Services / Workshops

You can choose from a series of workshops on Career Discovery or Job Search.

Currently these workshops only run in Glasgow but please get in touch if you would be interested if they were held in a location close to you.

CAREER DISCOVERY

WHAT’S COVERED

These workshops run for 2 hours in the evening on a weekly basis for six sessions and cover all the pieces of the Jigsaw Career Discovery Model and encourage REFLECTION, EVALUATION and ACTION

REFLECTION

The initial aim is to increase your self awareness of;

• Your unique talents and abilities
• Your personality traits
• Your motivations, interests and passions
• Your values ( what’s most important to you)
• Your key successes to date

Reflecting on these will lead you to determine;

• A life purpose statement which can be used as a guiding principle
• Your ideal working environment
• Career ideas and themes

EVALUATION

You will then evaluate your career options and decide on the direction you wish to pursue in terms of your career.

ACTION

At this stage you create goals and an action plan to enable you to move towards your ideal job/career.

BENEFITS

Once you have completed these workshops you will:

• have greater self-confidence due to a better understanding of your unique talents and abilities
• have clarification on your career goals
• be able to make better decisions as you will have clarity on what’s most important to you
• have prepared a comprehensive action plan to take you in the direction of your chosen career

COSTS

Participants are required to register for the complete course which is £250.
  

JOB SEARCH

WHAT’S COVERED

The Job Search workshops run for 2 hours in the evening on a weekly basis for six sessions. The workshops cover the same topics as the teleclasses but in greater depth with more time being available for group discussion and questions.

JS WORKSHOP 1 - Job Search Techniques
– Preparing your personal job search plan by considering various methods of finding a new position.

JS WORKSHOP 2 - How to Write a Winning CV
– Learn CV writing secrets to ensure that your CV leads to an interview

JS WORKSHOP 3 - Networking Your Way to a New Position
- How to build useful relationships to generate multiple job opportunities.

JS WORKSHOP 4 - Presentation Skills
- Interviewers often require candidates to make a presentation. This session offers key tips for successful preparation and delivery.

JS WORKSHOP 5 - Interview Skills
– Preparation, first impressions, different interview types, dealing with difficult questions and specific issues, key questions to ask and follow up.

JS WORKSHOP 6 – Evaluation and Negotiation of Job Offers
– Don’t just accept the first offer you receive! Learn how to evaluate offers in light of your needs and wants and key negotiation tactics to ensure an optimum compensation package.

BENEFITS

These workshops allow you to focus on particular obstacles that you may be experiencing in your job search and should enable you to overcome these and be successful in securing a new position.

COSTS

These workshops can be attended on an individual basis at £50 per workshop or you can register for all 6 in advance and pay £250.

NEXT STEPS

Contact me today today to register interest in any of the workshops or request additional information.

The Job Search workshops will commence in January 2008.

“Its never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot