Before your first Career Coaching session

Before your first Career Coaching session we will ask you to send some details to help your Career Coach to prepare effectively, ensuring you get the most from your Career Coaching. This can include your CV or copies of Job Applications you have previously submitted. You can also send us details of any roles you are targeting. This will help your Career Coach to gain an understanding of your background, skills and experience in advance of your session.

Session 1) Career Discovery

Our Career Development Coaching programme includes an initial Career Discovery session to identify your career requirements and aspirations. We will also conduct a Career Audit to build a realistic picture of what you do best and where you need to develop as well as a Career Barriers Review to assess whether career paths you are considering are realistic based on your skills and experience. This will enable your Career Coach to develop recommendations for your next move.

Career Audit

We will first help you audit your skills and achievements to identify your career strengths and potential development areas. This will include discussing which skills you would most like to use in your future career and which aspects of your experience you would like to build upon.

Career Requirements & Objectives Review

This will include discussing your personal career development objectives, such as progressing to a specific job role, improving work/life balance or getting onto the career path you have always dreamed of. We will also discuss other factors affecting your career choices, such as your salary requirements and preferences on location and working patterns to enable us to identify the best options for your next career move. Alongside this your coaching will explore more holistic factors such as the type of work you would most like to do, what you would like to get out of your career and how you would like to progress your career in the future.

Career Barriers Review

As part of our Career Development Coaching, we can advise on whether your career expectations are realistic based on your current career trajectory and provide guidance on overcoming / removing barriers to your career progression. We can also help you identify potential barriers to possible career paths and address tricky career issues (such as long career breaks, illness, redundancy or being dismissed from a previous role). Your Career Coach will provide honest advice on how your career issues may impact your future career as well as potential solutions.

Session 2) Mapping Your Career

Next, your Career Coach will provide detailed feedback and recommended career options based on your Career Discovery and research. Your coach will then work with you to compare these options and help you decide on the path you would like to take. We will then help you develop your personal Career Strategy and define your short/long-term career goals. The final stage of this process involves Career Mapping, detailing your planned progression and career milestones over the next 1, 5 and 10 years.

Career Development Options Review

Your Career Coach will present your recommended Career Development Options and discuss each of them in detail to help you decide which where you would like to take your career. Your coach will provide details of potential career paths as well as defining progression routes, salary and future options. This will include a comparison of your likely progression for each potential career path. This could also include comparison of potential career progression routes within your defined sector (such as professional specialism Vs Management roles).

Career Strategy Development

Once you have decided on how you would like to develop your career, your Career Coach will work with you to define your unique career strategy to help you achieve your career objectives in a way that works for you.

Career Goal Setting

Once we have defined your strategy, your Career Coach will work with you to set short, mid and long-term career goals and provide practical advice on achieving them. This could include recommending training you need to complete, or skills and experience you need to build to remove barriers to your career transition or progression.

Career Mapping

We will then develop your Career Map. This will involve defining how you would like your career to progress along your preferred career path, including forecasting your target future job roles, salary and potential onward progression routes in 1, 5 and 10 years time.

After session follow up

Career Coaching Feedback Report

You will receive a full written Career Coaching Feedback Report including notes on everything covered during your session. This will include:

• Details of your Skills & Achievements Audit
• Career Goals & Objectives defined during your session (short and long-term)
• Recommended Career Development Options (including comparison of potential career paths)
• Your unique Career Strategy to achieve your career goals and objectives
• Your Career Map – defining where you would like your career to be in 1, 5 and 10 years time

Career check-in sessions

Our Career Development Coaching programme includes either 3 or 6 bi-monthly check in sessions to review your progress against your career plan and to discuss any issues arising. Your Career Coach can also help you decide when the time is right to move on to a new role and to assess potential job opportunities. Additional check-in / support with specific issues can also be added to as required. We can also help you position yourself for your target role with our Professional CV, Job Application and Interview Coaching services.