Find a new career that is fulfilling and gives you the salary you want. Get yourself job market ready. We understand that changing career direction is a challenge and can be risky
We’ll help you decide the best way to take your career forward and we’ll support you in your search for a new role. This includes working for yourself.
Cause of the problem
Many people find themselves in jobs that they do not want.
Often we start our careers by taking the first job we get offered and after a few years we realise that we’re stuck in a role and in a sector that no longer appeals to us.
It’s hard to change as employers are reluctant to take you on in a job in which you have no experience.
We’re also told we’ll need to take a cut in salary to make a career move, but this is not always true.
Why you should seek expert help
You may be thinking that it’s impossible to make a career change at this stage in your career. We can help.
Our career coaches are adept in drawing out your transferable skills and knowledge and then linking these to job opportunities that you may never have considered.
Our experienced career coaches all have a unique insight into today’s job market – we’ve helped hundreds of clients to make successful career changes.
We understand what kinds of opportunities are on offer from thousands of employers and across sectors including commercial, public, not-for-profit, regulatory and creative industries.
What are the costs of not fixing this problem now?
We spend a large part of our lives at work. If you are bored, frustrated or unhappy at work this is going to spill over into other parts of your life, impact your relationships with others and create a sad cycle from which you can begin to believe there is no escape.
You’ll see that your performance is declining and that your career is not progressing, and you may also be losing confidence and belief in yourself. But there is a way out and no one should be in a career in which they are not happy.
Our expert career coaches will help you to find a way out to a new and rewarding future. With the retirement age being extended, many of us will be working for fifty years or more, so it’s important to act early so that your career moves in the direction you want.
How our career consultation helps you
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Consultation Booking
We first meet all new clients for an initial career coaching session which we’re currently delivering online.
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Consultation Preparation
Our career coach will prepare for this by reviewing your CV and asking you to complete a brief questionnaire to get an idea of the issues you are facing in your career.
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Consultation Session
During the coaching session we’ll give you feedback on the new career options that are open to you, advise you on how best to approach the job market, and comment on your CV and LinkedIn profile.
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Consultation Report
After we’ve met you we’ll send you an outline of the further support with which we can provide to you.
This usually consists of three or four further career coaching sessions with your career coach to help you to decide the best way to take your career forward and to support you in implementing an effective search strategy to find a good new career opportunity.
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Next Steps
We also offer stand-alone CV writing service and interview coaching.
Our support is designed to meet your needs whatever stage you are in your career; our youngest client is 20 and our oldest one is 70, so we work with all ages and career stages.
Specific results from career coaching
We help our clients find careers that make the best use of their qualifications, skills, specialist knowledge and experience. Our career coaches are particularly adept in identifying your transferable skills and helping you to express these in your CV, LinkedIn profile and in job interviews.
Significant career changers that we have supported include a solicitor who changed to become a speech and language therapist, a car salesman who became a property agent, and a criminal barrister who joined the Department of European Exit. In addition to helping clients change career direction, we also help professionals to progress their careers to more challenging and significantly better paid roles. One example is an IT consultant in the UK who secured a job at double the salary in Europe.
We correctly assessed his earnings potential and helped him to negotiate his new salary package.
Some Of The Organisations Our Clients Work For
What Our Clients Say
“I found the initial coaching session incredibly helpful. My career coach had prepared thoroughly for our meeting and showed me jobs with specific employers that I'd not even considered. These will make good use of my transferable skills. She also pointed out a few errors in my CV which I will now correct. I feel very hopeful that I can take my career in a new direction and I know how to implement an effective job search for my next opportunity."
Rachel K, HR Specialist
"At my Career Options and Job Search Consultation with CareerBalance my career coach showed me a job that she thought I should apply for. I went home and made my application. I was successful and have been working for this company for several months. I would never have found this opportunity on my own."
“I just wanted to email to say thank you for my programme proposal and your advice. As a result of it, I managed to get a job at the General Dental Council which I would never have looked at without your advice, so thank you. An worthwhile appointment. I thought I'd just let you know and to say thank you for your assistance."
Shaun Round, Barrister
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