An overall great experience. I had left the military over 2 years ago and never felt like I had found the industry where I fitted. From an in depth introductory phone call with further catch ups, we planned a CV Workshop session. We also discussed the opportunity for a tailored coaching sessions to find out where my skills and experience would be best suited (also where I would enjoy my time most). Karen is definitely a contact that I would save for future use if I found myself in a sticking point again.
Since I began looking for a new role late last year, I had been sending off my CV with little success. Despite my wealth of experience at world class organisations and having a range of technical skills, I received very few responses and even fewer invitations to interview with prospective employers. The lack of feedback was frustrating. It was clear that my CV was not doing enough to make it onto hiring managers’ shortlists.
Over two conversations, Karen patiently listened to understand my career needs. She then followed up by outlining the services she could offer to help improve my chance of getting my noticed in this tough job market and age of AI screening tools.
I decided to use the offline CV review service.
The critique of my CV was both professional and honest. Karen provided me with direct, actionable feedback to help me reshape my CV and highlight how my experience aligns with the roles I am apply to. As a result, I am now sending out tailored CVs that give me a much greater confidence in how I am presenting my skills to prospective employers. I’m looking forward to starting a new role soon.
I had previously worked with Karen back in 2016/17, and what a great benefit and experience it was back then to help guide me to the next stage in my career. Along came 2024 and a new challenge presented itself and so I reached out to Karen again. I have to say this experience was even better, I once more really enjoyed working with Karen and I can't think of a better career coach. Thank you Karen for the amazing 6 sessions we had where you let me lead the way and find the next path I needed, reinstating how you must truly understand what makes you tick and stick to those principles to ensure you enjoy what you do day in day out.
I initially booked 6 sessions with Karen as I have just reached retirement age and felt like a "rabbit in headlights"! There was so much I wanted to do when I retire and I didn't know where to start - it's a bit like leaving school and thinking "what am I going to do with my life?" I was terrified of making the wrong choice in the next phase of my life and didn't know where to start.
Karen is lovely to work with - she's supportive and flexible but will challenge you if she needs to and I felt that I benefitted from each of the sessions. I have now had 9 sessions and have sadly come to the end (for now) of the coaching with a concrete plan of what I want to do. She has various techniques and exercises to help you work things out for yourself and I've found the experience invaluable. I would highly recommend her as a coach.
I was fortunate to stumble across Karen when seeking coaching support in getting clarity and self insight after a tough few years (COVID, redundancy, forced change). I have had various contact with coaches previously which were helpful to some degree however Karen's approach made complete sense to me. Her approach is to force you to find the answers to your questions from within, to challenge you to dig deep and find your inner drivers, whilst challenging confidence issues and the inner saboteur! I completed the first half of the course with Karen which was exploration and some definition. The outcome for me was in fact very different to the focus we had in our sessions. I truly believe that Karen unlocked a load of self negative talk and enabled me to, for the first time, step out of the "mini prison" I had built for myself and set myself free of expectation. I will be returning to complete the second half of the course once I have completed the massive task of training as a lawyer (who would have thought!).
I was very unable to move forward, thinking that I had achieved so little in my life, and very lacking in confidence. Karen was able to help me to identify what was getting in my way and helped me to see things in a much more positive light. She also gave me the tools and insight needed to feel much more in control of my life, so that I can be much more proactive in making changes, instead of just letting things happen!
I would thoroughly recommend Karen. She is very caring, non-judgemental, and a consummate professional.
I had 5 sessions with Karen and I found them incredibly useful in helping me to refine my work / life goals for the next 5 years. She ran some good exercises to help me reflect on my values and what was really important to me, together with probing questions and good listening skills. Many thanks Karen.
I was very unsettled, and struggling with a lack of motivation and direction in my career when I contacted Karen for career coaching. She really helped me to focus on what is important to me in my work and gave me the impetus I needed to make a change that I have been thinking about for years. I have only just embarked on the changes I have made, but I would never have taken the first step without Karen. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is looking for some clarity on where they want to take their career.
I thoroughly enjoyed working with Karen. It has proven to be a wise investment on both my professional and personal development!
Karen is an excellent coach, and I wholeheartedly recommend her.” Emma, London
I sought coaching from Karen as I was lacking self-confidence, feeling unfulfilled with my work and struggling to find a direction to take my career. Karen provided invaluable advice and guidance, giving me the courage and confidence to change career paths and aiding me in finding another position in which I could feel passionate and satisfied. She helped clarify my thought process, and directed me to find the solutions to my issues which worked for me, rather than simply spoon-feeding answers. In addition, as someone coming from a career where job applications work differently than the norm, she provided indispensable advice regarding CVs, cover letters and interview techniques, where I would have otherwise been completely lost, allowing the successful transition to a new role. I highly recommend Karen to anyone seeking a change in their career path, or dealing with self-confidence issues in the workplace.
Email - I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for all the tips you gave me during the interview technique session. I got two job offers as a result. Infact I was shortlisted for over 5 interviews but I attended 4 interviews and received two offers. I know without a shadow of a doubt that the session I had with you really helped me in preparing and attending these interviews. So a BIG THANK YOU.
I am very happy to have found Karen. I had a few sessions and she worked with me predominantly to get my CV fit for purpose. She was able to help me dig out the details needed to make more of an impact. Karen built my confidence in a variety of areas and made me realise that I would be an asset to a company and to believe in my experience which set me on the path to hopefully finding my dream job. She has also pointed me in the right direction for my job hunt. I definitely feel better equipped to achieve that with her help. Thanks Karen.
Karen really helped with identifying what was holding me back in moving forward with my career, what it was that I actually wanted to address and how to work out what I actually wanted. Karen is patient, supportive and fun to work with. Great sessions, very useful tasks set that helped really drill down in what I needed to focus on to move forward. Cannot recommend Karen more highly
I really appreciate the help and support you’ve given me these last few months. I’m so glad I took the step and reached out to you. You’re a real testament to the power of coaching and as you rightly pointed out at the beginning, it’s so much more than CVs and career advice. You really touched on some critical and deep personal issues that were impacting on my ability to move forward. Those early sessions were tough but necessary in the journey. I will definitely recommend you to anyone feeling stuck or needing that kind reassurance to progress.
Working with Karen is one of the best investments I ever made for myself. All the positive mindset changes that I've experienced through coaching with her are greatly influencing both my professional and personal life. I had few attempts at career change before, but now with the right mentor, I know the change will be sustainable, long-lasting and very fruitful. For the first time in my life I am this optimistic and excited about my career and can already see the immense impact that work with Karen had on my sense of clarity, self-esteem and overall wellbeing.
I really enjoyed working with Karen on Interview techniques. She gave me tips on how to prepare for interviews and how to answer competency based interview questions. I find her so helpful and I found her a pleasure to work with. I will definitely recommend her to anyone struggling to get through interviews .
I appreciated Karen's patient analysis of my self-presentation skills and benefited from her professional coaching on how to get messages across in a more effective way . Rather than telling you what to do, Karen helps you find your own solutions that work for you as an individual. And I got the job ! thank you, Karen.
EXCELLENT CV WORKSHOP I recently attended the CV workshop with Karen which I found so insightful and informative. Discussing different types of CV’s, information to include and layout of data really helped clearthe confusion I had in CV writing. Karen packed so much information into the workshop and made me understand how to market myself in the best light for the employer. Such a helpful little website for picking out keywords too! Thank you Karen, I’m sure I’ll be back for more workshops in the future with you
Karen ran a series of online workshops for myself and a number of colleagues after we were made redundant back in July. I was initially sceptical as my previous Employer had funded these but it was soon very obvious to me that there was much to benefit from Karens Coaching style and workshop content . The sessions were engaging and very interactive and challenged you to take an alternative look at yourself. I'm happy to say that i paid attention! and learnt some new techniques that enabled me to take stock of my true value and have a stronger more confident outlook. One month on having applied some of these new techniques i have just accepted a job offer. I cannot recommend Karen enough and i'm eternally grateful.
"Karen is an excellent and engaging coach, being clear and succinct but above all capable of giving great insight and direction. She enabled me to focus on what was important, guided me to a strategy which worked for me whilst being endlessly patient. I wholeheartedly recommend her."
I was at a very low point in my life where I was recovering from cancer and when I returned to work in the Civil Service I found that I was starting to get marginalised by my management, which was then followed by bullying and harassment and then culminating in me losing the role I had done for many years and loved was taken away from me. I was recommended Karen who I worked with and she opened my eyes to my value and my capabilities and helped me with putting my vacancy applications together. Though Karen's assistance I secured a promotion in the Civil Service and changed sectors in the new job and am in a much happier place. I highly recommend Karen to anyone who is at a crossroads in their life.
I joined Karen for a Career Confidence workshop. The session directed my focus to exploring my concerns whilst acknowledging some positive outcomes. Karen set up a nice, safe and friendly space for the discussion. It was also a lovely opportunity to meet others in a similar situation. Thanks Karen.
I found Karen at a time in my life when my confidence and self belief was extremely lacking. I was also at a cross roads with my career and really struggled to make sense of the feelings I had regarding my future. I found Karen exceptionally helpful in stripping away the 'noise' in my head that created this self doubt and really empowered me to identify my values. That was a major turning point and improvement to my life. She also supported me immensely in preparing to go back out to the market to seek a new direction of employment with job search, CV and interview guidance. What I learnt and gained through Karen will benefit me for the rest of my life - I highly recommend her.
After becoming very disillusioned with my career and low in confidence, with no idea of what to do next, Karen was invaluable in helping me to evaluate who I am now and what my values are now. The skill of how to use purposeful self-reflection has helped me the most, to help me make decisions and overcome my fears and self-doubt. Karen reflected back to me the things I said and how I said them to help me listen to and trust my instincts. Karen’s coaching gave me lots of practical skills for my CV, cover letters and interviews and I now feel so much more confident in my strengths and skills and I have secured a new role in what I hope will be my future path. January 2021
Karen was able to help clarify several competing challenges, and help layout a pathway to making some informed decisions about my next career steps.
I had my first coaching session with Karen in December 2019. I had been in my current job for 8 years and had reached a point in my career where I felt stuck and was struggling to work out what it was I wanted to do next. Karen is very friendly, approachable and professional and understood quickly my frustrations with my working life. Karen helped me put together a plan of action which enabled me to research a number of options and encouraged me to network in order to focus in on my ideas. Karen adopted a structured and practical approach which I found very helpful and has set me on my journey - thank you Karen!
