Self Awareness

“Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual”

Critical to understanding the job market is having a clear understanding of what skills you can bring to an employer.  Using one of Stephen Covey’s habits from his book, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”, gives clarity to the importance of self-awareness; “Seek first to understand before being understood”.  This challenges you to know what you are about, personally and professionally, so you can deliver a clear and confident message to your next employer. Increasing your self-awareness is vital to ensure you have a clear focus on why you are looking to progress your career and how the role and company fit into your plan.

Market Awareness

“The best career advice to give the young is ‘Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it‘”

Employers typically look for people who want careers, not jobs.  Without understanding the area you want your career to progress in can result in a poorly structured CV which may give the impression of someone looking for a job
rather than trying to build a career.

This can lead to personal frustration and uncertainty and are traits which today’s
employers are not looking for.

Knowing where you want to work regarding industry, organisation and role is
explored in detail to create the foundation for a realistic business plan for your
career. This is particularly useful for those who are changing careers and looking to
to work in a different sectors than their present experience.  Includes comprehension of the Employment Market as it relates to your relevant skills, potential roles and contains a review of potential employers and contacts in your chosen field. Also addresses social media benefits of raising your awareness to prospective employers.

Assesses the suitability of self-employment / consultancy and utilises our
business advisory services, including tax related issues, to bring clarity and purpose
to your process

Career Assessment

Bespoke 11-point program designed by BDO to evaluate your entire career performance through analysis of the key criteria critical to succeeding in today’s job market.

This process challenges all aspects of your career in a structured format and identifies areas from which you can improve on.  This process is designed to inject momentum into your plan by realising your present performance and recommending where you need to focus on to get to the next level.

It provides a very clear and realistic assessment of where your skills lie relevant to others with similar experience and allows for discussion and feedback to identify areas that need attention which are critical for career progression

Career Tools

CV Preparation

Comprehension of the following 4 points are critical;

1. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
2. Your CV is your one chance to represent yourself and catch the attention of an employer.
3. As this document is on email and MS Word, it must portray a mirror image of your achievements, skills, experience and what you can offer your next employer
4. An employer will make his/her decision to bring you forward for an interview on the strength of your CV details.

Our program reviews your existing CV and makes recommendations on improvements around structure, content and presentation based on meetings with BDO. 3 levels of CV to choose from; Standard, Specific or Executive

Interview Skills

“Keep Interview Skills Sharp”

Knowing your CV and rehearsing your answers are going to be redundant unless you can deliver a confident interview.  Our program provides you with 2 Interviews in a formal setting for a role that you want to apply for or have applied for.

These interviews combine specific interview questions for the role, standard interview questions, competency based and questions based on personality profile. The feedback is direct and delivered to improve your performance.

A second interview is also included to ensure that you have learned from your 1^st interview and can refine answers to become more confident.

Delivery of an impressive interview demonstrates confidence and structure, both attributes which employers look for in potential employee.

Being prepared are the basics; being able to deliver is critical

Personal Business Plan

“Action without planning is the cause of every failure”

Self marketing and product definition are critical in getting to the market quicker than your competitors.  Having a skill and wanting to apply it somewhere different than before are only attainable if you take specific action.

This area helps define and test your plan against the critical areas required for a business to succeed. Identifying the Goals & Objectives required to increase  momentum is maintained during your realistic plan will be provided by BDO.

Simply, you have got to ensure that those who are potentially interested in hiring you, know about you and how you can add value to them. This requires specific action

Executive Program

Complete career plan services which delivers a personal program to cover the immediate job search and career plan process. The level of detail covered can suit a number of options for people;

• Those who have been made redundant
• People who want to move into a different industry or sector
• Those who need to get employed immediately

There are two programmes to choose from and combine additional personality reporting and coaching techniques to assist you in your plan in a project based results oriented programme.