“I booked a career consult to see Sylvia when I found myself at a crossroads in terms of my career. I felt quite overwhelmed with the complexities of inter-related issues in my life that were impacting on my future career direction. I carefully chose Sylvia as my career coach, knowing her reputation within the Career Development Industry as an effective and personable practitioner. Sylvia exceeded my expectations. I loved that Sylvia adopted a holistic and individualised service model. Upon meeting Sylvia quickly established rapport and set clear boundaries of her role, conveying how the session would unfold. Using the report generated from the New Directions Software that I had completed prior to the session Sylvia facilitated the effective exploration of my interests, passions, skill sets alongside my life experiences to date to help me uncover the various alternatives and assist me to craft my future career direction and set about making a plan to realise the future that I wanted to create. Sylvia displayed great empathy during the session when I discussed experiences of a sensitive nature that have significantly impacted on my life in general and possible career choices. She probed further where necessary to assist in untangling the interconnected issues and used effected summary and paraphrasing to clarify her understanding of my unique situation which helped me greatly to feel heard and understood. By the end of the session I had clear idea of the options open to me and the starting of a strategic plan to move forward towards my top priority. This year I will embark on my master studies towards crafting my future career. I can say with confidence that Sylvia is a key contributor in assisting and facilitating my journey to this point. For this, I am truly grateful and would have no hesitation in recommending Sylvia to you as an effective, dedicated, professional and people centred practitioner who always has her clients at the forefront of everything she does.”
— Christine Bryant, Perth, Western Australia
“I have known Sylvia from the beginning of her career as a professional Career Advisor and more recently as a colleague at the University of Western Australia. Sylvia is a very experienced and professional careers advisor and coach. Feedback from students and staff was always extremely positive and she was a valuable member of the careers team. Once Sylvia established Career Craft I was very happy to refer clients too her.”
— Diane McLaren, Manager of the Career Service, University of Western Australia
“Engaging in one-on-one coaching is a ‘must-do’ for women seeking to move into the next stage of their career. Sylvia works with clients in a way that is both deeply reflective but that it also practical and leads to a concrete plan of action. My coaching sessions enabled me time out to properly consider my priorities, strengths and opportunities - so much so that we developed a logical path forward that led to me redefining what I wanted from my work life and securing my next senior leadership role.”
— Lisa Cluett, Communications & Outreach Director USAsia Centre Perth, Western Australia
