Where would we be without the kind words and recommendations of others? Market My Skills has been lucky enough to work with a number of outstanding people and here are three testimonials that reveal our clients’ experiences and what they thought of the Market My Skills service:
Celeste Crighton
“I engaged Natarsha to improve my chances of gaining employment in the government sector. Natarsha gave me the confidence I needed to recognise skills I didn’t realise I had or thought were not important or current enough to include in my resume.
She has a very open and caring personality and treated me as an individual and was exceptionally helpful and positive at all times. The coaching and support I received helped me in other aspects of my life also as I was able to apply the tools to all sorts of different situations.
When the time came to attend an interview, Natarsha was extremely supportive and provided me with the skills to enable me to attend and communicate my skills with confidence. She supported me throughout the process from beginning to end and I am pleased to say I achieved my goal of gaining employment in the government sector.”
“She is a great motivator with a positive outlook and a special skill of giving people the confidence to believe in themselves.”
Vesna Zuban
“I just wanted to write to thank you again for the wonderful work you did on my resume! I was thrilled with the finished product and almost immediately received several phone calls calling me in for an interview. I am happy to tell you that one of those has now materialised into a permanent job at a University where I really wanted to work. I truly doubt whether this would have happened had I sent my ‘old version’ resume.
I also want to say how pleasant the whole experience of working with you was. I always felt that you were very accessible and open to suggestions as well as a true professional at all times. I enjoyed our chats and felt like I had made a friend at the end of it all.”
Rosemary Fitzgerald
“When I first came to Natarsha, I had excellent qualifications, high quality skills, very low expectations and a truly appalling CV – that I thought was absolutely fine. I really didn’t know why I wasn’t getting interviews, let alone jobs, and though I applied for lots of positions, I just couldn’t get a foot in the door.
Natarsha, of course, is extremely sound on the practicalities of writing a resume, a covering letter, and addressing job selection criteria. She understands what employers want, and she knows how to do all the extras, like layout, word choice, sequencing and structuring responses. These things are all done expertly by Natarsha, because she knows what she’s doing.
But what Natarsha really brings to the table, is the ability to communicate what a job description is really asking for, in clear language. She was able to identify the requirements, and to match these up with my skills. For me, that was the real breakthrough. I began to see my applications through the eyes of the people who were offering the jobs, and this began the process of de-personalising my attitudes.
What I discovered during this process of working with Natarsha, was that not getting an interview wasn’t a personal attack or rejection of me, but that I was simply not the right fit at the right time. It was surprising how much of a relief this simple truth was. How it took the pressure off my job searching, and gave me the confidence to trust that the right position would come along, and that when it did, I would be ready for it.
Ultimately, I think my work with Natarsha helped me to reposition myself as a job seeker, to raise my expectations higher, and to present my skills and abilities with much greater confidence, poise and optimism.
Natarsha is a fabulously knowledgeable, kind and practical person to have in your corner and I would recommend her services to anyone who wants to re-examine what they’re doing in life and who is ready to go forward to make real changes.”