Our Team

Debbie Stirrup

Client Services Manager

Over 25 years’ experience across private, corporate, retail and teaching industries has enabled Debbie to develop valuable practical insight, provide strategic advice and deliver tailored solutions to suit a broad range of clients from diverse age brackets, organisational levels and cultural backgrounds. Debbie is particularly passionate about encouraging young people who are trying to make their mark in the workforce as well as more mature clients who need some guidance in relation to taking the next step in their professional path or perhaps undertaking a complete career change.

By assessing and identifying your individual needs, she can help you determine the most appropriate career consulting service that directly aligns with your professional requirements. Whether your enquiry relates to career counselling, interview training, LinkedIn coaching or outplacement, Debbie is dedicated to supporting you by explaining our consulting process and putting you in touch with one of our experts who will be the most appropriate person to help you along your journey. Whatever your career aspirations or business goals are, Debbie is here to help you take that all important first step towards achieving and exceeding your potential.

Helen Moroz

Client Services Coordinator

Helen proudly offers more than 30 years’ experience across a broad range of industries including marketing, retail and sales environments and is dedicated to delivering high quality administration support, customer service and consultancy guidance to each and every client.

She is passionate about actively listening to individual requests and using her broad industry insight, which involves recruitment experience, to help clients determine the most appropriate consulting solution for their specific needs. This includes providing information and quotations in relation to LinkedIn profile and resume writing services such as cover letters, resumes and selection criteria responses as well as university and government applications.

Helen is only too happy to help you understand what our professional consultants have to offer to help you market and promote yourself to the best of your ability in this constantly evolving and highly competitive marketplace. Why not give Helen a call today and see how you can secure your footing on the next rung of your career ladder?

Jane Anderson

Career Consultant

Jane Anderson is a professional accredited Master Career Director (one of two in Australia) and Professional Certified Coach (ICF) with more than 20 years’ experience working in public and private sectors. She brings practicality, inspiration and rolls her sleeves up  to work closely with clients to find possibilities where they could be hidden! From there they lead happy, fulfilling balanced lives and workplace experiences to feel like they're achieving their potential. And she likes to have some fun along the way!

Jane has been an internal trainer in government and on numerous government selection panels. She has worked extensively with government competencies and selection tools and also supports clients in career counselling, interview skills and LinkedIn profiles.

Jane has spoken at numerous events including Reinvent Your Career Expos, Women in Super seminars, EA and PA Summits. She has been featured as the “Job Whisperer” on Today Tonight and in numerous publications such as Brisbane Business News, STYLE and CLEO Magazines. She is also a professional member of the Career Development Association of Australia. She is accredited in the MBTI, DiSC, 360 Reach Personal Branding and the Science of Happiness at Work.

Helen Holan

Career Consultant

Helen Holan is a qualified coach who assists clients to develop their careers and improve their performance at interviews and at work. She is passionate about helping clients identify the jobs and careers they are naturally motivated to do because in these jobs they experience more enjoyment, fulfilment and success. Before moving into her 'perfect match' career in people development and coaching in 2008, Helen worked in professional services in the corporate tax law consulting area for 8 years, during which time she was involved in recruiting and coaching staff.

Clients quickly feel at ease in Helen's company. Her approach is relaxed, yet purposeful, professional yet fun, nurturing yet frank. All this, combined with Helen's natural talent for asking the right questions, just at the right time, provides a solid platform for open, explorative and exciting discussion about career suitability and job and study options. With experience as an interviewer, Helen is ideally placed to help clients prepare for interviews and polish their interview technique. Helen is a qualified coach and NLP Practitioner and is a certified iWAM (Inventory of Workplace Attitudes and Motivations) consultant and chartered accountant. She is an accredited Associate Coach of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Coaching and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Catriona Meere

Career Consultant

Catriona Meere has a passion for helping others to identify and harness their natural strengths and talents and optimise their personal and professional potential. As an experienced educator, she has held leadership positions within ACT schools for 11 years, six of these in the roles of Deputy Principal and Acting Principal. She holds a Bachelor of Education and a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. Catriona is an Associate Trainer/Facilitator for the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) and Jelk Solutions, for which she develops and facilitates corporate training packages for public and private sector organisations. She has also worked as a tutor and guest lecturer in Education at the University of Canberra.

Catriona has a strong understanding of the challenges involved in changing career and the need for strategic planning to ensure a smooth and successful transition. She provides coaching in career reflection and goal setting, career coaching, job search strategies, networking skills, resume writing, addressing selection criteria and effective interview techniques. She uses her strong coaching ability to inspire clients to define their personal mission or vision, clarify their values, and uncover their unique gifts and passions. Armed with this awareness she supports clients in aligning their career search and developing personal and professional goals to achieve their vision. 

Karen Bremner

Career Consultant

With a degree in Psychology and 10 years’ experience as an HR professional, Karen has great insight into what makes people tick and how that translates into the working world. Karen is an experienced trainer and facilitator, with a Cert IV in Training and Assessment and a friendly, open and highly intuitive style. Having managed recruitment campaigns across retail, corporate and government sectors in both the UK and NZ, Karen understands just what employers are looking for and can help you to gain the edge in your job applications and interviews.

As a former career changer herself, Karen understands what it’s like to be at a crossroads, and knows just how valuable a partner in that process can be. A qualified workplace coach, she is passionate about empowering her clients, and can help you to explore your goals, uncover your potential, and develop a career path that marries your strengths, needs and values. Karen is a professional member of the Career Development Association of Australia, as well as the International Coach Federation, and she's currently completing postgraduate studies in Career Development, through Edith Cowan University.

Melita Long

Career Consultant

Melita Long has 16 years’ experience in career coaching, marketing, recruitment and training, working in financial and professional services, education, technology and government in Australia, NZ, Germany and the UK. With exposure to a broad range of industries and careers, she easily relates to many professions and industries. Since 2003, Melita has coached hundreds of clients, from graduates to CEOs, to successfully identify and gain their ideal career, providing career coaching, outplacement, resume writing, job hunting and interview training. 

Melita holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration in Marketing and Management and a Bachelor of Arts in German from Victoria University, a TAE Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is completing a Graduate Certificate in Careers Education and Development through RMIT. She is a Member of the Career Development Association of Australia. 

With her warm, caring, client-centric style, Melita easily builds rapport with clients to quickly understand their career needs. She helps clients identify their values, interests, transferable skills and achievements and boosts their confidence in the process. Melita is committed to her clients’ success and passionate about helping them gain their ideal career. She uses her marketing skills to write resumes promoting the skills and benefits clients offer their future employers. 

Amber Kay

Career Consultant

Amber is an experienced professional coach, mentor and presenter with a warm, insightful and collaborative style. Prior to becoming a coach and career consultant, Amber spent over 12 years working in Human Resources at senior management level, specialising in career transition, coaching and leadership development. By combining this experience with her varied skills and expertise as a career consultant, resume writer and interview skills trainer, she understands what employers look for in a prospective candidate, as well as what stands out in a job application.

Having been through the career-change experience herself, Amber is passionate about assisting others to navigate this period of exploration and discovery with self-awareness, structure and support. She recognises the importance of finding a career that blends individual interests, capabilities, potential and core values, and is dedicated to supporting clients to harness these aspects in a direction that is enjoyable, fulfilling and rewarding.

Amber holds an Honours degree in Psychology, a Diploma of Coaching and is a qualified NLP Practitioner. She is accredited with the International Coach Federation and the Australian Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming.

Sheonaigh Rennie

Career Consultant

With a Bachelor of Science (Psychology) and a Graduate Certificate in Career Development, Sheonaigh has worked in Career Counselling and Coaching for the past seven years. Her extensive education sector experience has seen her work at Curtin University in Western Australia, Deakin University and La Trobe University in Victoria, and The University of Canterbury and The University of Auckland in New Zealand. She has also been employed by Career Advice Australia, a Commonwealth funded program, where she worked in collaboration with a multinational company in the Mining and Resources sector. Prior to this, Sheonaigh managed HR, Marketing and Sales projects across a broad range of industries including Arts and Recreation, Healthcare and Social Assistance, Agriculture, Retail and Wholesale Trade.

Sheonaigh’s approach is naturally warm, friendly and professional. She uses highly regarded assessments and tools, together with a personalised intuitive understanding to meet her client’s specific needs. She views Career Counselling as both a science and an art and often receives client feedback such as “you have a really nice approach; structured but flexible, direct yet sensitive, persuasive yet compassionate”. Sheonaigh enjoys catering to a broad spectrum of personality types, ages, organisational levels and cultural backgrounds and is inspired and energised by the opportunity to assist people to access, recognise and communicate their unique worth.

Fiona Brandscheid

Resume Writer

Fiona is an accomplished corporate writer with 16 years experience. Writing with professional plain English flair, she also has an expert eye for layout. She loves to see her clients succeed and uses her expertise to send them straight to the top of selectors' interview lists.

Listening to you is the first stage in Fiona's consultation process. The next stage is to tailor your resume, cover letter and selection criteria - drawing on your experience and career objectives. She spotlights your skills and fleshes out your achievements - crafting them in a way that exceeds the expectations of potential employers.

As well as writing resumes and applications, Fiona has spent the past 16 years writing corporate documents for business. Her industry experience comprises government, education, not-for-profits and banking. Fiona has built a career producing successful funding proposals, website content and a wide range of marketing collateral. Her formal qualifications include Professional Writing and Editing, Marketing and Graphic Design.

Kylie Chown

Resume Writer

Kylie brings extensive experience compiling Selection Criteria, Resumes and Letters of Application for all levels of government, education and the private sector. Kylie demonstrates a strong comprehension of government recruitment processes, policies and procedures; this combined with strong writing skills allows Kylie to create Selection Criteria Responses that maximise the opportunity for a successful outcome.

Kylie's earlier career within the recruitment industry has allowed her to bring a recruiter's perspective when writing applications. Working extensively with candidates for over 10 years has allowed her to develop strong interviewing skills which she applies to assist clients in identifying their key strengths - a critical element to any application. With experience in compiling employment documents for clients across diverse industry spectrums, Kylie believes that applying a collaborative, holistic approach to creating unique documents achieves the best results.

Catherine Chadevski

Resume Writer

With a passion for writing and nearly 10 years experience in the corporate field as a Communication Specialist, Catherine has provided communication consultancy to people from all levels of management. She has extensive experience writing, proof-reading, editing and analysing gaps in various communication mediums including business updates, reports and presentations, newsletters, website content, marketing material, promotions and customer correspondence.

Catherine is dedicated to working with you to help you express how your key skills and achievements align with a company’s strategic requirements and set you apart from the rest of your field. She will then individually tailor your cover letter, resume and selection criteria in plain English to ensure you submit the best application possible to help you secure your dream job.

Kylie Micallef

Resume Writer

Kylie Micallef is a Professional Resume Writer with a background in Recruitment and Career Advising, as well as having worked in the financial services industry. She has a solid understanding of a broad range of roles including those in the financial services, engineering, information technology, medical and legal industries. Kylie holds a Bachelor of Business (Marketing) from the University of Western Sydney and Certificate IV in Financial Services.

Kylie has worked closely with a wide variety of people, assisting them with their employment and career needs. She is passionate about helping people reach their career goals and ensures that their key skills and strengths are highlighted in their resumes so that they are noticed by potential employers. Kylie’s strong writing skills coupled with her creative flare ensure that your resume looks sharp, professional and has a ‘competitive edge’.

Derived from her experience in career advising, is her ability to carefully identify a person’s key abilities and selling points to convey to a potential employer. She is a strong believer that a resume should not only act as an introduction of one’s self to an employer, but a ‘teaser’ so that they want to find out more and hence agree to meet with them in person. In Kylie’s view, the way your resume is written and presented is the first and most important step towards securing your dream job.

Sarah Cronin

Resume Writer

As a highly experienced resume writer and consultant, Sarah has prepared stand-out career development documents for hundreds of clients at all levels in a wide diversity of industries, for both the public and private sectors. Sarah is a Certified Advanced Resume Writer and has been internationally examined and designated by Career Directors International.

With 15 years’ experience in the corporate field, Sarah has a background in the commercial litigation sector as well as extensive experience in writing, editing/proofreading, and all areas of administration. Working as a paralegal for nine years and preparing all manner of correspondence and legal documentation has honed Sarah’s writing and drafting skills, giving her an ‘edge’ when it comes to personal branding and creating eye-catching marketing tools that assist effectively in excelling her clients to the interview stage.

Sarah has outstanding attention to detail, is dedicated to providing excellent client service, and always completes projects on time and to a very high standard. With a flair for the written word and a true passion for her vocation, Sarah is committed to helping clients achieve their ultimate goal – to get that job!

Victoria Hay

Resume Writer

With 15 years in human resource management, Victoria has had the privilege of supporting career progression and professional development for individuals at all levels across a range of industries. She has a Masters in HR Management, which she has applied within leading organisations across the UK and Australia. With a strong belief that engaged employees are the key to an organisation’s success, Victoria has designed and implemented industry leading and award winning programs for Recruitment and Retention, Graduate Development, Leadership Coaching and Talent Management.

Victoria has developed hundreds of resumes, cover letters and selection criteria for candidates at all levels and stages of their career - from new graduates to senior executives. Her writing style and eye for detail have helped clients from a diverse range of industries, in both public and private sectors, put their best foot forward towards their next career goal.

Extensive experience in local and international recruitment gives Victoria an excellent insight into what makes candidates stand out from the crowd. Victoria works with her clients to understand their aspirations and to identify organisations that can enable the realisation of those goals. She will showcase your strengths, highlight your achievements and allow employers to recognise the value you will add to their team.