Manjula Bray has spent over 15 years recruiting individuals and training managers to be better interviewers and selectors. In this process, she became equally interested in supporting the people sitting on the other side of the desk: the candidates. She now also coaches and mentors those motivated to perform at their best in the selection process and in their career generally.
Today's volatile job market serves best, those who are prepared. Selectif offers tailored individual support (face-to-face and telephone) and open training courses in:
- CVs and application forms: the first step. Get the foundation wrong and you're out of the running.
- Interview preparation and practice: think like a recruiter and learn to anticipate questions and practice giving effective answers.
- Career Flex Workshops take you back to basics to explore your strengths and preferences to enable you to make decisions about the right career path for you. This process will involve some psychometric testing and/or personality questionnaires
- First 100 days: coaching geared to optimising your performance in a new role during that critical probationary period
- Career coaching: Helpful for job seekers returning to employment as a result of redundancy, long-term unemployment and career breaks. Also suitable for individuals keen to invest in their ongoing development and keen to improve their performance in work.
Testimonials
COACHING
“I felt very safe discussing difficult issues with Manjula. For instance, there was an occasion when anger and resentment were getting in the way of my relationship with my line manager. Manjula supported me in acknowledging those emotions and then planning exactly what I needed to address in my meeting with him. It meant I was aware of the emotions so I could set them aside and get the job done. I think that's what makes it so different from therapy - therapy would've looked at the emotion, but we looked at making a plan so that the emotion wouldn't derail me at a crucial time.”Equalities Officer, University
“Overall assessment is I am VERY impressed by how self-aware Manjula has helped me become and how she gives me the extra push to do something about areas that tend to weight me down.Finance Manager, Manufacturing
I am making progress in improving my management & delegation skills through my deliberate and focused attention. I am very proud of the positive recognition I am planning for my team project as well as how I handled the potential conflict situations recently with a member of my team.”
“I was impressed by your ability to listen - I was conscious that I told you quite involved stories at times with a lot of names and roles, and you showed, by repeating back, that you had actually understood my ramblings - very reassuring!University IT Manager
The thing that I really found both useful and uncomfortable (in a positive way) was not being given advice when I prompted for it - you were clear in asking me what I was going to do (or why I was going to do something) that kept me focused that it was a coaching session and not a chat.
It was also good the way that you kept the focus in a couple of tangible goals for me to achieve in the next session. We covered quite a lot of ground, which is good, and I'm feeling a lot happier and in control of my current situation - I am sure the coaching sessions have contributed to this.”
MENTORING
“Manjula was very helpful, calm and considered, and incredibly practical and pragmatic in identifying the need to address an immediate issue I needed help on which would have got in the way of discussing my longer term coaching needs.HR Professional
She helped me to identify my achievements and gave me confidence in my abilities. She was very objective and a great listener and made me feel that this was all about me - her use of words is very helpful/powerful and I left, very happy with the sessions.”
“The positive awareness raising and the interview technique/feedback - it really paid off! (She got offered the job!)”Human Resources Manager
“The sessions helped me to realise where I can focus my energies to improve my performance and potential.”Customer Services Team Manager
“Manjula was able to bring in new tools to help me to channel my ideas about how to handle current issues - I can see that with more opportunity to practice these tools, Manjula will be able to offer a range of solutions to suit her coachees' individual styles - developing skills that can be applied later also.”Customer Services Team Manager
“I like the approach Manjula takes of introducing new ideas/tools, explaining them and following-up with documentation to help me refer to these concepts later.”Customer Services Team Manager
WORKSHOP FEEDBACK
“Excellent workshop - really helped me to reflect on the issues. I feel much better prepared - ironically - even though I know now how much more work I need to do! Many thanks Manjula!”Senior partner in London-bases solicitors firm
“An eye-opener - I found all of it (bespoke interviewing skills workshop) really helpful.”Independent solicitor
“The workshop gave me an insight in interviewing techniques which I had no knowledge of.”In-house lawyer in public sector
“Thanks - I thought the training was very useful and surprisingly enjoyable even on a sunny Saturday!”
Comments from team members of an internal communications department:
“I very much enjoyed this course and found it quite inspiring.”
“An excellent tutor and very informative course. Shall return to work with improved confidence and awareness.”
“The trainer produced excellent reference guidance notes, pitched the course at a level to satisfy a team of differing grades/skill levels and made the event enjoyable Thank you!”
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