One-to-one consultations assist senior clients to identify a suitable career aim and formulate a plan to achieve the aim.  Sessions are undertaken with the client's personal career consultant, in the role of mentor, coach and adviser.  Consultation will help individuals plan specific objectives to gain employment, including marketing documentation.

Further one-to-one meetings will be arranged throughout the programme to assist the client specifically with his/her marketing activity. 

Contents and Key Objectives

·           Focus on future options - the enhancement of job search skills, the development of a range of suitable CV's, speculative letters, letters of application, and self-marketing.

·           Advise on issues specific to senior people - networking, the use of head-hunters and specialist career and recruitment consultants.

·           Instruction and preparation on how to improve interview technique and presentation, using Closed Circuit Television.  Clients will be supplied with copies of their own video tape interviews for consideration and personal review.

·           Executive One-to-one Counselling can also involve psychometric assessments and/or personality profiling to determine areas of competence and ascertain career direction.

·           Access to the Oakwell Consultants Information Research Service - with specialist business reports, financial data and analysis, market overview reports.

Benefits

·           Creates a positive attitude to the client’s future career role.

·           Shows clients how to network and market themselves effectively.

·           Increases their ability to succeed in the competitive senior market.

·           Promotes the positive aspects of career change to the customer

·           Proves to senior people that they are valued members of staff.

·           Assists the organisation to refocus on the future.

A session typically lasts 3 hours.