Career Discovery

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Career Discovery (Career Change)

  • Have you ever wondered how you got into the job you’re in and wondered if another career would suit you better?
  • Does the thought of staying in your current career until you are 70 fill you with dread?
  • 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.

Benefits

These are programs for people who want to change their careers and need help to make it happen, with the following benefits:

  • 100% Clarity about who you are, what you need, and how to get what you want
  • 100% increase in confidence (based on 20 years of client feedback)
  • 98% satisfaction rate with the career discovery process
  • 90% of clients change careers within 2 years
  • 85% of clients maintain salary in a new career (or regain it within 2 years)
  • 50% of clients still reference their Career Discovery Plan - even 15 years later!
  • Access to my extensive network of 8,000+ to enhance career opportunities

There are two versions of this Career Discovery program – a comprehensive and a short version:

 

​​Gold Career Discovery & Transition

Ideal if you have been considering a career change for a while and need a lot of support to identify and gain the career that is right for them. A comprehensive program with a high level of success involving online assessments, career reports and practical activities with personalised support to help you identify your ideal career based on your needs, create a career plan. 

  • 8 - 10 Career Discovery sessions to identify your career needs and direction:​
  • 30+ page Harrison Career Assessment Report covering:
  • Greatest Strengths, Development Areas, Interests, Motivations, & Career Options
  • Up to 10 Career Suitability reports: confirm your suitability for a career before you try it
  • Personality, Preferences, Strengths, Weaknesses, Ideal Work Environment, and your personality-based Career Options
  • Values Report - to ensure workplace alignment
  • Environment, Motivations, Strengths, Team roles and more
  • Executive Leadership Option: Leadership styles and development areas
  • 3 - 4 Career Planning sessions to confirm your Career Success Criteria
  • Create your Personalised Career Plan with a full Career Transition Strategy and Job-Hunting Plan
  • Mindset Coaching - to overcome any doubts, concerns or cognitive dissonance
  • Comprehensive Resume Writing Service: 3-6 sessions to create your Master & Market Resume to gain your new career
  • Personal Branding Program: create a new All-Star ranked LinkedIn profile, networking and personal branding plan
  • Hidden Job Market Coaching: create and enact strategies to get your ideal role in your ideal organisation even if it's not advertised including a Networking Strategy, Information Interviewing and Prospective Letters.
  • Individual Cover Letter Writing to create a template to apply for an advertised role.
  • Interview Coaching to help you prepare and practice for your first interview in your new career role.

Silver Career Discovery Program

Ideal for people who have some idea of what their new career could be or are time poor and want a faster solution to confirm their ideal career, create a career plan and apply for advertised roles. ​

  • 4 - 5 Career Discovery sessions to identify your career needs and direction:​
  • 30+ pp Harrison Career Assessment Report:
  • Greatest Strengths, Development Areas, Interests, Motivations, & Career Options,
  • Myers Briggs Personality Report: Personality, Preferences, Strengths, Weaknesses, Ideal Work Environment, and your personality-based Career Options
  • Values Report - to ensure workplace alignment
  • 2 - 3 Career Planning sessions to confirm your Career Success Criteria
  • Create a Personalised Career Plan with a Career Transition Strategy & Job-Hunting Plan
  • Resume Writing Service: 3-4 sessions to create your Master & Market Resume to get into your new career
  • Personal Branding Program: create a new All-Star ranked LinkedIn profile, networking and personal branding plan
  • Individual Cover Letter Writing: to create a template to apply for an advertised role.

​​Career Plan

Included in the Career Discovery Programs above or available separately if you already know your ideal career direction.

  • We work with you to create a career plan to define and achieve your career goals for the next 5 - 10 years.
  • Ensure that your career is future proofed against inevitable economic, industry, professional and organisational changes.
  • Identify your Ideal Job, industry and organisation to take a targeted approach to gain the role you want.
  • Explore how to overcome any gaps, build knowledge and expertise including suitable training and stepping stones to help you get there.
  • We map out your career strategy and job progression step by step, with training needs and a networking plan to get there.
  • 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.’

Testimonials

“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 RoddanManagement Adviser
“Melita is a creative and results oriented coach. In a few sessions she brings clarity and direction to career planning and careerchanges.”
Gino MarescaProperty Services
“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 AllenBusiness Owner
“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 PinillaProject Coordinator
“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 SalemUrban Planning Manager
“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 TaherManagement Consultant

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