CAREER SPECIALIST - TURNING ASPIRATIONS INTO REALITY
Coached 10,500+ individuals to develop and successfully implement effective job search strategies.
Received two national 'Outstanding Customer Service' awards with White Group. Awarded US conference.
Dip. Small Business Management; Cert IV TAA;
OPQ; Birkman International; NLP; Leader as Coach
BEd Adult & Workplace Education (AWE) (Hons)
Owner/Director JET Training - freelance training. Grew business from zero to $100k within 3 years
Subject matter expert and 'go-to' on social media personal branding on behalf of Right Management.
Facilitated Cert IV, Dip and corporate subjects to 1,500+ students with 100% competency success.
Supervised 30+ staff, 15 franchise operations,10 career management experts.
Delivered Job Search Strategy sessions to Mates4Mates on behalf of Right Management.
CAREER Summary
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca
I'm an executive coach, leader of 10 fabulous fellow coaches, subject matter expert and content creator, facilitator and Birkman International Master Trainer; my expertise honed through personally coaching over 12,000 people to career success.
Whether you’re looking to enhance performance and satisfaction in your current job or transitioning to new adventures, I’m there to support you throughout the journey.
Current job? On behalf of our Talent Management team, I coach on: • Assessment analysis and debriefs to nurture the right people • Leader and career development to enhance star power • Succession planning and resilience management to support change initiatives • Organisational restructuring and employee transition to ensure dignified exits
Transitioning? Landed the job of my dreams thanks to the support and resources I now lead a small team of specialists in creating, honing and perfecting including workshop, webinar, coaching and web portal content designed to help you develop:
• Future-focused strategies to ensure long-term career success • Cutting-edge resumes, websites, and social media profiles to attract attention • Robust job search and networking campaigns to find opportunities • Honed interviewing and salary negotiation skills to win the job
As a coach, I'm also your sounding board, devil's advocate, connector and confidante, drawing on a deep knowledge gained from working with people from industries ranging from Govt, NFP, defence, law, mining, oil & gas and manufacturing to IT, pharmaceutical, telecommunications and banking and finance.
Behind the work scene? When I'm not building treasured friendships and connections along the way, I'm exploring the globe, travel blogging and diving down the OpenAI and Midjourney rabbit-hole.
Career timeline
Career Development | Management | Transition, Right Management
Currently leading a team of 8 in the delivery of talent and career management initiatives to local industry clients.
• Coached 12,000+ individuals to successfully develop and implement robust job search marketing strategies and land new positions, with a consistently positive candidate satisfaction rating.
Mentored a team of 12 in the delivery of 15+ career development and transition initiatives resulting in a 36% service response rate against a 30% benchmark and 4.53 candidate satisfaction score against a 4.2 benchmark.
• Achieved 20% lift in candidate satisfaction by researching global best practice, rebuilding eight transition webinar decks, running sheets and descriptors and coaching 30+ facilitators in delivery.
• Researched, developed, secured state champions then implemented a Social Media Advanced Branding Strategy program that actively contributed to the company’s leading-edge in solutions delivery.
• Represented the Asia Pacific region in the design of a visual model and a universally consistent language describing the company’s transition services. Outcomes since adopted and model adapted for global consistency.
• Led 20+ local workforce reductions and delivered change management, redeployment and retrenchment solutions for clients in banking, mining, pharmaceutical and industrial, with a 90%+ take-up rate.
• Delivered 360-degree feedback then coached 20 middle management employees to implement personal strategies that successfully addressed the amalgamation of three Government teams into one.
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Owner | Director | Consultant | Facilitator, JETTraining Pty Ltd
Consulted, contracted created, facilitated and evaluated learning and development and career management solutions on behalf of corporate entities and Registered Training Organisations (RTOs).
• Delivered 10+ Certificate IV and Diploma subjects in group settings and one on one on for 3 RTOs, tailoring content to meet specific needs of 1,500+ individuals, with 100% competency success.
• Coached 60+ local council employees on Leadership Development, Project Management, Organizational Capability, Advanced Negotiation and Proposal Development with consistently positive client feedback.
• Delivered 6 Self-Management workshops to 80+ Department of Justice and Attorney at Law that equipped employees with action plans to successfully perform in challenging environments.
• Facilitated 32 industry-tailored selling skills programs to over 2,500 sales staff within a tight 2-month time frame, directly contributing to a banking institute’s 100% sales accreditation success.
• Equipped 12 Resort leaders with Project Management skills to successfully integrate 9 new ‘lifestyle’ apartments with existing facilities, with zero business disruption.
• Facilitated 24 ‘Career Power’ programs for coaches and teams that actively equipped 400+ employees with goal-driven development strategies that successfully contributed to a bank’s succession planning strategy.
• Created and delivered 5 team building and customer care workshops for a duty-free food franchise that lifted sales by 6% and led to a 5% reduction in staff turnover despite a severe downturn in air traffic.
Learning & Development Leader | Facilitator , Mayne Pharma - Terry White Group
Led a team of specialists in the design and delivery of a professional development curriculum for over 700 pharmacists, managers and front-line staff.
Analysed needs in consultation with key stakeholders, designed a curriculum and developed 15+ L&D programs that successfully provided measurably consistent franchise management and service standards across all 95 sites.
Custom designed in partnership with Monash University Australian Centre for Retail Studies (ACRS) a tertiary accredited financial management program which met industry-specific needs and reported EBIT increases of up to 3%.
Liaised with industry experts and designed a 'fast track' Pharmacist Graduate professional development program including eight Business Development 'flexible learning' modules, directly contributing to 98% retention and enhanced 'preferred employer' status.
Presented at four national conferences to 300+ Franchise owners, managers and staff on potential bottom-line benefits of developing staff capability, leading to 96% training take up.
Organised and hosted quarterly evening seminars that improved product knowledge of 1,500+ staff by negotiating with industry personnel to deliver short effective sessions, resulting in 35%+ increases in product sales.
Authored a unique Business Management program that provided cosmeticians with the tools to drive cosmetic and fragrance houses on behalf of Pharmacists, the results adding up to 2.5% to bottom-line results.
Proudest MOMENTS
Candidate smiles when their well crafted career strategies deliver satisfying outcomes
EXPERIENCE Highlights
Career Management Expert
right management
Business Owner | Director
JETTraining Pty Ltd
L&D Specialist
Mayne Pharma - TWC Group
Education Highlights
BEd AWE (Adult and Workplace Education) (Hons)
Queensland University of Technology
Dip Small Business Management
orion
Cert IV Training & Assessment
MW train
Birkman International Global Master Trainer Accredited
birkman INTERNATIONAL
OPQ Accredited
SHL
NLP Practitioner Accredited
FUSHION
Performance Coaching Accredited
osa group
Causes
World Vision
5 CHILDREN SUPPORTED TO SELF SUFFICIENCY
Interests
PASSIONATE TRAVELLER
EXPLORING THE WORLD END TO END
ASPIRING WRITER
writing a 'best seller' page BY PAGE
AVID BLOGGER
CURATING SNIPPETS FOR LIVING, LOVING, LEARNING - WITH STYLE.
Results
750+
PROFESSIONALS COACHED TO LEADERSHIP SUCCESS
9900
COACHED ON CAREER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
850+
professionals COACHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA BRANDING
Skills:
leadership management
20+
Management Development
20+
Career Management
20+
Career Development
20+
Succession Planning
20+
Change Management
20+
Organizational Development
15
Culture Change
15
Executive Coaching
13
Career Transitioning
13
SOCIAL MEDIA BRANDING
10
Questions & Answers
What do you like most about being a Career Management Expert?
The delight on my client's faces as they emerge from the emotional fallout of redundancy armed with effective job search strategies, a renewed sense of purpose, poised, confident and ready to embrace their new dream job.
Why did you choose this career path?
While undertaking Right Management's services as a transitioning candidate myself, the career stock-take stopped me in my tracks. Developing staff capability to drive bottom line results was one thing; helping people develop and manage rewarding and personally satisfying careers, quite another. If we're passionate about what we do, bottom line results follow.
Stand out expertise?
Social Media branding in all its forms. My speciality lies in helping our candidates curate a strategic personal branding message, then determining the most suitable social media vehicles that will secure them a competitive edge in the market place.
What else do you enjoy doing?
I also enjoy helping companies and individuals create talent strategies for career management that improve business agility and performance; delivering solutions that address the entire workforce life-cycle
A few Testimonials:
Gary Gibson J.P. (Qual.) Board Member at Court Network Board of Directors UQ
Jane is the “go-to” person for career transitioning and personal branding. She is a true professional in every sense of the word. She has honed her career management skill set over many years and is very tech-savvy and knows exactly how to present yourself in the best possible light to a prospective employer.
She has made it her business to keep abreast of the latest developments in the career planning and strategizing arena and combines that extensive industry knowledge with her passion for social media to offer a very potent combination to anyone seeking assistance in marketing themselves to a prospective employer. Jane would make a valuable member of any team and I would have no hesitation in recommending her for any position to which she chooses to aspire.
Lyn Traill: Experienced facilitator, highly intuitive - successful corporate and business coach
Jane's sparkling personality engages easily with all levels of her personal and business world. She is thoroughly organised and her focus is amazing. She also adapts easily to suit client needs using her considerable wealth of knowledge and experience. I really enjoyed our moments of co-facilitation where humour was: of paramount importance for both of us!
Nick Smith: Intelligence Analyst | Integrity | Professional
Thank-you Jane for your facilitation of the workshop at Mates4Mates. Your ongoing guidance and support is greatly appreciated. I personally learned a lot through your workshop and I now have the tools to go forward in a new career.
GALLERY
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'Cover letters? Seriously, does anyone read a cover letter these days?’ asked my lovely candidate Liam. ‘Well, that depends on how keen you are to make a fabulous first impression,’ I responded. Our conversation continued…
Liam:OMG Jane, coffee, shopping and wine dates with my mates, so busy, no time to write cover letters! Isn’t my resume sufficient if it’s already proving I can meet the role expectations?
Jane: You’ve been networking; go you! Sure your Resume and LinkedIn profile will...
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