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Introduction
Whether reviewing your CV, sharpening your interviewing skills, helping you develop marketing strategies or working with you in one-to-one consultation - in every case we tailor our Career Doctor modules to meet your needs.
Our three core 'Career Doctor' modules (Application Doctor, CV Doctor, Interview Doctor) provide a cost-effective boost to your key jobsearch skills.
Our two Intensive Care programmes ('Creating the Opportunity' and 'Closing the Deal') bring these skills together in a powerful combined package.
CV Prescription (we write it for you) and Consultation complete the Career Doctor range, giving you all the support you need to compete and win in today's competitive job market.
Career Doctor modules
Application Doctor - how to define your target market, how to harness the power of the internet and get it working for you rather than against you, how to use your cover letter and other ways to stand out from the crowd. Get some expert advice and transform your prospects.
Telephone introduction, 30-45 minutes one-to-one consultation, strategy recommendations - £75
CV Doctor - send your CV to us beforehand, even if it is in basic form. We will review it against current CV trends and employer preferences and then talk through what you want to achieve and how best to tailor your CV.
CV review, 30 minutes one-to-one consultation, advisory discussion of tips and techniques - £75
Interview Doctor - with job interviews, the way you come across matters as much as your skills and experience. We advise you about techniques and approaches to maximise your impact at interview and give you honest feedback about what may be holding you back.
30-45 minutes one-to-one consultation including role-play and feedback - £75
Intensive Care Programmes
Our two Intensive Care programmes take all the elements from the above modules and develop them into a powerful, tailored one-to-one training event:
IC1 - 'Creating the Opportunity'
- Your CV
- The research process
- Search methods
- Preparatory work
- Your covering letter
- Speculative application
- Advertisement applications
- How to make yourself stand out
This programme includes how to structure and write an effective CV; essential tips for targeting your job search to achieve maximum results; key pointers for composing introduction letters and proven tips for getting your application noticed.
This programme is adapted to all levels of experience and is also tailored according to the career/job type sort - £175.
IC2 - 'Closing the Deal'
- Types/styles of interviews
- Preparatory work
- Essential dos and don'ts guidelines
- How to present yourself effectively
- Tips and techniques
- The follow up process
- Negotiation
This programme covers the whole aspect of the interview process and will ensure you are fully equipped with effective interviewee guidelines. It will also help you understand the various styles of interviewing and give you an insight into interviewer techniques.
This programme is geared to all levels of experience and is adapted accordingly - £175.
CV Writing
We offer hands-on help with CV preparation.
If you would like us to write you CV for you, we discuss your details and aspirations and then prepare a tailored individual CV to meet your needs.
CV creation and delivery - £150 - £300 according to level of experience.
Consultation
Many of us seek objective input into our current job or career situation. We feel we can benefit from independent confidential advice and the opportunity to talk everything through with a trained specialist who can help guide and facilitate our ideas. This session is particularly useful for academic leavers, for people wanting to change direction, for work returners and for people who feel they are at a crossroads in their career.
An hour and a quarter consultation costs £100
Psychometric profiling
Psychometric profiling uses scientific methodology to assess aptitude and personality, comparing an individual's profile against that of a wider norm group.
This can be used as a powerful development tool, identifying personality and aptitude strengths that can aid the change management process.
Gordon Yates staff are trained and authorised to administer and interpret SHL psychometric instruments, including the world standard OPQ (Occupational Personality Questionnaire). Other instruments include:
- Motivation - what things make you want to work harder?
- Verbal/numerical reasoning - how strong are your aptitudes?
- Interest inventory - what are your key areas of career interest?
SHL have been world leaders in workplace psychometric profiling for over 25 years.
Gordon Yates has worked with SHL for almost 20 years.
Price - from £200 per SHL profile
Executive coaching
This is a concept that has seen enormous growth in recent years, initially by executives at the highest level but these days increasingly by successful people throughout organisations.
Executive coaching facilitates self-development, helping to clarify personal goals in the context of business life, thereby empowering sustainable higher performance.
Jo Tomazou has worked as an executive coach to CEOs and senior executives from a wide range of organisations, as well as helping middle ranking and more junior staff. Her coaching degree from the School of Coaching, accredited by the University of Strathclyde, is widely recognised as the gold standard for executive coaching.
Price - £225 per one hour session (typically a course comprises 6 sessions)
Further information www.strath.ac.uk/business/cee/execedu/pgcertexeccoach
