Career MOT™ (Diagnosis)

Description

Career MOT™ – Diagnose Your Career

Independent 10 Point Career Assessment & Strategic Action Plan

Before investing further in your career, make sure you are investing in the right solution. Most career providers begin by recommending the products they sell. The Career Experts takes a different approach.

Our Career MOT™ provides an independent and structured assessment of your current career position before recommending any Career Development Programme, Individual Career Service or further intervention. The purpose is to establish what is working, identify what requires attention and determine where your time and investment will create the greatest value.

• Sometimes the right recommendation is a new CV.
• Sometimes it is LinkedIn optimisation.
• Sometimes it is interview preparation.
• Sometimes it is a structured Career Development Programme.
• Sometimes no further intervention is required.

If your current positioning is already effective, I will tell you – That is the difference between selling documents and providing independent career consultancy.

Why Have a Career MOT™?

Career decisions are often made without a clear understanding of the underlying problem. A lack of interviews may be caused by poor target role alignment. Weak applications may result from ineffective professional positioning. Limited recruiter interest may be linked to low search visibility. Interview performance may be the real barrier rather than the CV.

Our Career MOT™ examines the complete career proposition before recommending any solution – This prevents unnecessary investment, identifies the genuine priorities and provides a clear route forward.

What Our Career MOT™ Assesses

Your Career MOT™ provides a structured assessment across 10 key areas.

Career Direction & Objectives Check

• Assessment of your current career direction, immediate priorities and longer term professional objectives.

Target Role Alignment Assessment

• Review of how effectively your experience, skills and positioning align with the roles and opportunities you are targeting.

Professional Positioning Assessment

• Evaluation of how clearly and credibly you communicate your professional identity, level and specialist capability.

Commercial Value Proposition Capability

• Assessment of how effectively you demonstrate the commercial value, business impact and measurable contribution you offer an employer.

Current CV Effectiveness Assessment

• Review of your current CV or resume structure, positioning, content, relevance and ability to support your target applications.

Current LinkedIn Profile Assessment

• Assessment of your LinkedIn profile positioning, content, credibility, recruiter relevance and consistency with your wider professional brand.

Personal Brand Considerations

• Review of how consistently your experience, expertise, values and professional identity are presented across your career collateral.

Current Collateral ATS Alignment Check

• Assessment of how effectively your CV, resume and supporting documents align with applicant tracking systems and recruitment screening requirements.

Search Visibility Alignment Check

• Review of your visibility across LinkedIn, search engines and recruitment platforms, including the keywords and positioning used to help recruiters find you.

Interview Readiness Assessment

• Evaluation of your current readiness to communicate your experience, achievements, commercial value and suitability during interview processes.

What We Will Work Through Together

During your live one to one consultancy session, we will:

• Review your current career position.
• Clarify your objectives and target roles.
• Assess each of the 10 Career MOT™ areas.
• Identify strengths within your existing positioning.
• Highlight areas requiring improvement.
• Separate essential intervention from optional improvement.
• Prioritise the actions likely to create the greatest impact.
• Discuss the most appropriate route forward.
• Develop a clear and practical action plan.

The outcome is a complete understanding of your current position and what should happen next to improve your career outcomes.

Delivered Live With You

Every Career MOT™ is delivered through a live one to one consultancy session. Nothing is outsourced. I work directly with you to understand your career, test your assumptions and assess the evidence behind your current positioning. The process is collaborative, direct and commercially focused. You receive honest recommendations based on what your career genuinely needs, not a predetermined sales outcome.

Career MOT™ is underpinned by proprietary assessment processes, frameworks, algorithms and career positioning measures developed and refined over several years. These methodologies combine extensive career consultancy experience with advanced use of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence to support structured analysis, evidence based recommendations and consistent professional judgement.

An Independent Career Diagnosis

Career MOT™ is designed to identify the right solution before any further investment is made.

• It does not assume that you need a new CV.
• It does not assume that you need a complete Career Development Programme.
• It does not assume that every part of your career proposition needs rebuilding.
• Where intervention is required, I will explain what is needed, why it matters and what should be prioritised.

Where your current positioning is already effective, I will confirm that no further action is required – The objective is clarity, not unnecessary expenditure.

Is Career MOT™ Right for You?

Career MOT™ is suitable for:

• Graduates entering the professional market.
• Early career professionals seeking direction.
• Experienced professionals considering their next move.
• Managers targeting senior leadership positions.
• Executives reviewing their market position.
• Contractors and consultants evaluating future opportunities.
• Professionals returning to the recruitment market.
• Anyone unsure which career service or programme they genuinely need.

Continue Your Career Development

Your Career MOT™ determines the most appropriate next step – The recommendation may be be:

• No further intervention.
• One Individual Career Service.
• A structured Career Development Programme.
• Career Service™ to maintain your professional assets.
• Career Pit Stop™ for ongoing career advice and support.

Every recommendation is based on the evidence identified during your assessment.

Investment

Your Career MOT™ £200 Includes:

• Comprehensive one to one consultation.
• Independent 10 point assessment.
• Professional findings & recommendations.
• Prioritised action plan.
• Your very own Career MOT™ Report™.

If you subsequently purchase a Career Development Programme, up to 50% of your Career MOT™ fee may be credited towards your programme investment.

More Than Just a CV™

Career MOT™ is not a free CV review designed to create a sales opportunity. It is an independent 10 point career diagnosis covering your direction, positioning, professional collateral, market visibility and recruitment readiness. The objective is to identify what is working, determine what needs attention and provide a clear action plan based on your actual circumstances.

Independent assessment – Evidence based recommendations – Better career decisions.