The first time the Career Guidance Counsellor clapped eyes on this 16year old, 4th year boy, it was very obvious that he would have far preferred to have been elsewhere!
“I have to spend all day in school, do 3 hours study a night on 7 subjects, make sure I get loads of points and yet I am asked to trawl through thousands of careers, fill out forms, do a career project and decide what I am going to do when I leave school! I just don’t have time for all this career stuff!!”
The 66 year old man traveled a long distance to come to our meeting. He explained that he had retired the previous year and, since the house had been totally repainted, the garden perfect and the dog walked to the point of sheer exhaustion – he was looking for something else to do. The client Continue Reading
At 42 this client held a senior position in a Multinational company. He was offered a position on the Board. This was a major promotion and meant a large increase in salary. On reading his CV this client seemed the perfect person for the job; he was an expert in his area with excellent experience and qualifications. So what was the problem? Why was he here? “I don’t know.
This 39 year old Mother explained that she had been at home for 15 years. Her children were now older. She was thinking of doing something outside her home. However, once she began to think of taking up any sort of job outside the home, her confidence deserted her completely.
Richard Cox, April Smith &
Sara Anderson
More than 20 years of experiance
