where would DH find a careers advisor that wasn't a school leaver one?

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He is stuck in a rut and wants some general advice and direction.

He is a graduate (1996) who has been working for the same employer for 12 years.

Thanks in advance - we can't seem to find anyone impartial for him to speak to

Up to a certain point, you can still return to your own or nearest university careers service. Sounds like he needs a life coach type person as well as career guidance.
when you find someone send them in my direction!
BUMP- good luck to him..

robinpud - I think you are right!

I will suggest he looks into the uni one though thanks!

A good friend of mine who felt herself to be in a similar position went and had a day with a colleague's brother who was a management consultant- not the same field,but had an understanding of my friend's role and setting. She used him to talk through options and felt that talking to a stranger allowed her to clarify what she wanted from life, priorities, long term goals and next steps. All a lot cheaper than the management consultant's life coach who charges £1000 a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You need a career/outplacement consultant.

see here for details of what they do and then google 'outplacement consultants' and career consultants' for details of companies that provide this. First chat should be free, then you would have to pay. cost will vary hugely.

If he's prepared to do a little bit of work on his own first (and if he's going to see a careers consultant that costs, it'd be worth it), I can recommend a book called What Colour is My Parachute (or it is probably Color as it's American). It's a workbook which helps identify your strengths/weakness and likes/dislikes to help you identify suitable careers

Find your local Connexions office. They do an adult version of connexions - something like Adult Directions IIRR.

Adult Directions Online

Also Learn Direct have online and telephone careers advisors, and possibly face to face locally.

thaks akll

just ordered him that book as a starting point

just wanted to say thanks for this - been trying to find something for my DH too (he wants to completely retrain after running his own business for 6 years)

Good stuff I found it really useful and now do something very niche but I enjoy it

Hiya, I'm a LD tutor and Next Step advisor...

Your DH should be able to get lots of info from careers website

the national adult careers advisory service is called Next Step www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/AdultLearning/DG_071762 There is eligibility criteria for getting an in depth face to face guidance interview, but anyone can access information and advice through them..

If you're in East Lancs I'd be happy to see him!

thats really helpful - thank you
I have bookmarked the pages and have also found 'next step north east' - as unfortunately we are not in east lancs

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have googled myers briggs and found some free versions!

also one of the sites recommended earlier to be brill - loads of tests etc to find out what suits you
many thanks

John Lees might be another author to consider.

Also worth having a look at www.careers-scotland.org.uk - it's a good website and has something called careersmatch on it which takes you through likes/dislikes etc. If you live in scotland adults can also use the service and get one to one advice/info.