Personal Career Management
MK9, Milton Keynes
MK9, Milton Keynes
We provide high quality, career coaching, outplacement and career management programmes for individual and corporate clients. Our programmes help individuals to make positive changes in their career covering topics such as:
• Exploring career options to make informed career decisions on what next
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What do you love most about your job?
Being able to see the difference in my clients clarity and confidence - this could be feeling unstuck and having a clear sense of direction, or understanding what might have been holding them back, or being genuinely excited again about their career opportunities, or simply realising their value in the workplace and being able to articulate that and believe it. In these difficult times its particularly rewarding to see clients being back in work soon after redundancy.
What inspired you to start your own business?
I'd worked hard and happily for three entrepreneurs for a large part of my career and finally decided I needed to be the entrepreneur myself!
Why should our clients choose you?
We are independently owned, love what we do, have real expertise and delight in seeing clients flourish. We are called "best in business" by credible brands including Telegraph and Guardian jobs. Check out my LinkedIn profile to see testimonials from clients.
Can you provide your services online or remotely? If so, please add details.
We have been providing our services online for the last 8 years together with in person coaching, During Covid we have moved all of our services to online only.
What changes have you made to keep your customers safe from Covid-19?
We have transitioned our job search and career management workshops to webinars and deliver all of our one to one coaching online.
Career Coaching
A career coach (sometimes called a job coach) can help you identify the right role for you and then help you make the transition into your new role. Career coaching integrates career research and complex psychological theory with current knowledge about the job market and organisational processes.
A career coach is well placed to help you understand the world of work and your own personal development. Career counselling, the technically more complex side of the work, combines discussion with a career coach and feedback from a variety of specialist exercises. It takes into account factors outside of work which often influence your happiness and effectiveness at work.
At Personal Career Management, all of our career coaches are trained and highly skilled at both the career counselling aspect and the job search side. This means the same coach can work alongside you throughout the the process. If you know exactly what you want but simply want help getting there, and select one of our job search programmes, you’ll still benefit from your coach’s expertise in career counselling as they will be able to work more in depth with you to ensure the quality that make you unique are reflected within your job search campaign, putting you ahead of the competition.
Programme content is bespoke to the individual and discussed during an initial complimentary diagnostic session.
Outplacement - Redundancy support
If you are faced with having to make staff redundant during these particularly challenging times and want to give them outplacement support to help them get back into employment, then rest assured – we can help.
All our services are high quality, current and supportive – and at a price to suit your budget. We will work with you to find the most cost-effective solution to give your staff the support they need.
How we can help:
• Costs: We can discuss your situation and give you a quick idea of the range of cost options even if you’re at the early stage of the process
• Options: We’ll discuss options to fit around your budget and needs and you’ll have a more detailed quote
• During consultation: We’ll provide you with communication pieces which will help you during the consultation process and in breaking the news if redundancy follows
• Support for you: We’ve worked alongside hundreds of HR professionals through this process and are here to support you as well as your staff with advice and as a sounding board
• Individual senior support: With comprehensive one to one support for senior managers Large group outplacement: We have amazingly cost-effective digital offerings that are second to none, all of which can be personalised to your teams requirements
We don’t charge for any of the above by the way – you just pay for the outplacement support itself – the rest is part of the service.
Why Personal Career Management are the outplacement providers of choice
• Give your staff the best – We are recommended as the best by the Guardian and many others
• Up to date – In an ever changing job market – we’re seen as providing the most up to date advice regularly appearing on Sky and BBC News.
• Our book on CVs being number 1 in the UK Your staff would choose us – we know when individuals are given a choice of providers, 9 out of 10 choose us
• Within budget – whatever your budget we’ll have a solution to fit even if you’re uncertain of numbers at this time The same servises are available to individuals to self-fund
icareercoach - self-guided digital offering
icareercoach™ is our powerful, online career management, job search and career development resource.
With any Personal Career Management career coaching or outplacement programme you will have several months of access to this invaluable resource along with the support of your career coach.
For those looking for a self – help resource you can now buy icareercoach™ separately.
icareercoach™ includes:
• Interactive career profiling tools and career assessments
• 100’s of coaching videos to guide you through your journey
• Over 1000 articles in the newsroom relating to career and sector news
• Contact information on recruiters and head-hunters
• Company information for speculative approaches or prior to interview*
• 100’s of employer videos packed with invaluable insights into getting a role
• CV and application planning, preparation and advice
• Interview planning and practice simulators
• Self-development as part of your ongoing learning
• Business skills on a range of topics for enhancing your skills within the workplace
Executive Coaching
Our Executive Coaching programmes are designed specifically for organisational leaders and those
looking to progress to senior executive level.
Whether the coaching is to complement organisational development plans or to support an individual's particular needs and challenges, we help facilitate fresh
thinking and provide a trusted sounding board to explore practical solutions and strategies.
Our executive coaching sessions offer a valuable, safe space to reflect on professional challenges and strategies that will help. Working with one of our expert coaches, we will tailor the coaching to agreed objectives. Below are some of the typical areas we help with:
CURRENT WORK CHALLENGES
We can provide support for a wide array of challenges including leading transformational change, managing teams under pressure and working within a demanding organisational culture
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Identifying strengths and areas for development on key leadership competencies such as strategic thinking, people management, change and conflict management as well as creativity and critical thinking
PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Helping build confidence and self-awareness, developing powerful communication skills, using emotional intelligence, managing internal
politics and driving results
RESILIENCE AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
Providing a safe sounding board to decompress, reflect and recharge to support personal resilience and well-being at a time of unprecedented personal and professional pressures
CAREER MANAGEMENT
Career development strategies including building reputation and personal brand, positioning for promotions and other career moves, diversifying
interests or transitioning from the organisation
ACTION PLANNING
Exploring aspirations and needs both for the immediate and longer term, clarifying goals, potential obstacles and the practical strategies that will help and creating a practical action plan
