Greece
Ι am a devoted Career Counsellor and CV Writer and my mission is to help people find their ideal career, by engaging in assessments to discover their skills, interests and personality. As with the explorers from another era, a journey career is driven from within: ▸For some, a professional career is a destination. From the very start, the goal is to achieve some level of proficiency in the chosen field of work. The destination can be a role, a company, a level of achievement, or other specific and measurable goal. ▸For others, a professional career is a journey. From the very start, the goal is to experience work from a variety of perspectives in the field. The journey can be different companies or organizations within a big company, job types, geographies, or other varied aspects of the profession. Either a DESTINATION or a JOURNEY, I can help you achieve your professional objectives through the lens of an adventurer or explorer. I feel privileged to have served people through career counselling acquire a clear understanding of their next career steps and focus on their career path. My motto: ➥ “If you have a dream, leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.” My professional interests include innovative forms of interventions in career counselling, psychometrics, and HR evaluation and recruitment.
➢ Provide personalized career guidance to students with special educational needs, helping them identify strengths, interests, and career aspirations. ➢ Collaborate with teachers, therapists, and families to develop individualized career plans and monitor student progress. ➢ Organize workshops, presentations, and activities that introduce students to vocational pathways, workplace skills, and job readiness. ➢ Support students in gaining practical experience by coordinating internships, apprenticeships, and workplace visits. ➢ Assist students in preparing resumes, job applications, and developing interview skills appropriate to their abilities. ➢ Maintain communication with local employers, training centers, and community organizations to expand career opportunities for students. ➢ Encourage students’ independence, confidence, and self-advocacy as they prepare for transition to adulthood and the professional world.
➢ Conduct interventions and advise students to select the right schools or programs according to their educational needs and career goals.
➢ Managed administrative issues for test development projects (Career Interest, Personality, and Aptitude Tests). ➢ Run research on scientific content and provided consultation and collaboration on all aspects of test design, scope, and development, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility. ➢ Designed and executed testing measures procedures during standardization process of tests based on quality assurance criteria. ➢ Collaborated closely with the Management and with the Scientific Officer to support the smooth flow of research operations. ➢ Conceptualised and orchestrated the entire project for the integration of the test platform with the company's ERP system aiming to streamline operational processes and maximize time/cost efficiency. ➢ Developed a detailed project plan to monitor progress and measure project performance with the use of project management tools. ➢ Coordinated internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of test construction processes and ensure that all projects are delivered on-time. ➢ Developed, edited, and updated technical and user manual documents, presentation files, and reviewed generated reports for all psychometric tests. ➢ Conducted training sessions for Career Counsellors and business partners in the use of psychometric tests and analysis of test results. ➢ Established and maintained positive relationships with clients and vendors and respond to inquiries upon technical issues. ➢ Monitored online test platform operation, perform testing, and communicated with management teams and developers to resolve any issues.
➢ Advise management on the administration of human resources policies and procedures. ➢ Identify future hiring needs and developed job descriptions and specifications. ➢ Manage recruiting process, training and management of personnel.
➢ Accountable for organising and coordinating office administration and procedures by developing and implementing office policies and setting up procedures and standards to guide the smooth operation of the office. ➢ Prioritised workflow judging by hierarchy importance, task importance, and confidentiality issues, ensuring organizational effectiveness and coordination all departments at a supervisory level. ➢ Performed a variety of administrative and executive support related tasks, acting as a liaison between departments and as a point of contact for customers and partners, represented and established business relations with B2B and B2C clients. ➢ Ensured office operations and procedures are organised, allocated and assigned tasks to subordinates and monitored their performance by providing them adequate coaching, training and guidance. ➢ Conducted interviews to filter candidates for open positions and organised induction programmes for new employees in close collaboration with the HR and the Management. ➢ Detected opportunities, analysed problematic situations and provided relevant solutions to ensure sustainable operation. ➢ Provided suggestions for improvement and organizational support in general; worked closely with the senior management team on special projects and ad hoc tasks as required. ➢ Streamlined administrative procedures by developing and maintaining office administrative systems (CRM, GDPR filling, and billing & invoicing systems) to optimise the existing ones.
➢ Contributed to the implementation of the office’s marketing strategy. ➢ Cultivated business relations with stakeholders, suppliers and associates, negotiate agreements with strategic partners to increase corporate brand awareness and organised the participation of the office at career fairs, workshops and special events. ➢ Coordinated activities for the completion of ad hoc marketing projects. ➢ Created social media and blog content. ➢ Developed mailing lists for custom e-mail marketing campaigns. ➢ Coordinated the production of print and digital marketing material (business cards, brochures). ➢ Kept management informed by summarising information, analyzing Customer Service and Sales KPIs and generating special reports for effective decision-making. ➢ Trained marketing assistant on company’s marketing tools.
➢ Contributed to the development of training materials and curriculum for LinkedIn Training Seminars / Workshops, combining modern career development theories and tools. ➢ Ensured that curriculum is delivered professionally and effectively to groups or individuals, with the aim to meet desired learning objectives. ➢ Acted as a working alliance with participants to increase their active knowledge about personal branding on LinkedIn. ➢ Built the capacity of participants to deploy a range of skills that improve their career management though LinkedIn. ➢ Used appropriate training methods per case (mentoring, on the spot training, professional development sessions). ➢ Prompted participants to additional resources to meet their professional development needs. ➢ Related to participants about their professional and personal aspirations, studies, career options and skills for success in work and life. ➢ Prepared LinkedIn profiles.
➢ Observed career counselling interventions, administrated career tests to senior and junior high school students, processed data and generated detailed reports for use in career counselling interventions under the supervision of the Senior Career Counsellor. ➢ Participated in the translation and adaptation of a specially designed questionnaire to assess career counsellors’ skills deficits in vocational counselling aiming to optimize and improve counseling services provided to NEETs (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). ➢ Contributed in the creation of seminar materials and conducted lectures to postgraduate students in major Greek private educational institutes in the areas of professional development and job search techniques (job skills, curriculum vitae, interview etc.). ➢ Actively involved in personnel selection processes on behalf of international and local corporate clients including CV screening and generated detailed reports based on profile assessment tools. ➢ Attended internal seminars for educational purposes on career counselling and got certified for the use of personality assessment and career tests. ➢ Provided secretarial support, handled office correspondence and created marketing material for career guidance activities in the framework of collaboration with the Institute of Vocational & Career Guidance (IEPAS).