Your Professional Career Coach
About CherryIntroducing...Hi! I’m Cherry Douglas and I am a professional career coach. My career story I started my working life in retail management and quickly realised that the ‘helping people’ dimension of the job was of more interest to me than the commercial aspects. I went to a professional career coach for advice and realised that her job was just the kind of thing I was looking for! So - with some trepidation – I took the plunge and left to retrain as a professional Careers Adviser. Having gained my post graduate diploma in Careers Guidance, I have gone on to work with clients of all ages from school students through to graduates, adult career changers and those returning to work after a break. My career duly took the typical route into a management position which I gradually realised was not giving me the fulfilment I wanted from my work. Eventually, (yes, it took me time to admit it!) I acknowledged that I had lost touch with what I really enjoy – working one-to-one with real people trying to sort out their careers. So once again I decided I had to make a change of career direction. I now work on a freelance basis and as a self-employed professional career coach, supporting others who are at significant career transition points. Along the way I have continually developed my skills with relevant training including:
I am a member of the British Psychological Society and of their Special Group in Coaching Psychology. I am also a member of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services.
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"I would definitely recommend Career Plan Coaching. After mapping my skills with Cherry I was instilled with further confidence, determination and inspiration. Cherry helped me refine my CV and personal statements so that they highlighted my transferable skills to potential employers. Cherry is a perfectionist and quickly understands your requirements to help you find the relevant career path. After working with her, I felt excited and motivated about my career." GK "I cannot state too highly the difference working with Cherry has made. I was extremely demotivated and unhappy when I started and now I am very excited about the future I can make for myself. If it hadn't have been for our work together, I would be sitting here worried about possibly being made redundant. As it is, it all feels very positive. I have already handed in my resignation!" DHP "I would recommend this [Career Transition] programme 100%. It made me think more clearly about myself, my life, my career choices and what is really important to me. Cherry has a way of pulling out the key issues that may be holding you back from fulfilling your dreams and turning them into real possibilities for the future" HG "Following this career transition coaching process, I am not only comfortable with where I am now aiming, I am both excited and motivated about where I am going and how I am going to get there. Being able to talk through various ideas...with someone who remained positive about all the potential possibilities and who kept opening doors that I otherwise couldn’t (or wouldn’t) open, has helped to create such enthusiasm in me, that I would end each session really motivated about where I was going and what I could achieve. Cherry has been both supportive and inspirational throughout and I know she will continue to coach and support me as needed, as I work towards starting my own business." PT "…it helped me to think through a few simple changes which have made quite a big difference to my work." JC "I really appreciate the feedback on my CV. I’ve been staring at it for so long I seem to have lost perspective, so your help was really useful. Thank you!" MR "Thanks for all your help with the interview which went very well, mainly due to the help and advice that you gave me…they offered me the job." CG "I was very impressed with the overall effectiveness of coaching. I have learned a lot from it and …it has helped me grow as a person." EK "Cherry has a very intelligent and thoughtful approach...combined with a very supportive style." CM "One of the highlights of each session was the awareness that each small goal was taking me closer to my ultimate goal." KR I hope I may have the opportunity to work as your professional career coach and to assist you in taking your career to the next level. To find out more, just contact me via this site. Return from Professional Career Coach to Homepage
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