Career Counselling

Dear Leo,

Good afternoon,
I found my career analysis report from the 7th of September 2000 (I was 17 at the time). I would like to thank Dr Alexis Hallam for such an accurate and insightful assessment. I am now working in wildlife conservation in Asia. Although not consciously, I am pretty sure the results of the Career Report helped build my confidence in pursuing my dreams and putting in the work needed to achieve them. Furthermore, Dr Hallam’s secondary assessment of training as a physical therapist has turned out to be extremely accurate as well, a field for which I have developed a significant interest over the past decade as I have taken up a number of new sports. Thank you again.
Best regards
Alexander

Thank you very much for the report and the support that you have given Alex, she found her interview and report immensely useful and uplifting, just what she needed.

Hi Leo,

I’m not sure if this will reach you after all these years, but worth a try!

I just wanted to say how accurate Lily’s report and recommendation turned out to be. At the time, she was a little disappointed that the analysis didn’t support her career goals at that point. She was keen on law and the recommendations of a healthcare/medical path didn’t sit well. The healthcare university courses mentioned in the report were something she didn’t want to go for and she ended up graduating in political science from Birmingham (you did recommend PPE as a more general option).

Lily is now working as a patient flow manager in the NHS. She loves her job. The interesting thing is that she wasn’t consciously drawn to this as a result of her report. But, as it turns out, your recommendations of working in management and policy in a healthcare setting was spot on.

I came across her report after I recommended Career Analysts to a friend. I sent the report onto Lily as a reminder. She had forgotten the detail and was a bit spooked (in a good way) about how accurate it was.

We shouldn’t be surprised of course. However, I just wanted to say, after all this time, what a useful and insightful experience Career Analyst was. I will be definitely recommending you.

Regards.

Stephen Chapman

High quality service offered, both in terms of consultation and psychometric assessments used for guidance. Felt understood and cared about throughout the whole process, and they went above and beyond in accommodating any questions or concerns I had going in.

Dear Leo,

Thank you very much for providing such a useful analysis! It is really helping with decisions regarding a university course.

Kind regards,

Zinnia

You helped me to find all my options and to think of careers on a bigger scale. The aptitude profile was particularly useful – I thought it was fantastic.

I’m writing to say how impressed we were with your career guidance for my daughter Lainey, and to request your assistance with our younger daughter Gabriella. She is nearly 14 and has to choose her GCSE subjects but is really struggling – she’s only got three option slots but wants to do six subjects, which school will not allow her to do. She’s getting 8s and 9s for every subject (apart from PE, which I’m not bothered about! ) and she would really appreciate some help in choosing her direction of study. Can you help?

The other day I stumbled across my assessment feedback from when I visited Career Analysts in 1986! My mum passed away last year and she had kept the papers, which was typical of her organisational skills. I just wanted to let you know that 20 years on the assessment has mirrored reality. It made uncanny reading. I am a Solicitor working in the private sector, I also work as a part time Member of the Parole Board. Some of the comments made in 1986 are as apt today as they were when I was 16!

We approached Career Analysts seeking clarification about our younger son’s best direction in his post-16 education and future career direction. Understanding his strengths and likes we had to some extent done our own research, but we were still unsure as to his best direction. The testing, interview and research carried out before/after his interview all indicated that he was indeed heading in the right direction. The clarification from Mary, our son’s adviser, was most valuable to us – and indeed our son. Mary has obviously done a large amount of research in producing her written report. This is why, for example, she was able to suggest a possible course at an institution which we would never have known about or considered ourselves. The service offered by Career Analysts should be considered as an investment – in your own, or your child’s future. By all means do your own research which will undoubtedly prove beneficial. The testing, interpretation of results and pursuant opportunities regarding future education and employment opportunities is not something you will easily navigate as a result of your own efforts though. So, if you can afford, I’d say buy.

Career Analysts helped me to find out what sort of careers I am best suited for, all of the suggestions appealed to me and some of which I never would have considered without their help. My career consultant was very easy to talk with, I never felt under pressure and the consultation was an absolute joy to have done. The report was very interesting and informative and the Careers Analysts experience overall has helped me to know more about where my strengths lie and has given me some direction.

Felix has now made some good choices about his future and we thank you for the advice you have given him.

I felt that everything I talked about with my consultant was relevant to me and how I want to work out my future at university and my career. The personality profiling and aptitude tests were particularly useful.