Make an Appointment at www.CareerGuidance.co.uk

Some customer references:

Ciaran FitzGerald - Former Irish and Lions Rugby Captain - Parent
'I can highly recommend www.CareerGuidance.ie after a very positive personal experience involving both my son and my daughter and an excellent experienced counsellor. I am happy to say that his advice and direction has been successful in both cases and my only regret is that I did not make contact with him earlier in their careers.'

Wayne Costello - Age 38
'On enquiry I was asked about my credentials and on a review of same I was put in touch with an appropriate and very experienced and professional counsellor who gave me sound, objective and practical advice on where my career could be progressed and methods to achieve same. I highly recommend the site and the practitioners affiliated.'

The PROCESS INVOLVED IS:

The process involved in making an appointment nationwide to see a career guidance counsellor nationwide is:

You MUST first fill out the "Make Appointment" booking form below. This is a compulsory requirement in order to get an understanding of your background and enquiry, so that we can allocate the most appropriate guidance professional. It also provides the career guidance counsellor with pre-information about you and thus will be better prepared when they meet you.

A representative from the CareerGuidance.co.uk team will then email you with pricing options and locations of the guidance counsellors in and around your area of residence or work (as you prefer). The going rate around the country is between 40 and 70 pounds per hour and a typical session is from one to two hours. If cost is an issue you can stipulate the duration you would like.

All Guidance Counsellors are fully qualified usually holding a primary degree and a Post Graduate qualification in Career Guidance or equivalent. Most guidance counsellors are members of the Institute of Career Guidance (ICG).

It is difficult to document every career guidance counsellor's process as each has their own methods of working. They will have an open conversation with you and give you an independent assessment, concentrate on your strengths and your aptitudes and build a career plan around them, usually involving re-skilling, focusing on what you want to address. Not every session is the same. It is a difficult process to document, see the home page for a number of career interviews from career guidance professionals.

Are Interest Tests included? This depends on the counsellor, the client and the circumstance of the career query. Usually they are not required, however all counsellors are equipped to deliver and interpret psychometric and interest tests.

What should you bring to the appointment? A pen, a pad and an open reflective mind! To be sure, ask the guidance counsellor when making arrangement to meet.

The meeting point for guidance counsellors can be varied depending on the career guidance counsellor, you may meet at the career guidance counsellor home office, at his/her place of work (eg secondary school, university), a hotel lobby, a coffee shop, in a business centre or at your home. The meeting place will be set by the career guidance counsellor and you.

If you agree to the rate and location of the career guidance counsellor, you must then pay CareerGuidance.ie a booking fee of 12 pounds which will confirm that you will turn up and meet the guidance counsellor. This fee is to avoid no-shows, which inconvenience the career guidance counsellor and waste his/her research time.

There are other reasons for the booking fee, as in: the cost of maintaining the website, the merchant online costs, and time composing emails. The 12 pounds euros booking fee is non-refundable. This pricing method and process model is the fairest possible, if you have any suggestions as to improve the process please email info@careerguidance.co.uk.

The merchant account payment process is secure and regulated, CareerGuidance.co.uk use the same secure providers as Vodafone, AXA and Virgin Atlantic. Cards accepted are Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Switch/UK Maestro. Orders are never taken over the phone for security reasons.

Booking Fee Payment Link - select the Career Guidance Appointment checkbox

Please note, the 12 pounds make an appointment booking fee is completely separate to the rates charged by the guidance counsellor.

Once the booking fee is paid online an automated email confirming the purchase is sent to your email account. A mail is also sent to the assigned career guidance counsellor and the client is copied on that mail. The career guidance counsellor then logs onto his/her account and will pick up your details and your completed form.

A text message is also sent to the career guidance counsellor's mobile phone informing him or her that an appointment from CareerGuidance.co.uk is in the guidance counsellor's inbox.

The guidance counsellor will then make arrangements (via email or phone communication) to meet as soon as possibly convenient for both the career guidance counsellor and you. Most sessions are made in the evening and over weekends. Whatever suits you and the guidance counsellor.

If you pay the booking fee and agree to the guidance counsellor's rate, all transactions after the booking fee are between the career guidance counsellor and you. Payment to the guidance counsellor is usually in the form of cash.

Finally, approximately forty days after the booking fee is paid a feedback email is sent to your inbox. It is vitally important that customer feedback is received in order to maintain the standards of the career guidance counsellors.

See an example screenshot of feedback below, scores out of 5:

All communications between you and your career guidance counsellor will be held in confidence and will not, except under the circumstances explained below, be disclosed to anyone.

In situations involving danger and/or risk of imminent harm to yourself or specifically identified others, your counsellor is legally required to disclose certain information in order to protect you and/or others.

Please also consult the Legal Notices of the website at: Legal Notices

Fields with * are Compulsory Career Guidance Appointment Booking Form First Name:* Surname:* Home Address Line 1: Home Address Line 2: Home Address Line 3:* 'Please include your closest town to match a counsellor to your location' Home Address Line 4:* Postcode: Home Number: Work Number: Mobile:* Email:* Age:* Please copy and paste your most up to date CV below if you have it to hand or browse your hard drive and upload:

Upload CV

GCSE Results: A Level Results: Highest Educational Achievement: Parent Contact Details (if they are attending) - Highly recommended for School Leavers - not required for Adult Guidance: First Name: Surname: Home Number: Work Number: Mobile: Email: Period of Day: Monday to Friday

Morning Afternoon Evening

Saturday

Morning Afternoon Evening

Preferred Date: Please enter your first Preference Date: Please enter your second Preference Date: How do you intend getting to your appointment (for example, lift with parents or friend, bus, train, drive etc):* Please insert a synopsis of your career query:*   Select your preferred career guidance counsellor and location:* Select Guidance Counsellor Location AberdeenshireAnglesey/Sir FonAngus/ForfarshireArgyllshireAyrshireBanffshireBedfordshireBerkshireBerwickshireBrecknockshire/Sir FrycheiniogBuckinghamshireButeshireCaernarfonshire/Sir GaernarfonCaithnessCambridgeshireCardiganshire/CeredigionCarmarthenshire/Sir GaerfyrddinCheshireClackmannanshireCornwallCromartyshireCumberlandDenbighshire/Sir DdinbychDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshire/DumbartonshireDurhamEast Lothian/HaddingtonshireEssexFifeFlintshire/Sir FflintGlamorgan/MorgannwgGloucestershireGreater ManchesterHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHuntingdonshireInverness-shireKentKincardineshireKinross-shireKirkcudbrightshireLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerioneth/MeirionnyddMerseysideMiddlesexMidlothian/EdinburghshireMonmouthshire/Sir FynwyMontgomeryshire/Sir DrefaldwynMorayshireNairnshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOrkneyOxfordshirePeeblesshirePembrokeshire/Sir BenfroPerthshireRadnorshire/Sir FaesyfedRenfrewshireRoss-shireRoxburghshireRutlandSelkirkshireShetlandShropshireSomersetStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreySussexSutherlandWarwickshireWest Lothian/LinlithgowshireWestmorlandWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire

Select your 2nd preferred career guidance counsellor and Location:* Select Guidance Counsellor Location AberdeenshireAnglesey/Sir FonAngus/ForfarshireArgyllshireAyrshireBanffshireBedfordshireBerkshireBerwickshireBrecknockshire/Sir FrycheiniogBuckinghamshireButeshireCaernarfonshire/Sir GaernarfonCaithnessCambridgeshireCardiganshire/CeredigionCarmarthenshire/Sir GaerfyrddinCheshireClackmannanshireCornwallCromartyshireCumberlandDenbighshire/Sir DdinbychDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshire/DumbartonshireDurhamEast Lothian/HaddingtonshireEssexFifeFlintshire/Sir FflintGlamorgan/MorgannwgGloucestershireGreater ManchesterHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHuntingdonshireInverness-shireKentKincardineshireKinross-shireKirkcudbrightshireLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerioneth/MeirionnyddMerseysideMiddlesexMidlothian/EdinburghshireMonmouthshire/Sir FynwyMontgomeryshire/Sir DrefaldwynMorayshireNairnshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOrkneyOxfordshirePeeblesshirePembrokeshire/Sir BenfroPerthshireRadnorshire/Sir FaesyfedRenfrewshireRoss-shireRoxburghshireRutlandSelkirkshireShetlandShropshireSomersetStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreySussexSutherlandWarwickshireWest Lothian/LinlithgowshireWestmorlandWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire

Please ensure you have read the website legal notices