Job Application Coach (JAC) offers a range of online training programmes, coaching packages and outplacement programmes to help job seekers and career changers secure the job they really want.▸𝗝𝗔𝗖 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 has four online modules (Job Search, Job Match, Job Application and Job Interview) offering practical tools, information and guidance to help job seekers secure their next role.▸𝗝𝗔𝗖 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 is a job coaching service, providing targeted advice and support to help a job seeker or career changer secure their next role, change career direction or hold on to their existing job.▸𝗝𝗔𝗖 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 provides a range of outplacement support for organisations, large and small.As well as running the company, I also provide a range of coaching support to clients seeking help with a job or career change. This has included reviewing and giving feedback on application paperwork to make it better and more focussed. Helping clients to identify and sell their skills and attributes to prospective employers. Helping with interview preparation, including mock interviews and giving constructive feedback. And helping a growing number of clients to re-apply for and retain their existing position, following an internal restructuring or redundancy process.I also lead our outplacement support services for organisations making staff redundant. This ranges from on-site outplacement support and training to online options

Following a successful career in HRM, I established my own award-winning HR and Management consultancy, Evergreen, in 1993, growing the company to a team of 10. We worked across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors for organisations such as the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Scottish Prison Service, Haemonetics Corporation, Aviagen UK Ltd., Scottish Enterprise, Ernst & Young, Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, ProStrakan, Local Authorities and the Education sector.Our work spanned the entire HR discipline including strategic HRM, recruitment and selection, job evaluation, performance management, employee surveys, training needs analysis, succession planning and management development. We also provided outsourced HR services to businesses without an in-house HR resource and project-managed large-scale programmes. Our research and evaluation team undertook a diverse range of work, including:* A review of the issues connected with employee recruitment and retention at Braehead Shopping Centre. The aims of the research were ‘to understand the recruitment issues, make recommendations for access to the widest pool of potential employees and to report on retailer reaction to proposals for an increased role for local government agencies to support recruitment at Braehead’. * Research for Durham University to establish a list of precepts of good management which could be benchmarked with other comparator groups, in particular the NHS.* A 'rapid response' evaluation of the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Course running at a Scottish University, to assess whether the technology retraining programme for the long-term unemployed represented a good use of public money. Our report was completed within three weeks of its commission with a clear outline of the issues connected with the course, the views of the participants, success rates and unambiguous recommendations on the future of the programme.

Having joined Compass immediately following a management buyout, I enjoyed accelerated career progression and was the first female and youngest person to be appointed to a Board position in Scotland. With responsibility for the Human Resources function in Scotland, I contributed to the development and implementation of the business strategy and our drive for quality and growth within Compass Scotland. 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱:· Developing and implementing an HR Strategy.· Developing Change Programmes and continually measuring progress and impact.· Evaluating HR’s contribution to the business via qualitative research.· Introducing a Sales Incentive Scheme and representing HR at sales meetings.· Conducting executive coaching sessions with members of the Executive team.· Financial responsibility for the HR budget and delivering significant savings.Compass won a contract to manage British Telecom's staff catering, which overnight doubled the size of the Scottish Region. On behalf of the main board in London, I was tasked with the project management of this contract and to assess the HR, legal and cultural implications of integrating this highly unionised multi-site contract with our existing business. In a complex project lasting several months, I took the lead role in planning for and then merging the BT contract with our existing business. This involved the development of a separate HR strategy to unite the differences in culture, contractual rights, HR policies and custom and practice.I managed and developed a team of HR, recruitment and training specialists.

Overall responsibility for the personnel & and training function in Scotland (1,000 employees across 70 locations), with responsibility for a team of 12 regional trainers, as well as Head office personnel support staff. Additional responsibility for troubleshooting key business issues in Northern Ireland and the North East of England.