YOUR NEXT CAREER ACT
Who is it for?
Professionals who are looking for a career change or a new professional challenge – either because they feel stuck, or because they’re craving fulfilment, recognition or impact in their careers.
How are you holding yourself back?
When considering a career change, many leaders go for the option they know, based on their experience and industry they’re at. This can limit them the possibility to design a career more in line with their full potential and true aspirations.
What will you achieve?
Boost your talents and gain the clarity and strategies to be successful and confident in your next career move.
What will we work on?
I focus on three stages for a successful career change: CLARIFY, QUALIFY, PROMOTE.
I. CLARIFY
Direction
Craft your career led by your values, abilities, interests and aspirations. Identify the negotiable and non-negotiable criteria to consider potential roles and companies.
Identity and positioning
Move away from patterns that hold you back from accessing the roles you desire. Align your strengths, experience and contribution you can make with the needs and requirements of potential opportunities.
II. QUALIFY
Explore the market
Develop a plan to explore roles and companies that could match your criteria and uncover the hidden job-market opportunities. Learn the realities of these new directions.
Connect strategically
Outreach to connections in the industries you target, influential decision-makers and individuals who could sponsor you. Customise your communication to leave a remarkable impression that will lead to subsequent conversations.
III. PROMOTE
Personal brand
Create a top-notch profile (CV, cover letter, LinkedIn) or business proposal. Reframe your achievements and experiences to target offers in a way in which your value soars.
Stand out in interviews
Practice (role-play) strategic conversations, negotiations and interviews. Present yourself, your vision and ideas as the solution your employer needs.
Manage your time, energy and day-to-day responsibilities
The key success factor in making your career change is that you dedicate focused space and time for it. We’ll address the situations and challenges that get in the way of your career transition journey and come up with strategies to overcome them.
How do we achieve this?
1-1 SESSIONS
Plan a monthly strategy to achieve your outcomes, build on small wins to overcome challenges, and review your performance and results.
STRATEGIC REPORT
I create a report to monitor your progress and identify areas of development and opportunity to progress with your objectives.
ON-GOING SUPPORT
Support and tailored resources in between sessions to fast-track your progress.
Case Study
After a decade as an economic consultant, Martin was looking for a career change but did not know where to start.
He put together his specification of what he needed and wanted in a role, enabling him to explore options that would suit him and understand where to find them. He perfected a high-quality CV that gave him confidence in applying and expanding his network.
These steps led him to find the ideal role and lifestyle that matched what he was looking for.
“I found working with Susana invaluable. I feel like I’ve landed in the perfect role, combining the type of work I wanted, leveraging my skills and experience, and with the right culture for me. Her forcefulness, combined with listening deeply and empathising with how I felt about work was crucial for me. Without her help, I may have continued to drift, unsatisfied in my old career or jumped into something that was just as unfulfilling for me. This change would have been impossible for me to do just by myself.”
MARTIN WHITE,
Senior Analyst at Source Global Research - previously Senior Director at FTI Consulting
Case Study
Orla was feeling unfulfilled in her career and wanted to have a bigger impact.
She identified her career values and ranked her priorities. These have been her compass to scan for cultures that would give her what she needed to flourish and express her requirements in interviews.
Finally, she had three offers that matched her criteria where she did not need to compromise. She went for the one that was the perfect fit for her.
“Susana helped me to explore and find answers to my career needs and aspirations. I now have so much clarity in my life about what I need to prioritise, that there doesn’t need to be a trade-off between my career success and my happiness. I’ve found the perfect company and department, something I would have never imagined. I truly believe that my career journey and this outcome is because of the help, guidance and tools Susana gave me during our sessions. I have no idea what my career would look like without coaching, but I’m pretty positive it wouldn’t be this great.”
ORLA DOWLING,
Project Manager at VMware HR Information Systems (Cork) - Previously Technology Consultant at Accenture (London)
What’s next?
Explore coaching before you commit.
Initial consultation
Let’s explore where you're at and assess how I might be able to help. We’ll agree if working together is the right fit for both of us.
Exploratory coaching conversation
Get an experience of what coaching is and how I work before you decide to move forward with coaching.
Tailoring and Q&A session
We’ll craft a programme tailored to your needs and agree on the modality most suitable to your situation.