How else can we help you?
- Career Support Line
- Gift Vouchers
- Covering Letters
- Thank You Letters
- Speculative Enquiries
- Personal Career Advice
- Corporate Outsourcing
Our career support line offers unparalleled levels of career management support with a fixed price that covers any eventuality. It provides our clients with unlimited access to a personal career management expert who will be on hand to discuss any issues or simply to be a sounding board after a bad day.
- Feel you deserve a pay rise but not sure how to ask?
- Upset about an issue at work but not sure how to handle it?
- At a career crossroads and need some helpful advice?
- In need of some quick interview tips to boost your confidence?
- beginning a targeted search for a new employer?
What our scheme covers
- Free and unlimited telephone and online support
- Consistency with named personal contacts
- Fixed fees
- We guarantee to get back to you within 24 working hours (most calls are handled immediately)
(Please note that whilst we cannot provide legal advice we work very closely with a firm of solicitors who are able to deal with queries of a legal nature.)
In the current economic climate, just about everyone, in one way or another, can benefit from some form of career advice. The range and level of courses we offer can help anyone, from those struggling to take their first step on the career ladder to those facing the daunting prospect of redundancy, or even potential entrepreneurs looking to follow in the footsteps of Branson, Gates and Sugar and set up a lucrative business for themselves.
People who have previously bought our vouchers include:
- Those looking to kick start the career of a friend, family member or work colleague
- Those who know someone looking to start their own business or simply change career
- Parents of graduates finding it hard to find suitable employment
- Compassionate bosses who know they are going to need to make their loyal staff redundant
- Recruitment agencies who want to reward their workers
And they also make a useful secret santa!
These vouchers can be used as part or full payment for any one of our courses or services that can be tailored to every individuals need and can be bought in denominations of £10, £25 and £50.
Most people spend lots of time creating the perfect CV but neglect their covering letters.
The importance of a good covering letter cannot be under-estimated and often a poorly written covering letter will mean your CV is not even read.
A well written covering letter can carry more weight even than a CV. By its very nature it sits on top of a CV and if not well constructed your CV may not even be looked at. This is your opportunity to elaborate on what is on your CV and to personalize your application and to make it appropriate for the particular role you are applying to.
Key points to consider within your covering letter include : why you are interested in applying for THIS PARTICULAR vacancy.
Why you want to work for this particular company , why you are suitable for this position, your availability for interview, an opportunity to highlight any relevant skills you have which may appear in the advert.
Post interview thankyou letters can be written for a variety of reasons (some good some bad). Perhaps you forgot to mention something, perhaps you want to stress you are right for the role or perhaps you need to implement a damage control exercise. Whatever your reasons for writing a thankyou letter they can enhance your application no end long after you have left the interview.
You possibly grew up always wanting to work for your favourite football team, in the police force or in a certain sector but never see these companies advertising.
Most vacancies are never advertised however a well written speculative letter can often open doors.
Often the most difficult letter to write is that which is not directed towards a particular job or advert. Perhaps you have a company you have always wanted to work for or an industry you have always wanted to be a part of. Chances are if you feel like that there are other people who feel the same.
A well written and succinct speculative letter to your employer of choice can often open doors.
This is a dedicated and bespoke session tailored entirely to YOUR career needs.
You will leave this course with a clearly defined, strategic career "Action Plan" which will help you find your way through the complex job market.
Synopsis of course: As the title of this course suggests this is a 1 to 1 dedicated and bespoke session which we are able to gear around the career management needs of the individual. This is an intensive course in which we will cover everything covered in the advanced course above but with the advantage that we are able to tailor everything towards you as an individual.
This course is designed for those who are possibly planning a change of career and have no idea where to start or those who are stuck in a rut who would benefit from a boost in confidence. We will help you to evaluate your career and make sure that you are making sensible and informed decisions.
It will allow us the time to explore each of YOUR core competencies and help you to bring these to the fore in discussions with employers.
You will leave this course with a clearly defined, strategic career "Action Plan" which will help you find your way through the complex job market.
(To a degree this session allows you to dicate the content of the course to meet your specific needs depending on which stage of your career you are at or what your current career priorities are)
A typical example of this is handling the awkward situation of requesting a payrise so very often this course pays for itself within a week or so.
£349 (half day course) Includes 3 months unlimited access to our Career Support Line valued at £69, coffee and biscuits, a bespoke CV (valued at £199) and a career management survival pack.
Redundancy, for whatever reason, is tough on employees and employers. It affects everyone from those being made redundant to those making the heart-wrenching decision which affect long time colleagues (and friends).
People can be made redundant for a variety of reasons, technological advancement, corporate relocation, merger and acquisition or simply a lack of work.
Whatever the reason it is “imperative” to help your staff through this difficult time.
As well as operating courses for individuals who are dealing with redundancy we also operate courses on behalf of clients who, for whatever reason, are making a number of redundancies. These may either be held at the client site or in a neutral venue (at the clients discretion).
As an employer, how can you benefit from our redundancy workshops?
- Improve retention and productivity rates for remaining staff
- Show care and compassion for the work force
- Improve morale for those remaining
- Ease problems in consultation period and the resentment of leavers
- Gives peace of mind that the company has acted professionally and in the best interests of the staff who have worked hard over a period of time
- Speed up the transition of loyal staff into a new role
- Enhance the corporate image in the wider market
- Be considered an employer of choice locally for looking after your work force.
- Increased transparency and trust from staff showing there are no ulterior motives
- Avoidance of rumour and negativity (both of which if left to fester can be highly detrimental to the working environment)
Why use CV and Career Experts?
Our honest approach coupled with our quality of service and cost effective solutions, ensure your fees are kept to a minimum at a time when tightening the purse strings is key. We offer a range of courses and tailor each session to meet our client’s specific and individual needs, rather than adopting a ‘one fits all approach’. To this end we will meet with you and your HR department a week before the course to ascertain exactly what you want to get out of the day. Our flexibility means that we can assist your company and its employees, whatever your budget.
Our career experts are professional and understanding of their clients needs. With extensive experience in restructuring, outplacement and recruitment our team has a thorough knowledge of the market place.
The course outline for this is as per our standard redundancy course, although we meet with you in advance, to tailor the day specifically to your needs, ensuring that time is maximised to its full potential for employers and employees alike.
The price of an onsite workshop is £1,999, based on 12 people attending, with an additional charge of £100 per person thereafter.
A well written covering letter can carry more weight even than a CV. By its very nature it sits on top of a CV and if not well constructed your CV may not even be looked at.
Post interview thankyou letters can be written for a variety of reasons (some good some bad). Find out more here...