Career Coaching

“You helped me find out what was holding me back.
I changed it and got the job I had always wanted.
As simple as that.” – Oil executive

Careers have changed.

They are now rarely for life.

You are likely to change your career – perhaps moving into a radically different field – once or twice during your working life.

You might take on a portfolio of roles tailored to different skills and targeted to exploit a range of business opportunities.

Management Futures works with managers who are facing change, whether through:

• Redundancy
• Frustration at career stagnation
• Approaching retirement
• Returning from a career break
• Considering self-employment

Management Futures coaches excel at this work. An impressive 90 per cent of our clients land jobs they are delighted with. One of our executive directors, Jenny Rogers, is author of a best-selling book on job interviews.

We help clients address these questions:

• What do I want from life?
• How much is my life in balance?
• Where is my career going?
• What are my core values?

A key role of the coach is to enable the client to identify their skills and their goals. To recognise the skills they have, those they need to develop, and those they need to acquire.

Every person we work with is different, so our coaching is one-to-one, tailored to fit exactly your situation and requirements.

As an example, the coaching process might take this shape:

• An initial contact, to introduce coach to client and ensure they are a good match.
• Exercises for the client to carry out before the first consultation.
• A first meeting, at which goals are set and a course of action determined.
• A number of subsequent meetings and phone consultations, to track progress and ensure the target is hit.

The coach works alongside the client throughout the job-seeking process, which involves:

Identifying a vacancy
Many jobs are never advertised. How networking and personal contacts can throw up opportunities which would never be discovered through formal channels.

Crafting a CV
The CV is the marketing tool that helps you get the interview. How to ensure your CV is the one that answers exactly the questions the potential employer has of a candidate, and is presented in such a way that it gets noticed.

The interview
An interview is a performance. You must be natural, but present yourself in the best light. Using video or direct feedback from coach to optimise that performance.

Job offer
Ensuring the package you negotiate is the best that is attainable.

Contact Alan Rogers, Executive Director, for inquiries, details of fees or to arrange a no-commitment meeting with a coach. Tel: 020 7242 4030 or email: alan.rogers@managementfutures.co.uk.