FIND clarity, direction and confidence
for your next career move WITH OUR EXPRESS CAREER COACHING PROGRAM.
This career coaching program comprehensively delivers everything you need to plan your next career move, position yourself as irresistible to employers and secure your perfect job.
Who would benefit from Express Career Coaching?
You will get maximum value from this program if:
You want a role that gives you flexibility and work-life balance but wonder if this really exists or how to get it?
You’ve been out of the market for a while and don’t know what you’re good at, or feel worried that your skills are out of date
You want a career change but don’t know what or how to find it, or if it will make you happy. You need a concrete plan
Self-promotion does not come naturally to you but you know it's necessary to secure a new role
You’re worried your CV looks patchy due to changing roles or career breaks, so you need help to narrate your career story
You’ve been active in the market but are not getting interviews or “freezing” in interviews
You want to position yourself for a promotion and need the confidence to shine
Our career coaching promise to you:
We will provide you with clarity, direction and confidence for your next career move. Recognising that each person seeking support has a unique career journey, our services are tailored and individualised.
Depending on where you’re at or what you need most, we will work together to:
Uncover THE INGREDIENTS
that YOU need to help choose an authentic career that will make you happy (and not repeat the same mistakes!)
Design your job search
with an action plan that motivates you and has a strong likelihood of success
Discover YOUR ENERGISING & TRANSFERABLE STRENGTHS
to enjoy a rewarding role in any industry. Get your personalised Career Sector Guide to help you make future successful choices
CUT THROUGH THE NOISE
by creating stand-out written promotional materials that tell your story as authentic and compelling
articulate your worth
to be irresistible to employers. Develop your personal brand -what only YOU can deliver
prepare you
to shine when you’re in front of people. Sell yourself when networking, in interviews and in critical conversations with employers
How is Express Career Coaching delivered?
This comprehensive and accelerated career coaching program is delivered through a combination of intensive one-on-one sessions with your Career Coach, along with appropriately recommended strategies, tools and activities.
phone chat
We always begin with a 20-30 minute phone chat (at no cost to you!) to get to know you, allow you to test the chemistry with your Career Coach and for both of us to ensure we’re confident you’ll get your desired outcomes.
assessments
Before you even have your first session with your Career Coach, you’ll receive targeted assessments which enable you to hit the ground running in your sessions. and fast-track your progress.
coaching
You will have three one-on-one sessions with your Career Coach, up to 90 minutes in duration. These sessions are held in a virtual meeting room enabling all the benefits of face-to-face discussion along with time efficiency and considerable cost savings.
Home-based activities
Progress will be made outside of the sessions, as you’re asked to complete valuable targeted activities using cutting-edge career coaching tools and methodologies.
Your program includes
Express Career Coaching: providing you with clarity, direction and confidence for your next career move
THREE ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS WITH YOUR CAREER COACH
Sessions are conducted by video conference for your convenience and efficiency
time from your cAREER coach
in pre-session preparation and post coaching reflection to ensure you get the best, individualised, tailored approaches that will help you succeed
email and phone support
from your Career Coach during the engagement
Evidence-based career coaching tools, frameworks, activities and methodologies
including the only Strengths Assessment that highlights what you love to do, gives you energy and unlocks your hidden talents.
Sometimes a 4th session may be desired, depending on what you want to achieve and the pace you're comfortable with through the preceding sessions. Interest in additional interview preparation and role playing is a good example where an extra session may be needed. Optional additional sessions can be discussed with your Career Coach at the conclusion of the coaching program.
Client Feedback
“My career coaching sessions provided me with invaluable support at a significant time in my life. Kate’s positive psychology approach helped me to develop a strong foundation for my decision-making, which enabled me to move forward with confidence, curiosity and anticipation. I would recommend Kate’s coaching to anyone looking to re-assess, re-evaluate or re-think their work or life path”
“I received an invitation to travel interstate for a final interview at the company’s head office for a remote role. Located rurally there are limited opportunities for career advancement and this position ticked every box for me professionally and personally so I wanted to present in the best possible light. I contacted Flourishing Works and they assisted me with clarifying why I wanted the role and what I could bring to the table. I felt well supported and extremely prepared going into the interview and secured the role.”
“Debra was caring and thoughtful. She pushed me to explore ideas that I”d not yet thought about in the context of work. She supported me in my vision for my future career by helping me stay focused and articulate my strengths, values and what problems I can solve for a company. She gave me different tools for coping with the challenges of searching for a job and created ways for me to connect with people in a meaningful way by planning an intention-driven networking agenda.”
“Working with Debra over the last few months has changed my way of thinking. I feel more focused with regards to navigating my way through my next career path. I found Debra inspiring, engaging and down to earth. She was excellent when working with me on identifying some particular pain points and provided very useful and supportive advice to help overcome these”
“My career coach was warm and accepting, while at the same time direct in her guidance. I felt supported, accountable and equipped with everything I needed to build the vision of my happiness and what I need in order to get there. What started for me as a step in gaining confidence to leave a dead-end job turned out to be a complete re-assessment of my life and a journey into gratitude and awareness that has helped me reconnect with myself at a particularly challenging time.”
“My career coaching sessions with Kate gave me important practical and psychological support at a challenging time. I very much valued the opportunity to gain clarity on my strengths and how to effectively articulate them including concrete tips and ideas. I’ve just accepted a new role and am excited about the future.”
“Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?”
Marianne Williamson.
Interested in a complimentary Express Career Coaching Chat?
Get in touch
KATE WILKIE
0410 466 162
DEBRA CLOSE
0421 053 668
About us
Flourishing Works Coaching is the result of a partnership that was originally formed in 2012 by two women passionate about supporting other women to balance their careers with their family commitments. They help women with the confidence, planning and tools to do work they love, and to be at their best in their broader lives. Debra and Kate help women change careers, transition back into work after a career break or position themselves for new and exciting roles.
Our People
Debra Close
Debra is an experienced Executive, Career and Life Coach, whose mission is to help individuals, teams and organisations to be the best versions of themselves. She has a passion for helping women at a career crossroads and feel stuck. She helps them discover the best of who they are and what they're capable of achieving, even when balancing their desire for a satisfying career with the commitments of their families.
Her coaching is informed by her long-standing corporate career in marketing, experience in juggling parenthood and leadership roles, and reinventing her career at pivotal milestones in alignment with her strengths and values. She is a Foundation Coach with FlexCareers, who champion flexible working in Australasia and delivers career coaching and return to work programs.
Debra is grateful to to do this inspiring work helping others fulfill their career dreams. Outside work she's a mum, lover of coffee and pinot noir, and devoted yogi.
Kate Wilkie
Kate’s passionate about helping others thrive at work and in life, supporting people to identify their strengths and work towards their goals whilst balancing all their other commitments. She is an experienced Executive, Career and Life Coach who has worked extensively across the corporate, not-for-profit and education sectors, supporting individuals at all stages of their career.
Her coaching skills are enhanced by broad experience and leadership roles in Recruitment and Human Resource Management. She is proud to be a Foundation Coach with FlexCareers and delivers career coaching and return to work programs to support the growth of flexible working practices in Australasia.
Kate very much appreciates the opportunity to enable and empower others to achieve their career goals, and increase their self confidence knowing that self belief underpins career development, sustainable performance, resilience and wellbeing.
Qualifications and Accreditations
Debra and Kate are both Professional Certified Coaches with the International Coaching Federation, the global gold standard for coaching, and each hold the Masters in Coaching Psychology (the science and practice of optimal human performance). All frameworks and tools are proven to be effective in scientific studies. They're accredited in essential career coaching and leadership tools. They follow the competency and ethical frameworks of the relevant professional bodies, including the Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA).
Why use Flourishing Works for Career Development Coaching?
Debra and Kate have provided career coaching to many women who at the heart of it, don't have the confidence to go after a fulfilling job. Their coaching is powerful to bridge this “confidence gap” by showing their clients the very best of who they are, how they can promote themselves in a natural, authentic way and help them make concrete and motivating plans.
Debra and Kate are uniquely placed to assist with career coaching though:
experience in the design and delivery of evidence-based career coaching programs
coaching qualifications - Both Debra and Kate hold the Masters of Coaching Psychology (Uni of Sydney) and are accredited in leading and well validated psychometric and career coaching tools
professional affiliations- Flourishing Works Coaches are professional members of the Career Development Association of Australia and the International Coach Federation, and abide by their professional and ethical standards. They hold relevant insurances.