• A series of three-day interactive workshops for one of the UK’s leading professional accountancy institutes. The fact that this is now into its seventh year speaks volumes for the satisfaction of the body corporate and members attending.

• Individual programmes to mentor professionals and executives in engineering, finance, IT, marketing, personnel and general management careers. These invariably follow the pattern of evaluating opinions in the context of life goals and career aspirations, and then facilitating the job search process to achieve lasting success.

• "….thank you (and Derek) for the course, which was hard work, thought provoking and relevant. There is a good chance that your workshop has assisted my search for a new post."

• "Thank you also for your invaluable counselling and advice. This workshop answered nearly all my concerns and shortcomings relating to job search and interview skills."

• "Many thanks for an entertaining and informative workshop last week. I certainly benefited enormously and I’m sure my job search will be enhanced from your knowledge and advice."

• "….thanks for a great course and light relief from my present situation" [of unemployment]

Satisfied individual customers who have "purchased" our services on a "retail" basis, or for whom their corporate employers were dipping into their pockets:

• "….at age 53, I felt some concern about the task….of obtaining a position….[but] frequency of meetings [with my consultant] helped put any tendency to despondency to the back of my mind and hope and expectation to the front."

• "Simply having someone there, readily available for advice to ensure a continual push towards achievement of objective."

• "Respected, professional advice that gave confidence that I was not aiming in the wrong direction with my General Management ambitions."

• "A catalyst for self-examination to identify weaknesses in my personal armoury and to determine actions overcome them."

• "A constructive and pragmatic exploration of possible options and strategies (including the development of a more aggressively structured cv) which was refreshing in its breadth of scope."

• "The counselling process boosted my confidence considerably. Barry was rigorous in his exploration of my strengths and weaknesses, but the spirit of our encounters was always positive and friendly."

• "Provided a modus operandi to ‘roll out’ a controlled campaign for job applications. ….motivated me by boosting ‘ego’ when needed and constantly phoning to enquire on progress…."