There are many reasons why people look to change careers, these reasons could be dissatisfied in their current role, others by personal growth or changes in their life circumstances.
We encourage all clients who are considering a career change to continue in their current role and do their research alongside their current role. However, we do have clients who find their job is having adverse effects on their health and they decide to leave with no job to go to. It is not something we encourage; however, some clients cannot stand their job for a whole variety of reasons and just leave and we always respect their decision as it is a personal choice. We then support them on their career pivot journey back into employment.
These are some of the main reasons / motivations why clients come to Stirling Careers Consultancy and wanting to change career:
Then why not contact me, Alistair Stirling, who is an experienced, impartial, registered and qualified freelance careers adviser with a long history of working with many clients who want help with their careers. Alternatively you can book a Free 20 Minute Discovery Call to explore how we can help you.
Unfortunately, many organisations are making people redundant or maybe doing so soon.
Do you think your organisation is likely to be one of them?
If so, now is the time to put a plan in place.
What signs should you look for?
Less work
There is less work to go around.
New Management / Leadership or Change Leadership
A new management and leadership team will want to make changes. They will want to inspire and guide the organization through a period of adaptation and change often involving a new vision, values, and strategies. You need to assess how you will fit in with this new management.
Re-organisation
This can involve combining roles, changing job responsibilities or removing positions to improve efficiency, reduce costs or adapting to changing market conditions.
Hiring Freeze or Reduced Hiring Plans
This is when an organisation stops hiring new employees. It is usually a temporary hold on recruitment. It can include freezing any new positions and not replacing any employees leaving the organisation.
A hiring freeze can be a full freeze, (no hiring at all) a partial freeze (usually no new positions but business essential roles will be filled) or department specific.
How long a hiring freeze lasts will depend on the reasons behind it.
Earnings Reports
These offer a snapshot of the company‘s current financial health.
Debt and Cash Flow Issues
Cash flow problems occur when a business does not have enough cash to cover its liabilities. With cash outflows, businesses may struggle to pay debts and other expenses.
More frequent meetings/ communications from the leadership team.
Do any of these signs apply to you in your organisation?
If so, your job could be in danger.
What should you do now?
Would you like help for your next career move?
Then why not contact me, Alistair Stirling, an experienced, impartial, registered and qualified freelance careers adviser with a long history of working with many clients who want help with their careers. Alternatively you can book a Free 20 minute Discovery Call.
I am currently working with some clients who are currently suffering with stress or unhappy in their working life. The first instance I always encourage new clients to talk to their GP. Having spoken with their GP many are referred to counselling and they work together to put strategies in place to help them overcome or manage their stress.
Their stress could be caused by some of the following:
High Workload
Too much work load and very tight deadlines can lead to stress and a lack of control and support.
Inadequate Resources
You have insufficient resources such as outdated equipment, lack of training, or inadequate support. This can make it difficult for you to perform your tasks effectively, leading to frustration and stress.
Lack of control
Sometimes when we are micromanaged, we are not able to make decisions it can have a detrimental impact on our health.
Organisational culture
You are in an unsupportive organisational culture, where there is a lack of communication, trust or focus on blame rather than trying to solve the problem.
Lack of Recognition and Reward
I have many clients who come to see Stirling Careers Consultancy who feel their line manager does not show any interest in them or their work. This often results in employees feeling demotivated.
Alternatively, if the role is not right for you, we help you exit the organisation, sometimes this may involve taking legal advice, and helping you to find a more suitable role. Also, we offer psychometric assessments where clients complete a set of online assessments which will then recommend 12/13 careers related to your strengths.
These are just some of the reasons why clients have come to us and we work alongside the medical profession. We focus on helping the client to decide whether they want to continue in their current role, if they decide to stay in their current role we help them negotiate with their employer reasonable adjustments.
We offer all new clients a Free 20 minutes telephone consultation to understand your current circumstances and explain how we can help you move forward and explore your career goals.
Why wait?
It could be the best telephone call you ever made.
For a chance to have a free initial 20-minute consultation with an experienced qualified impartial and independent careers adviser please call Alistair Stirling on 0790 461 4946 or Email us at info@stirlingcareersconsultancy.co.uk or contact us via our details above or below.
We look forward to hearing from you.
At the start of a New Year it is always a good time to review your career and start to put new plans in place for 2022. Recently people have been rethinking their career plans and aspirations.
Do you need individual Career Coaching?
Last year many people came to us at Stirling Careers Consultancy for help with their careers.
They were of varying ages and at different stages in their careers.
They wanted:
What we did
How did we do it?
What were the Outcomes?
Stirling Careers Consultancy also supported them as part of their induction into their new organisations.
For an initial free telephone consultation, please phone Alistair Stirling on 0790 461 4946 or
e-mail info@stirlingcareersconsultancy.co.uk
We look forward to hearing from you.
Did you see the recent article on the BBC website and other newspaper articles highlighting the fact that younger people are bearing the brunt of the jobs crisis due to widespread job cuts in the retail, hospitality and entertainment sectors?
Between Jan 2021 and March 2021 811,000 jobs were lost in the UK, 80% of them were lost by the under-35s.
Young office workers are not being given help by their employers to develop their careers.
As an experienced qualified impartial and independent Careers Adviser I have worked with many young people to help them develop their careers.
At Stirling Careers Consultancy we introduce clients to an excellent and effective career planning model used in universities and the health service. This will help support you on your career journey.
We work with clients who are unsure about their career direction introduce them to psychometric assessments which highlight careers tailored to their skills, abilities and aptitudes.
We offer a free initial telephone conversation to find out about your current career situation and discuss your previous job roles you have held.
We work closely with you to listen to you and understand your background and career aspirations.
We will discuss putting a tailor-made programme together to suit your needs.
The more sessions that you have the more likely you are to be successful.
We deliver one-to-one career coaching sessions through Skype, Zoom, telephone and we then follow-up with additional information and resources and email them through to you.
For a Free informal chat please call Alistair Stirling on 0790 461 4946 or Email us at info@stirlingcareersconsultancy.co.uk or contact us.
We look forward to hearing from you.
