discovery (Career Change)
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Have you ever wondered how you got into the job you’re in and wondered if another career would suit you better?
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Does the thought of staying in your current career until you are 70 fill you with dread?
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Have you got skills you want to use, but don’t know what career that relates to?
Changing careers is hard and often people don’t know where to start.
Don’t worry, we make the career change process simple, enlightening and relatively painless.
If you are unhappy in your career and want to change we can help you identify the right career for you and plan how to make the change. Many clients change to another new career, and we have helped some clients who have become self-employed.
There are two versions of this Career Discovery program – a comprehensive and a short version:
Comprehensive Career Discovery program
This program is ideal for people who have been considering a career change for a while and need guidance on how to identify the career that is right for them. This comprehensive program which delivers a high level of success involves:
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5 sessions of personalized support, discussions and in-depth analysis to identify your ideal career based on your needs, covering:
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personality
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values
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motivations
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strengths
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skills
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interests
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work environment
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passions
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overcoming constraints.
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Online testing; Harrisons Career Assessment, Myers Briggs personality.
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Career workbooks and career card-sort activities to generate in-depth understanding
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Career options based on 3 career assessments and results of all your career activity answers.
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Create your personalised Career Success Criteria to assess careers and jobs.
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2 sessions to create a career plan which shows how you can achieve a successful transition.
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This 7-session program is most effective completed face-to-face and available via Skype/Zoom.
The benefits of completing this program for you are:
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Better self-awareness: comprehensive analysis and discussions of what you need at work and what suits your personality, values, motivations, strengths, skills, interests, and passions.
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Increased self-confidence: by identifying who you are and what you have to offer, our clients consistently comment that they have increased self-confidence in their careers.
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Tailored career options: create your own career success criteria and a list of suitable careers based on your choices.
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Increased happiness and success: by creating your own career success criteria you significantly increase your ability to find the right career, right industry and right organization where you will be happy and fulfilled.
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Career success plan: to ensure you know how to get into your ideal role and industry, with a career transition and networking strategy, step by step actions and training options.
Career Plan
Included in the Career Discovery Programs above or available separately if you already know your ideal career direction.
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We work with you to create a career plan to define and achieve your career goals for the next 5 - 10 years.
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We map out your career strategy and job progression step by step, with training needs and a networking plan to get there.
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As in the saying "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail". Yet few people plan their careers, they let them happen and hope for the best - that’s why our motto is ‘Careers by choice, not chance.’
Express Career Discovery Program
This is ideal for people who already have an idea about their new career, or are very time poor and want a faster solution. This includes the following:
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A 3-session program using online assessments on:
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personality
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values
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motivations
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strengths
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interests
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ideal work environment
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Career coaching over 2-sessions to find commonality across the results.
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Career options based on 2 career assessments and the culmination of the different career activities.
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1-session career plan with brief transition strategy and any training required for your new career.
The benefits of this program for you are:
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Better self-awareness: Identify what suits your personality, values, motivations, strengths, interests and ideal work environment.
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Increased success: by identifying your own career success criteria you increase your ability to find the right career, right industry and right organisation that suits you and makes you happy.
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Tailored career options: a list of suitable careers based on your choices that will suit you.
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Career success plan: to ensure you know how to get into your ideal role and preferred industry, a transition strategy with any training requirements.
Testimonials
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“Melita is a thoroughly professional and extremely committed Career Coach. It was clear right from the outset that Melita cares greatly for her clients and maintains an active interest in their career development well beyond the career coaching sessions. Melita is insightful, encouraging, motivating and provides sound advice based on some years as a career coach.” Tony Roddan, Management Adviser
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“Melita is a creative and results oriented coach. In a few sessions she brings clarity and direction to career planning and careerchanges.” Gino Maresca, Property Services
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“Melita is very professional in her approach; she pays great attention to detail, is skilled in her coaching methods and strives to achieve the best outcome for her client. At the same time, she is very patient, friendly and easy to talk to. She certainly went the extra mile for me, I highly recommend Melita’s career coaching to anyone.” David Allen, Business Owner
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“Working with Melita has been a rewarding experience because she allowed me to rebuild trust after receiving redundancy, explore my options and reconnect with my strengths to return with enthusiasm in the search for new job opportunities. She is an excellent professional, passionate about her work, very integrated and engaged in exploring the best options for customers who place their trust in her.” David Pinilla, Project Coordinator
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“Melita is an amazing careers consultant. She is the best careers coach I have ever met. Not only is she supportive, thoughtful and informative, I have benefited from her assistance with my career… I would recommend her to any person looking for insight and assistance with their career.” Sarah Salem, Urban Planning Manager
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“Melita is an outstanding career coach who stands out with her compassion and commitment. She focuses on understanding the individual's values, strengths and development needs and goes the extra mile to guide them - from preparing cover letter, resume, LinkedIn profile, to networking and interview tips. I was lucky enough to have Melita as my coach and found her coaching style effective to help me successfully switch my career. Muneem Taher, Management Consultant
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