Career Coach | Sydney
Find work that fits who you are and how you live
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Transition to a fulfilling career that makes a difference for people, communities or the planet
‘Jo was the biggest help and guide throughout my career change.
The exploratory exercises helped me identify my skills and what I most enjoy doing. The specific shift projects and networking exercises helped me test new paths to find out what could work for me and what wouldn't. She helped me stay open to possibility and opportunity and to follow what I wanted, not what I thought I 'should' want. Jo made sure I was pursuing happiness and realism, not the other way around. She also pushed me. And as a result, I made a successful career change in a relatively short time.’
— Maddie had outgrown her career in events management. She took a leap of faith and landed an eco-friendly job she loves.
Am I the right career change coach for you?
If your response to any of these career change triggers is, 'Yep, that's me,' then we'll probably make a great match:
You've outgrown your career
You’ve achieved a lot in your career, but something’s missing.
You want your work to be more motivating and energising, and a closer fit with who you are now.
You want more impact
You’re drawn to work that protects and promotes well-being - for people and the environment.
You may have ideas and inklings about these career paths, but you’re wondering how realistic they are.
You've lost your spark
You still love your field, but your role has lost its lustre. Your job's the problem, not your career.
You need to refocus, figure out what’s stopped working and what hasn't, then tweak to spark things up.
You're scared to move
You’re worried about ‘frying pans and fires’ and ‘babies and bath water’
You’re scared about swapping one unsatisfying career for another just like it, or losing everything you’ve invested in the one you worked so hard to build.
What will we do?
Work with me, and you'll receive structured, evidence-based, career change coaching that’s practical and creative, challenging and reassuring, absorbing, satisfying and fun.
7 Things we’ll cover
What makes you tick, and what do you really want?
What do you value? What do you want in your next career, rather than what you think you can get?
What matters to you
Own the difference you want to make – and figure out how to start making it. Even if you’ve been taught or told, ’It’s too hard, too ambitious, or too unrealistic.’
Generating and genuinely testing career ideas in the real world (not on Google or via AI)
You’ll discover what’s possible (probably more than you imagined). You’ll explore ideas (even your most intriguingly ’out-there’ ones) through small but significant experiments. and reality -checking career change conversations with humans doing work you’re keen to investigate.
What’s holding you back
We’ll gently unpack your fears and doubts and challenge those limiting beliefs that can stop capable, clever, curious you from making a fulfilling career change.
Building your confidence as a capable human and successful career changer
Use a great structure to make an informed decision about the right career transition, map out the steps to get there and mitigate any risks and worries that might pop up along the way.
What we won't do
Loads of personality tests looking for quick answers to your career change dilemmas
CV rewrites and job interview rehearsing - but I can refer you to someone who can help
Find you the job you already know you want
Two ways I can help you change careers
The Career Change Deep Dive
What’s Included
6 x 1-hour weekly coaching sessions
Then 4 x 30-minute fortnightly coaching sessions
Plus 2-3 hours weekly spent completing reflective exercises and real-world missions
Because you can't change careers from behind your desk
Cost: 3 x monthly payments of $750 AUD (incl. GST).
The 90-minute plunge
1 x 90-minute session to figure out:
What's not working - get insight into what's changed for you
How to build a picture of what you do want in your next career
Where to begin - leave with 2 intriguing careers to explore
How to get cracking - map the steps to start exploring
Cost: AUD $395 (incl. GST)
‘Jo was so supportive and patient, particularly when I wasn't feeling confident.
Reflecting on my professional skills was simply our first step on an incredibly thorough process that gave me a deeper understanding of how I tick, including my values and belief systems.
She also nudged me towards drawing on the expertise of my established networks. To support my quest to become an end-of-life doula, I contacted people I knew in the health sector, in hospitals, and in palliative care. Now I'm connected to great organisations working in the areas of death and dying.’
— Sascha transitioned from Not-for-Profit Program Manager to End-of-Life Doula.
Hi, I'm Jo
As a CoachU, Careershifters & Firework Advanced Certified Coach since 2016, I provide grounded, evidence-based coaching that gets results. I've helped hundreds of professionals move into meaningful work that matches who they are.
All of us want to lead safe, supported, satisfying lives.
Helping humans find jobs that make a difference for people and the planet is a prime reason I became a career coach.
4-time career changer, so I truly get it. I’ve been where you are — feeling lost, anxious, and stuck in the career change spin cycle. I'll use everything I learned to help you work through that cycle and move into a satisfying career that brings you joy.
Deep roots in the Not-for-Profit sector. In eight fulfilling years as a project manager in the charity and community sectors, I managed multimillion-dollar charity fundraisers, evaluated a national program in paediatric hospitals and recruited and matched mentors for social enterprises.
Green by name and nature, I care deeply about the impact we humans have on each other and on our environment. As the mother of two small humans, how we shape this impact matters to me more than ever. A Sydney-based Brit, I’m known for being warm and approachable, and I bring that energy into my coaching.
‘Jo is a fantastic coach ...
... she strikes a perfect balance between pushing you outside of your comfort zone whilst helping you tackle personal barriers to move forward. The process Jo uses is not only fun, but it also gives you the confidence to explore career ideas you may not have even thought possible.’
— Hilary transitioned from market research to a portfolio career.
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Tell me why you want to change careers, where you are now, and what’s stopping you from moving towards it.
And I'll tell you how I can help make change happen.