Career Coaching

Career Coaching in Brighton with Career Coach Laurel Alexander

Career Change Coaching Returners' Coaching Job Search Coaching Interview Skills Coaching Client Comments Fees & Booking

Laurel is registered as a coach with the Association for Coaching

CAREER CHANGE COACHING

Sometimes it can be difficult to work out whether you just need a new challenge, or if it’s time to take a completely different career direction. The average person can expect to change careers several times in his or her lifetime. Reasons why you might want a change of direction now could include:

• Life change e.g. divorce
• You want more money
• You have burn-out
• Prospects have worsened
• The work is boring
• You’re experiencing work-related stress

Career change coaching involves these 3 steps:

1. Self Assessment: where we look at your motivation, personal qualities, transferrable skills, interests, values, roles, aptitudes, preferred environments, developmental needs, life realities and preferred ways of working.
2. Exploring Options: Where we identify and evaluate occupations, industries and other possibilities including re-training.
3. Action Planning: Creating your short, medium and long term career development plan.

While I work all kinds of career changes, I specialise in healthcare careers.

RETURNERS’ COACHING

You may be returning to work following a sabbatical, bringing up children or an illness. Whatever the reason, you may be facing a crisis of confidence, a need for a career change or wanting insight into the current job market and how to get back into the swing of things. Returners’ Coaching involves these 5 steps:

1. Self Assessment: where we look at the non-paid skills you have gained, your motivation, personal qualities, transferrable skills, interests, values, roles, aptitudes, preferred environments, developmental needs, life realities e.g. childcare and preferred ways of working.
2. Confidence Building
3. Exploring Options: Where we identify and evaluate occupations, the labour market, volunteering, returning to learning (including funding) and self employment.
4. Job Search Strategy: Where we develop a job search strategy, look at writing your CV and covering letters and preparing for job interview.
5. Action Planning: Creating your returning to work plan.

JOB SEARCH COACHING

Here, we look at developing your job search strategy including writing your resume, looking for work, gathering company information, composing covering letters, taking the speculative approach and completing application form.

INTERVIEW SKILLS COACHING

You’ve been invited for interview! This type of coaching gives you a thorough grounding in confidence building, relaxation techniques, preparation and interview skills development.

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

• Thank you very much for all your help and advice. I can't say how fantastic your knowledge was and how you put me back on the right track after veering off in completely the wrong direction! Had I not had the consultation with you I would have not sat down and thought about what I was really trying to achieve with my future. I would have been trying all these little courses only to find that it would not be what I really wanted to do and that some of them would not have been accredited at all and would have been rendered useless! I am now more focused and am aware of what avenue that I really want to pursue. With your help I am now able to head off in the right direction so that when I leave my current employment in 6 years time - I will have something to offer to my prospective clients - having been able to market myself in the correct manner beforehand. Again, Laurel, thank you for your invaluable help and advice - I am so glad that I found you on the internet! I shall be able to thank you again in 6 years time when I am ready to begin my new found route of career. P.M. Army personnel
• Laurel. Thank you so much for all your helpful confidence boosting comments on my interview and presentation preparation. They were just what I needed after several failed interviews. I was offered the job on the same day as the interview and have just finished my first week - tired but happy. Thank you once again. RT. systems analyst
• After being made redundant, I found Laurel's career coaching both helpful and inspiring. R.P.
• Hi Laurel, Just wanted to let you know I was offered the job. Didn’t think the interview had gone too well and they said I would not hear until the end of the week however they called today! So thanks for your help. Nicola, support worker

Laurel's Coaching Room

COACHING FEES

I offer face-to-face career coaching in Brighton, Sussex as well as tele-coaching and e-guidance. Evening and Saturday appointments are usually available as well as daytime appointments for both face-to-face coaching and tele-coaching. If you cancel an appointment without giving twenty-four hours notice, the full fee will be payable.

Face-to-face coaching
I am based in Brighton, Sussex. A one hour session is £45. Or you can have a 2-hour intensive session for £85. You can pay online (here) or pay at the session. am based in Brighton, Sussex.

Tele- coaching
45 minutes costs £45 including email back-up and is payable in advance (here).

BOOKING YOUR CAREER COACHING

If you would like to book a Career Coaching session, please telephone me on 01273 564030 or email me at info@laurelalexander.co.uk.

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Two-hour Intensive Career Coaching	£ 85
Face-to-face Career Coaching	£ 45
Tele- Career Coaching	£ 45