Career counsellor Dr Jonathan Moy is a specialist in student career guidance (ages 16 yrs and above) and early-career guidance to workers (up to age 30 yrs). He has successfully helped shape the careers of hundreds of clients using a Purpose-Driven Career process, an effective and logical career design model based on refined assessment tools and techniques.

Counselling and consulting in Auckland since 2011, Jonathan relocated to Wellington in 2024, and is now available to assist you with one to one, face to face, career consultations to plan your future.

Looking for a clearer career path?
↪Student career guidance – If you are a student (secondary or tertiary) making big decisions about your career direction, we provide professional guidance to identify your skills, values, and personality preferences then help you match them to a purpose-driven career path.
↪ Early-career Career coaching – If you are a worker at a crossroad in your career and considering your options, we offer mentorship and practical careers advice to give you greater clarity in making a decision about the next step in your career path.

Do you need help looking for a new job?
↪ Job-search optimisation, C.V. development and Interview-skill training with a careers coach can help improve your chances of getting an interview and maximise your interview success. In the modern labour market, finding and building job opportunities has to go beyond agencies and search engines. There are techniques and strategies that a coach can assist you with, such as, how to identify potential employers, market yourself and proactively develop opportunities. Of course, a hard-hitting C.V. is critically important to being noticed when competing against dozens or hundreds of other applicants, and good interview skills will show you at your best.

FAQs

What is a career coach?

• As the client, you are always in the driver’s seat making the choices. A career coach is someone who rides beside you guiding your decisions with a box full of maps, travel guides, GPS, and knowledge of the terrain. A good career coach is trained and experienced at focusing on your present life and your future (rarely their past), intently listening and asking questions, helping you to understand where you are, helping you ‘think outside of the box’ and helping you to find out what where you want to go.
• A career coach is knowledgeable about how the human mind works and wise about how the world of work operates. With these tools a career coach connects you with a greater understanding of yourself with a realistic understanding of how you can find greater fulfilment and purpose from particular jobs and occuptions. Some coaches are more knowledgeable about certain occupations and demographics than others, but if you are looking at a possible complete career change, a coach with a broad general knowledge of all industries and occupations is important.
• Career coaching uses career assessments and exercises, focused discussions around specific goals, and open counselling to explore and tackle difficult obstacles or issues.

What is the benefit of seeing a career coach?

(1) The benefit of a career coach is having access to an objective results-oriented person who is non-judgmental, creative and a great listener. They can help you reframe your current life situation and make sense of how to proceed from where you are.
(2) You will gain greater knowledge of your strengths, skills, values, motivators, interests and personality style.
(3) You gain access to specialised career assessments and an expert interpreter of career assessment tools and exercises. You may have seen or even completed many online career tests but not benefited from them because you haven’t been able to apply them to your particular career issue. A career coach will offer you relevant and appropriate assessments and then formally reports to you on these assessments and assists you to interpret the results in a way that you can immediately apply to your career situation.
(4) A career coach gives you a formal process or method of analysing your career requirements and a systematic exploration of career options.
(5) You will gain greater clarity about your career decision and a clearer path about how to achieve your goals.

How many career coaching sessions will you need?

• Clients generally require an initial 2-hour session often followed up by a 1-hour session with a careers consultant to complete a full comprehensive assessment and reporting process

Feedback from clients:

“Jonathan’s career advice helped me to focus on the big picture in relation to my next career step. His advice has put me on track, working towards a job that offers real satisfaction. The tools used by Jonathan have also helped my self awareness, this has helped me inside and outside of my profession.” Jon S. LinkedIn testimonial

"Jonathan helped me gain valuable insights about me I didn’t even know myself. I first worked with him as a school leaver when my parent’s influenced me to seek a career coach before committing to University. I am very grateful for the personalised career guidance I received which actually resulted in a change in career path. I left feeling confident with a solid direction having steered through some uncertain waters! After 3 years and Bachelors degree later, I met again with Jonathan and with his help revising my CV and other advise I left feeling very motivated and prepared for the next phase of my career. I highly recommend Dr. Moy!" Tori C. Linkedin review

“After multiple sessions with Dr. Moy (“Doc”) I gained valuable insights into my behaviour and approach to many aspects of my life. I left feeling very motivated, prepared in a balanced way, for the next phase of “the plan”. I highly recommend Dr. Moy.” Gary H. Online testimonial

“I’m so grateful that I’m really well on track into realizing my goals for my career shift . . . all this wouldn’t have come to fruition at such a rapid rate if not for your guidance and support. I cannot thank you enough” Sherryl G. LinkedIn testimonial

"Thank you so much for all of your help over the past few weeks. I finally feel like i have a good direction and i am so excited to start my new career path. I will be recommending you to everybody. Thank you for everything" Sarah M. Client feedback

“I just wish to say thank you. You showed me a path that I was not aware existed and yesterday I was offered the Trainee Anaesthetic Technician role at North Shore Hospital!! I could not of achieved this without your help and guidance . . .” Nick G. via email

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