Looking for a Hampshire based
Executive Career Transition Coach?Outplacement Provider?Career Development Service?
Looking for a Career Transition Coach or Outplacement Provider?
We can help
Hello, I’m Julie Harding, the Director of Career Matters, the Career Transition & Outplacement company. I support organisations and individuals with coaching and training to achieve career transitions and ambitions, including redundancy, internal moves or promotions.
I enjoy advising and supporting everyone from board members / NEDs / senior executives to entry level, and in almost every function and sector. I’m a coach and trainer with insider knowledge of executive search, recruitment and talent acquisition. Tailored for your specific company or individual needs, Career Matters’ programmes are highly effective in achieving your goals and receive great feedback from customers – 97% would recommend us to colleagues, friends and family. Let us help you too.
We’ve worked with organisations in most industries. Take a look:
How We Support You
Corporate
Do you want to support employees who are exiting from or
transitioning in your business?
Employee redundancies, other staff exits and internal moves need careful handling to protect employee well-being and employability. Supporting staff in their career transition shows you are a caring employer which helps retain goodwill, reducing conflict and risks to your employer brand.
Our outplacement and career coaching services will make a huge difference to your redundancy and change programme, helping you handle a difficult situation sensitively, implement it efficiently and enable positive outcomes for employees.
“Julie supported JTC manage a recent restructure. Her outplacement work with colleagues was diverse – ranging from CV writing, LinkedIn profiles through to interview technique – and helped to assist all colleagues in securing new roles very quickly. Julie is personable, friendly and very attentive and contributed to making a difficult process, far easier. I would like to personally thank her for the work performed and would recommend her very highly. Thank you.”
“Julie Harding provided outplacement support to a number of staff at risk of redundancy at the RNLI. She proved a very empathetic and knowledgeable facilitator, supporting individuals to see that they had options for new opportunities in the future and giving them confidence to go and seek them out. I would definitely recommend Julie as a provider. She is responsive, flexible and knows her sector”
“We’ve had Julie facilitating our CV Writing and Interview Skills training for a year now, and the feedback we receive from employees about Julie’s sessions is always really positive. So much so that it prompted us to ask Julie to refresh the content of our Hiring Manager’s accreditation workshop as well and start running them for us….
Julie has been a delight to work with – professionally she knows her subject matter as an expert should, but it’s her genuinely caring approach that seems to give people that extra level of confidence you need when you’re looking to develop your career. We’re very pleased to have Julie’s support to help us increase internal mobility at OS.”
“Julie supported us during the closure phase of one of our offices. Her outplacement work with colleagues was universally praised and valued. I would recommend her very highly”
“We considered a number of outplacement providers but decided to engage Career Matters to provide a service in the lead up to the closure of our Chichester site. As one of Europe’s largest food and drink groups, we needed to choose the right support for our hard-working staff many of whom have been employed with us for a considerable length of time…..
Over a period of four months, Career Matters provided a programme of support and training and 100% of the feedback from staff stated that it was either very valuable or extremely valuable. I am very pleased with Career Matters’ outplacement service and would highly recommend it to other organisations.”
Individual
What do you want from your career?
Are you at a career crossroads? Working somewhere you feel valued, make a difference and have opportunities for learning and growth can make a huge difference to how we feel in our lives.
We work with you to explore your options and make informed decisions about your next move and longer term career progression. We advise on every aspect of your job search, from creating a new CV and LinkedIn profile, developing a marketing action plan, networking to discover ‘hidden’ roles, handling headhunters and recruiters, preparing for interviews, negotiating your offer and onboarding in your new role.
“I had a really productive 1hr session with Julie where she gained an understanding of what I was aiming to achieve with my LinkedIn profile, gave me feedback on my existing profile, and ideas for how it could be improved to achieve my goals. I’m really pleased with the results, and would recommend a session with Julie to support you in achieving your goals.”
“Julie did a fantastic job of updating my CV, clearly & concisely detailing my experience & achievements, giving it a very professional feel. She turned it around very quickly too. I would highly recommend Julie to anyone who feels their CV needs a bit of updating or wants help to stand out from the crowd”
“I approached Julie for some generic interview coaching and to help me prepare for a specific interview. I have to say that Julie provided a first class service. In a very busy schedule Julie fitted me in and after providing her with some pre-meeting material she took me through an interview asking some role specific and generic competency questions. We then analysed each answer and, together, worked on better and more focused answers as well as body language and other key aspects of an interview. The result was that I felt more prepared and confident going into the interview than I otherwise would have. Most importantly, post interview, I felt that I had interviewed well. Would I use Julie again? Absolutely. Would I recommend her to others? Most definitely. Julie knows her stuff and she is both engaging and professional.”
“Julie offered a tremendous service when I required professional help in preparing my CV. The service offered clearly demonstrated Julie’s expertise in this area. All work was completed on time and to a very high standard. Julie has a very open style of communication and has a very relaxed style”
“I recently had the pleasure of working with Julie on updating my CV. Julie made the process effortless, went out of her way to work within the timescale I needed and took the time to understand my background and career goals. I highly recommend working with Julie.”
“Julie helped my review and update my CV and LinkedIn profile. The speed at which Julie provided reviews and updates was phenomenal. Her insight and challenge really helped to translate my career and experience into a to the point CV and LinkedIn profile. Thank you so much Julie!”
“I came across Julie via a recommendation from a friend and she didn’t disappoint. Julie was easy to talk to and fully understood what i needed from her. She was prompt and responsive the entire way through our time working together. Julie helped me update my CV as well as giving me invaluable advice. I highly recommend Julie.”
“I reached out to Julie through a mutual friend to refresh my LinkedIn profile and CV. Julie is very skilled at extracting the required information and great at translating into a professional format. I would strongly recommend Julie to individuals looking to undertake a similar exercise.”
