Jane Owens

About Me

I am a professionally qualified Careers Adviser (Postgraduate Diploma in Careers Guidance) and Coach (ILM7 Executive Coaching and Business Mentoring), and work with clients aged 14 to 70+, providing a friendly and professional career coaching service.

I have extensive experience of working with school, college and university students (undergraduates and postgraduates), as well as graduates, executives, and people whose job is being made redundant or who are seeking a career change.  

As well as helping clients to consider their options, and create a personalised action plan, I also provide guidance on topics such as CVs, job search, creating an effective LinkedIn profile, interview techniques, presentation skills, and personal branding.

Client feedback includes:

"Jane was incredibly helpful when it came to helping me prepare for the JET Program application and interview.  She took the task with both hands and prepared thoroughly for our calls. She asked the sort of questions which helped me understand where I needed to improve to give me the best chance of success at my interview.  Would highly recommend Jane's detail oriented and friendly approach." 

"Jane helped me define my future career goals and also did an excellent job of fine-tuning my CV. She's an easy person to talk to, and a good listener. However, she doesn't just act as a sounding board - she gives insightful feedback and guidance.  I'm positive that her work on my CV helped me achieve my recent change in role."

I have also co-authored a book - "The School Mentor's Guide", published by Sage in February 2020 - to help teachers learn more about the skills and techniques they can use to mentor/coach other teachers and also their students.