Get to know our Employment Consultants.
Meet Paul, Sign for Work’s newest Team Leader. Paul shares what he believes makes a personable and supportive Employment Consultants.
How long have you been an employment consultant with SFW?
3 Months- Recently appointed Team Leader at the Collingwood office.
What attracted you to becoming a DES employment consultant/Working in DES ?
Having the ability to have a positive impact on people’s lives and using relationship management skills to influence people and help them to focus on what they can do. I enjoy mentoring participants and focusing on their transferable skills and working with employers to promote people’s strengths rather than their limitations and seeing them grow in confidence and self esteem as renter the workforce.
What are your qualifications?
Dual Diploma in Case Management and Employment Services and Graduate Certificate in Career Development.
What do you believe are your best trait/s when working with your clients?
Active listening skills and rapport building skills. Its important to understand what motivates people to make life changes like re-entering the workforce and tapping into that. It’s vital to be open minded and to have open dialogue with participants and make suggestions and brainstorm about potential work options for them even if it’s something they haven’t considered or mentioned before. Being transparent allows for trust to be built to work together effectively to establish short term and long-term goals
Tell us something interesting about yourself.
I compete in Para Powerlifting and have represented Australia in multiple international competitions over a 15-year period.
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