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Professional Profiles (Resumes) |
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Cover
Letters |
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Responses
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Interview
Coaching |
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Career
Coaching |
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Business
Documents |
Distance is no
object
I work with clients from all over Australia
and
from several international locations.
I have developed an approach that takes advantage of modern technology to optimise client
convenience and minimise turn-around time.
What clients are saying:
"Tom, I forwarded the application on
Tuesday
evening, I had a call from the consultant today and have an interview next week...After the
interview with the recruitment consultant I will talk to you about interview coaching, I
can handle
a consultant but have never had to front a board."... Ritchie |
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Because I believe in
substance over form, I don’t use gimmicks or presentation tricks. I provide
professional,
crisp, clean, and elegant presentations that make it easy for the reader to rapidly assess
your
capabilities and to understand the value you could add to their organisation.
I provide advice and interview preparation methods that have worked for me and hundreds of
others.
You won't find them in a book.
Each association with a client is unique and the services and products develop as I
understand you
and your objectives.
Professional Profiles (Resumes)
I use the term Professional Profile rather than Resume or Curriculum
Vitae. A
Profile is an outline that allows the reader to understand who you are and what you can do
for their
organisation. And you are a professional.
I create a Professional Profile that ensures your experience, qualifications, the value of
your
achievements, your track record and personal qualities are presented to get the attention you
need
from amongst the field of other qualified candidates.
I have developed and tested my approach in the real world by being an applicant for numerous
positions before I trusted it to work for others.
Cover Letters
I craft letters that fully capture your ability to contribute to their
organisation and help readers understand why you should be invited for interview.
Cover letters are prepared in conjunction with resumes and are not a
stand alone service (there is little merit in sending a superb covering
letter with a less than superb professional profile).
Responses to Selection Criteria
For many positions, particularly in the public sector, applicants must
address
in detail specific criteria. During ten years in the public sector I devised selection
policies,
conducted training courses in selection techniques and participated in numerous selection
panels.
Addressing selection criteria is a specialised skill, for which I have the necessary
expertise and
knowledge.
Interview Coaching
A lot of people tell me that they are fine once they get to the
interview.
So we work on their resume and cover letter and they get interviews…only to find they
don’t always get as far as their experience, achievements and fit with the job suggests
they
should.
No matter how well you have done in the past, remember that it’s a tougher world today
and
it’s only going to get tougher.
After a couple of hours and a relatively modest investment, you will have learned invaluable
techniques and approaches that will give you the competitive edge you need. It’s a
matter of
covering all bases and properly managing your risks.
We identify where you really need to focus. We’ll examine your current approach. Then
we’ll concentrate on those few essential elements that contribute most heavily to
success…the principal of leverage.
I’ll help you prepare yourself mentally for your performance. A good performance is a
function
of being in the right frame of mind. Ask any successful singer, actor, musician or sports
person. You
know your stuff. It’s how you appear and sound to the other person that determines how
they’ll react to you.
I won't give you a formula or a stock of standard responses and phrases. At an interview,
you need
to present you in the best possible way. Most of us do not have the acting skills or
confidence
needed to consistently pass ourselves off as something we are not…not to a skilled
interviewer. Nor should we. We’ll regret it later.
I won’t give you a script. A script only works when you know what the other person
will say
and do. (There are other web sites advertising clairvoyants.)
You won’t get a list of the "do’s" and "dont's" of interviews. There are plenty
of books
around. My experience, and that of most of my clients, suggests that it’s almost
impossible to
remember tips in the heat of the moment. And they tend to make you look and sound artificial
and
awkward.
The most effective approach is to be the best that you can be.
That’s
what they are buying. And that’s all you’ve got to offer. An integrated and
authentic
presentation of you at your best will achieve the best possible result.
Therefore, I will help you achieve the emotional and psychological states you need to give
your best
performance. There are no second chances. No second takes. It’s a live performance
every
time.
I’ll also help you identify and interpret the subtle signals coming from the
interviewer(s)
that tell and show you how well you are doing. And then you’ll learn what to do to keep
them
where you want them and how to get things back on track.
Career Coaching
There are a lot of career guidance services. I’m not one of
them. I
won’t ask you to complete a battery of tests and I won’t tell you what you should
or
could become. I won’t suggest a pigeon hole for you.
I will provide you with a strategy to ensure that the career decisions
you
make are in your best interests and support the family, professional, economic and social
values you
hold. I will provide you with an approach to managing your career that balances your short
and long
term aspirations and goals. I will also help you read the signals that will help you avoid
bad
decisions and career choice pitfalls.
Business Documents
As a highly experienced management consultant, I have successfully
prepared
hundreds tender documents, reports, brochures, training programs, business plans, proposals
and all
manner of other business documents. I begin this service with a detailed assessment of your
requirements and work in a collaborative way to deliver to your
expectations. |