debbie cousins - head of career and interview training
Background
Debbie has over thirty years’ experience working in a variety of demanding roles within the voluntary sector, with sixteen years at senior management level. She brings considerable experience of managing, developing, coaching and mentoring a wide variety of professional individuals and staff teams to achieve personal goals and business objectives.
Debbie also has extensive experience in recruitment and selection and a proven record in implementing key recruitment policies associated with high performance, commitment, and success in achieving business outcomes. She has worked at developing job descriptions and person specifications as well as chairing interview panels for both traditional and competency-based models.
As Head of Career and Interview Training (ILM Certificate in Coaching & Mentoring), Debbie works with a wide range of individual clients from all disciplines seeking to develop their career focus, interview skills and enhance their career path.
Key Services
Presentation Skills (Seen and Unseen)
Career Transition
Key competencies as a Career Coach
Ability to develop rapport and build trusting relationships
Listening and questioning skills
Building confidence and motivation levels
Delivering feedback to enhance learning
Develop a reflective approach to performance
Ability to work with all levels from graduate to Senior Executive
Key areas of expertise include:
Considerable knowledge of Recruitment and Selection procedures across voluntary, public, and private sectors
Understanding of main competency frameworks including Northern Ireland Civil Service, National Health Service Leadership Model, NIPB, PSNI
Supporting clients identify and market their knowledge, skills, and competencies through job applications
Completion of professional curriculum vitae
Supporting clients to identify personal competencies and prepare competency-based examples
Interview preparation and presentation skills
Support clients to use interview feedback to further enhance learning
Coaching clients transitioning into new roles to deliver outcomes and achieve business goals
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