Career Accelerator


Introduction

We aspire to see you succeed, achieve your goals and set the bar of your personal expectations higher. We, thus, help you prepare for any interview; whether you are a university student, a recent graduate or a candidate for a new career pursuit.

Using simple, yet effective methods, we make sure you get what you aim for, by reducing stress for interviews and performing your best. Whether a job position or a place in your preferred post-graduate program, we will work one-to-one to ‘train’ you to present yourself and make a winning and lasting impression.

WHY YOU NEED OUR SERVICES

If you are a job candidate:

Due to ongoing financial changes, human recourses selection processes have changed considerably, on both ends, of the candidate and the employer. Competition is intense and everyone’s efforts are focused on how to stand out and give prominence to their qualifications and skills, so that they may be offered an opportunity at the desired interview. In view of current circumstances, the margins for wrong choices have shrunk for employers and any “error” which could have been forgiven in the past now constitutes grounds for rejecting any candidate’s application. Nowadays, candidates’ skills and personal characteristics as well as their ability to transfer their knowledge arising from their education or previous work experience to the workplace both easily and practically are of the utmost importance.

If you are a student applying for admission in a university program:

While interviews are not part of every university admissions process, many institutions will ask to meet you face-to-face, or have a Skype-call interview before admitting you.

When the stakes are as high as getting a place at a university or grad school, interview preparation is a crucial component of the process.

Our Services

We offer what you need to help you succeed in the interview required for your admission to the next school or university, being approved for postgraduate studies or your employment at the company of your dreams. We fully support you to achieve your targets.


CV Preparation

The first impression and perhaps the only impression someone will be given of you, depends on your CV. We will ensure that yours reflects your most interesting traits, boosts your image, promotes your experience and makes your knowledge stands out. Using credible psychometric and personality testing tools, we will include relevant information in your resume and at the same time we avoid ‘one-size fits all solutions’. Be sure your cv will look like no other.We will also help you strengthen your candidacy with the preparation of a suitable cover letter which is essential in all cases.

Mock Interviews

Your preparation for the interviewing process will be both theoretical and, most importantly, practical. Creating the conditions of a real interview, you are trained and prepared for the moment you will be asked to present yourselves. You test your answers practically and we offer feedback on your performance. We find your strengths as well as the traits you need to further work on and we ensure that you have comprehensive feedback for the next, real job interview.

Career Coaching

Whatever the career stage you find yourselves at, it is likely you are at the threshold of decisions pertaining to your professional future, which are difficult to make. Guidance and “training” in recognizing your strengths, locating your development potential and taking effective action towards accomplishing your professional goals constitute a process of paramount importance which will smooth the way for you.

Career Accelerator Program

Career Accelerator is a structured, 20-hour program, aiming to develop and strengthen basic skills to help individuals enter and integrate smoothly in the labor market, with focus to young professionals and unemployed youth. The program acts like a "bridge" from the University, or unemployment, to the labor market and provides participants with the necessary skills to start confidently their professional careers.

PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS NEEDED

Career Accelerator develops a personalized approach that empowers each individual on the basis of his or her professional interests, personality and his/her professional preferences. The methods used in the program provide a useful theoretical but mainly practical knowledge.
"Career Accelerator" aims to equip individuals for the labor market and support them in starting their professional career in the ‘right foot’. In 20 hours we are accelerating your professional skills and help you answer the question raised after graduating: "And now what?"

WHAT INCLUDES THE CAREER ACCELERATOR


The program is implemented in 3 main stages:

Fundamentals

The first stage is an introduction to the program and aims to raise the participant's self-awareness levels and set of professional goals. The focus is on understanding the individuals’ professional interests, previous experience and personality.

1.1 Online Personality test Individual Report
1.2 1-on-1 Coaching Session (1:30h) & Career Board Individual personality report analysis & Career Goal Setting

Balance

The second phase is the core part of the program. Here the following basic skills are developed and the focus is make both ends meet: individual needs/preferences and employer’s needs.

2.1 Building my professional brand & Job Searching Techniques (1h)
2.2 CV that will get you the job & Cover letter (2h)
2.3 Workshop: Writing my CV (2h)
2.4 How to ace the job interview (1)

Synergy

The final stage of the program focuses on integrating the skills developed in Stages 1 and 2. At this stage, participants should be able to combine what they have learned and respond with confidence in various situations they may face during job search or upon starting their career.

3.1 Mock Job Interview- Simulation (1h) Simulation of the job interview process and feedback for the question: Will I hire you? Application for a job post, cv submission, mock job interview, interview feedback.
3.2 Online Coaching Session (1h) What’s next? Deciding your next steps.

METHODS USED

1-on-1 coaching, mentoring, mock-job interviews, exercises for which participants will be asked to prepare off program time, short presentations, experiential exercises, group discussions.

BY THE END OF THE PROGRAM

Participants will:

1. Have a better understanding of their abilities and personal traits and how they can link to any job position.

2. Be able to present themselves with confidence.

3. Understand the various job searching methods.

4. Be able to carry out professional correspondence related to job search.

5. Have professional curriculum vitae which will promote their strongest advantage.

6. Have participated in a job interview simulation and will have received feedback on their performance.

7. Be able to manage any job application process with confidence.