Coaching services
Our Career Coaching Services
Being ready as you embark on your job search is important and the Ready Set Career Coaching Service is here to support you along this journey with valuable resources, skills development programs and coaching sessions with one of our highly experienced Career Coaches.
Coaching
sessions
The following is a selection of career coaching sessions we offer to jobseekers both on-site and remotely via phone/Facetime or Zoom. Jobseekers can choose the option to participate in one or all the sessions on offer.
Resume Writing
How to make your resume pop!
Creating a resume that stands out is critical to catching the eye of recruiters and prospective employers. We help clients to create a resume that is well structured, easy to read, grammatically correct and accurate. Jobseekers will also be guided on how to write a cover letter targeted to a specific job.
For further information on Resume Writing, go to the IBM SkillsBuild module.
Employment Coaching
What job suits me?
Our coaches work with jobseekers to identify the industries, types of businesses and roles that may suit the individual.
Job Search Coaching
Where to look for a job?
Jobseekers are shown how to find a range of job advertisement sites, contacts and networks to identify jobs that suit their abilities. Coaches will also provide guidance on how to interact meaningfully with recruitment people and the questions to ask.
Job Search Platforms
How to help employers help you?
To maximise the possibility of getting a job, jobseekers are introduced to job related and networking sites such as LinkedIn, SEEK and Indeed. Jobseekers will learn how to create their personal profile on these sites and upload their resume and cover letter.
Interview Coaching
Making a great impression
Interview coaching sessions are available to prepare jobseekers for their interviews. Our coaches will provide practical guidance to deal with nerves, how to introduce yourself and answer questions in a confident and polite manner. They will also help jobseekers identify questions to ask during an interview.
Ask your agent or case manager to make an appointment for you.
Our coaching professionals
Our team of highly qualified and experienced career coaches come from a diverse range of backgrounds and businesses. Working one-on-one with you (or for groups, in a group setting), they will help to build your skills and confidence to guide you through your search for meaningful employment.
James Harper
I have spent most of my career (now retired) in the people development profession in global corporations as well as a consultant, in both Australia and overseas. It is now very rewarding to use my experience and skills working with people of all ages and experience, helping them realise for themselves, their employability. This usually involves having them identify the skills they have developed throughout their lives and for those with no work experience, the natural abilities they have developed generally and how these skills can transfer into employment. This inevitably helps them develop self-esteem and a more positive mindset in their job search and interviews.
Venkat Ramakrishnan
Venkat Ramakrishnan leads sales to financial institutions across the Asia-Pacific region for Mastercard’s Cyber and Intelligence division. He works closely with a talented team to engage banks around Mastercard’s fraud, disputes and digital customer experience capabilities. Prior to this, Venkat held roles as Sales Director for Oracle Corporation, along with roles at PageUp and Frucor Beverages. Venkat holds a Master of Business in Marketing and a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences. Venkat enjoys speaking with Ready Set participants about their career goals and aspirations and discussing potential ways to accelerate how they can achieve their dreams, all with his sales hat on. He is constantly amazed and inspired by the incredible talent that walks through Ready Set’s doors and is excited to discuss career pathways, review CVs and mentor clients about presentation and job searching.
Sue Vidler
A trusted HR business leader capable of delivering complex projects and major change programmes, Sue has developed a portfolio of experience supporting regional, and global teams to drive performance through people.
With experience gained in the U.S. as well as Australia, Sue brings a broad knowledge of international markets and best practice thinking, including the dynamics of Asia Pacific & Japan markets. With proven success supporting executive leadership teams, significant programs of transformation and executing multi-national M&A activities with minimal disruption, Sue brings an understanding of people to complex corporations. By valuing connections and securing consensus, she successfully communicates the business value of HR solutions to diverse stakeholder groups.
Sue’s experience has taken her across the world, resulting in a high level of cultural awareness and ability to lead remotely, in addition to broad HR exposure spanning ER/IR, talent acquisition and performance management, remuneration, HR policy and employee engagement. As a leader, Sue believes that teamwork is key to success.
Graham Fetherstonhaugh
Graham is a recent HR Director with an extensive background in front line, business focused Human Resources. In his career he has reviewed thousands of résumés and interviewed hundreds of candidates covering a range of occupations. He has a hands-on approach to helping ReadySet clients and he looks forward to helping you in your career search.
Meghan Curtis
Meghan Curtis works as an Account Manager for Mastercard in the Cyber and Intelligence division, where she works closely with merchants and issuing banks throughout the Asia Pacific region to reduce fraud. Meghan is also co-chair of the Women’s Leadership Network at Mastercard (ANZ chapter), where she supports creating a culture where we can bring our whole selves to work. Meghan is originally from Newfoundland, Canada where she studied Bioethics and Philosophy before moving to Melbourne in 2019.
Debbie Ashton
Debbie works in the People and Culture team at a Medical Research Institute. Originally from Ireland, Debbie had a previous career in hospitality before changing careers to human resources. She has a diverse and interesting work history along with firsthand experience moving countries and changing careers. Debbie has a very pragmatic approach to coaching and understands that a wide variety of factors contribute to a participant working with Ready Set. Debbie likes working with Ready Set participants and is particularly passionate about not only preparing participants to apply for jobs but also to be prepared when starting a new job, which can be a challenging time.
Debbie is available for in person or remote coaching and is excited to meet more participants and ultimately help them on their way to achieve their career goals.
Natalie Korbica
For over 20 years Natalie has provided feedback to jobseekers regarding their resume, including offering editing and writing services. She has also provided more general counselling, coaching and advice on interviews and career management.
Natalie has self-published “The Secrets of a Successful Resume” a succinct, easy to use guide to the essential secrets of effective resume writing. She has also simultaneously held various corporate roles in People and Culture departments across a wide range of industries including a significant amount of this time in specialised internal and external talent and acquisition advisor positions.
Highly experienced in stakeholder, engagement; building relationships with individuals as well as local communities and more recently Natalie worked in continuous improvement and has completed study in meditation teaching. Natalie is highly committed to mental wellness, inclusion and diversity and personal and professional development, having held several voluntary positions in these areas in the last 5 years.
Join Natalie’s half hour online meditation sessions every second Sunday afternoon. She can be contacted regarding these sessions at hello@yellolight.com.au
Peter Sprott
Peter spent his early career in print media and commercial radio, working in marketing, event management, current affairs, and sport program production. He transitioned to the not-for-profit sector over two decades ago. He was CEO of Ronald McDonald House Monash and Executive Director of Operations for Ronald McDonald House Vic & Tas, with a strong focus on effective management of supported accommodation facilities.
Peter was the first Executive Director of Wear for Success (now Ready Set Australia), providing training and quality clothing for people living with disadvantage and seeking employment.
Previous roles include CEO of Crime Stoppers Victoria and Victorian Director of Crime Stoppers Australia, working closely with police and government to contribute to crime reduction. He worked with Oxfam and the 7 Network to develop Comic Relief in Australia, raising funds for international poverty relief. Peter was also General Manager of the Melbourne Fashion Festival for five years, playing a central role in the development of one of the state’s keynote public and business events.
Peter is currently President of Fernlea Community Care, a not-for-profit service provider in the healthcare sector. He continues to provide career training for unemployed people on a voluntary basis through Ready Set as well as undertaking a paid service for people requiring professional resumes and job-seeking advice. He studied Arts at the University of Adelaide.