Pillar

Early Career

Learning key skills and mindsets early sets an individual up to prosper throughout their working life. It also sets them up to be positive contributors in your organisation at the earliest possible stage.

Over 58% believe that development in their career is a must-have from the employer, they are likely to leave without it.

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Intro

We learn to ride a bike early in life so that we have that important skill for the rest of our life. In the same way, developing key skills and mindsets in your early career cohort at the outset means that they are set-up to prosper in their career.

For your business, it’s most cost effective to invest once and early in the development of staff to hone a skill or mindset. For the staff member, it sets them up from an early stage to be a positive contributor in your team or organisation.

Example
Program

Whilst we frequently deliver one-off or multiple sessions to slot into existing programmes, the following is an example of an Early Career Programme we can run for your business. This example program is based on a three-year Early Career Programme, and all modules 2-3 hours in duration.

Year 1

Building Solid Foundations

Module 1

Creating Powerful Motivations

Module 2

Learning to Choose Self-Belief over Self-Doubt

Module 3

Developing a Growth Mindset

Year 2

Communicating to Connect

Module 1

Understanding Emotional Intelligence

Module 2

Presenting with Impact

Module 3

Delivering your Message

Year 3

Getting Ready to Launch

Module 1

Making Wise Career Choices

Module 2

Taking Care of Relationships

Module 3

Taking Care of Me

Program Outcomes

Your early career cohort have an increased ability to learn quickly, adapt and respond to challenges.

You see an enduring motivation in your early career cohort, leading to a positive, can-do and solution-orientated attitude.

Your early career cohort trust themselves and are willing to take on more responsibility thus freeing your more senior staff up to focus on strategically important work for the business.

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Testimonials

"What is great about working with John is he creates an open, safe space for people to share without putting pressure on, if people do not feel comfortable to do so. Having come from the corporate world himself and experiencing an early career programme, John understands the challenges our people face and can relate to them."

"What is great about working with John is he creates an open, safe space for people to share without putting pressure on, if people do not feel comfortable to do so. Having come from the corporate world himself and experiencing an early careers programme, John understands the challenges our people face and can relate to them."

“I worked with John as I was moving into a leadership role. He helped me define and set my leadership vision, challenged me where he knew I could do more & asked all of the hard questions! If you need some help defining your vision for the future or support in identifying areas in which "pivots" are needed, I would really recommend working with John.”

“Great communications skills session with Prosper with John. John was a great moderator that got everyone engaged. I received great feedback from the team after the session and I can see people employing these skills in their day to day activities.”

“I worked with John as I was transitioning into a new role and the support that was provided was invaluable. John helped me structure my thoughts, set achievable goals, held me accountable and, above all else, challenged me to push myself. I would highly recommend his services to anyone that is looking for support in their career development regardless of job type.”

"John's sessions enabled me to focus on the smaller details of communicating to a larger audience that I would have otherwise neglected. These small details, in my opinion, make the difference when it comes to an effective presentation. As a result of John's sessions, I feel much more confident to communicate to a group on any topic (with a little preparation of course!)"

"John has a lovely manner and approach which got everyone involved, and facilitated very effective working sessions. Communication in advance of the sessions and throughout the days onsite was seamless, which made the process run smoothly and stress free."

"We have had the pleasure of working with John over a number of years, where he participated as a panellist and seminar host at several of our gradireland events. John is an accomplished, passionate speaker, with a natural ability to command the attention of his audience. As a genuinely warm character, he has an openness which is very well received by audiences fortunate enough to learn from his insights and experiences."

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the optimum group size per session?

As a general rule, the smaller the group the better.

We cater for all group sizes.

What is the better way to deliver a session, in-person or virtually?

Where both are available, in-person tends to be best. We cater for in-person and virtual sessions, as well as a hybrid of the two.

What follow-up do you do with early careers cohorts?

Follow-up is a brilliant way to cement learning. We always encourage running follow-up sessions with groups to check-in on progress made and help them to find solutions to any obstacles being experienced.