SMP is all about people, providing a friendly, personal service to help you unlock your career potential. We focus on developing your career to the next level, especially aspiring managers and executives or helping you achieve a complete change of career.

in addition to 1:1 Career Coaching, which can be face to face, over Skype or by telephone and email, we also offer our unique small group Career Change & Transition Masterclass unique 'How Colourful is Your Umbrella'Portfolio Career/Lifestyle and other specific workshops for plus an innovative online Career Transition E-course.

Most importantly, all of our career coaches have worked at management or senior management level, experienced redundancy and or significant career changes, so can empathise and support you from personal experience. We believe this is key to helping you achieve your career goals.  

We specialise in personalising individual career development programmes to meet the needs of a wide range of clients from young people starting out on their careers, graduates to senior managers and executives, those facing or having experienced redundancy or returning to work after a career break. We treat everyone as an equal and individual, as we are all unique!

Crucial for you, we have an enviable success record in helping people move their careers to the next stage whether up the ladder into management or executive level, through a major career change, into self employment or onto the first step of the career ladder!

Not at all, as we can support you by Skype, telephone and email plus we have an excellent online Career Transition E-Course, which can be accessed via a computer anywhere in the world. 

However, the majority of our clients are in the UK and SMP Solutions provide personalised face to face career coaching and development programmes for clients who live in London and the ‘Home Counties’.

Most of our clients live in and around London and M25, M3, M4, M40 and M1. We will visit you at a convenient location e.g. hotel lounge area or Regus business lounge where we can talk privately in a relaxed environment. We also have access to meeting rooms in Ruislip, Middlesex and Central London. We are not constrained by expensive office premises, so are highly flexible and will travel to you, if you are happy to pay for our expenses.

Many of our programmes can be run taking full advantage of modern technology, especially Skype video calls for more general Career Coaching, CV's and Interview Skills and these can also be beneficial to overseas clients. We can also tailor a programme to combine a mixture of face to face, Skype and telephone/email sessions, to maximise your time and budget. 

Following an initial free discussion we can determine the most suitable approach for your needs.

Whether it is due to being new to the job market or being in the ‘twilight years’ years of your career, everybody has something to offer by way of unique skills and varying degrees of life experience.

With the new default retirement age legislation, there will be many '3rd Age' career changers but remember you are never too old to change!

It is often your interests and out of work activities that can uncover some obvious but neglected skills and achievements that can make the difference to your job applications or for re-thinking your options for a career change.

For people considering self employment or interim management, maturity, a good track record and life skills are definite benefits.

We can advise you on how to do this using good layout, presentation and most importantly by selling yourself more effectively. This can be acheived through telephone, email or face to face appointments.

Whether you are a high flying executive, returner to employment, graduate or someone with a long career history, we will work with you to help promote your skills, experience, personal attributes and achievements to make you more marketable and get you to an interview! 

Self employment can be extremely rewarding but is not for everyone. If you are looking for a complete change, a new challenge and really want to be the architecht of your own future, then it could be just the tonic you need!

Portfolio careers are a way of earning income from a range of activities. These can be related or totally unrelated and can be a mix of employed and self employed or all self employed activities. To be a successful portfolio worker, you need to have some very definite values and behavioural traits.

We have significant expertise in both Self Employment and Portfolio Careers and can offer help through specific coaching or as part of a personalised career development programme.

There are usually a number of factors e.g. your CV is not selling you effectively so not working for you, you may be out of practice and lacking in confidence at interviews, not using your networks effectively or your values have changed and you are applying for the wrong jobs.

Often it is down to lack of focus, direction, self confidence, belief and effective self marketing. Our Breakthrough Career Development Programmes and full day Career Transition Masterclasses are a great way to tackle and overcome these barriers.

Interim Management is often a popular option for highly experienced professionals, especially following redundancy or as part of career change. Interim work is usually project based and for a period of weeks or months, often to cover for a senior member of staff who has left, maternity cover or to fill a skills gap in the organisation.

Unlike Consultancy, where the remit is usually to review and recommend, Interim work is ‘hands on’ implementation, often in a change environment and with line responsibility. Interims are expected to ‘hit the ground running’ and be specialists in their field.

Interims usually are expected to trade through their own Limited Companies but are sometimes employed on PAYE basis.

Interim Management can be very rewarding and a number of people have made a successful career out of it. However, it is very difficult to break into and there is no guarantee of work, so you need to consider your options very carefully before you devote too much time on this potential aspect of your career.

Most importantly, you are not alone. Many people get jobs through networking or progress through the ranks at organisations without ever having formal interviews.

SMP are expert at coaching you to win at interviews! We can help you prepare for different types of interviews, difficult interview situations and questions, strategies for dealing with personal negativity and coping with nerves, so that you sell yourself in a positive and confident manner to achieve to job you really want!

Yes, we can help with CV's, covering letters, interview skills and job search strategy and techniques.

We do find that most people like to have more than one session and we are experts in personal Career Development programmes to ensure you gain maximum benefit to achieve your career goals. Every person has different needs and we would establish the best way forward for you in our initial discussions.

Although it may not seem like it, everyone has options. This is very individual and ‘one size does not fit all’.

We use very specific exercises and analysis to establish your skills, attributes, achievements, values and needs, which make it easier for you to pin point the type of job, organisation or environment most suited to you. This can be achieved through personalised 1:1 Career Coaching or via our 'Move Your Career 'One Step Beyond' full day Career Transition Masterclasses.

Both offer you the opportunity to help make whatever transition you are looking to achieve. It is a matter of personal preference whether you wish to take a more personal route on a 1:1 basis, over a number of tailored sessions, or if you feel you would benefit from the energy, camaraderie, sharing of knowledge and experiences and fun resulting from the group dynamics.  

However, our full day Career Transition Masterclasses are only held a few times each year in spring and autumn plus based on demand. This popular event is exceptional value at roughly a third of the price of the equivalent 9 hours of 1:1 coaching you get with our Breakthrough Career Development Programme. There is a different emphasis which is geared to achieving the best possible results in a group environment.

Attending our Career Transition Masterclass followed up with with specific 1:1 coaching is a very powerful combination which will fastrack you towards your career goals! 

If you are unsure which option you wish to take, please contact us for a free career assessment to discuss your needs. This way you will get a real insight into our approach, how we can help you and the best way for you to move forward.

We offer a range of payment methods, dependent on the service or products you require. For ease of payment and security, our preferred method of payment is by credit or debit card using Paypal's secure payement processing facility. 

We can also take payment by electronic bank transfer (BACS) or in some instances will accept cash. Cheques can also be accepted for some services subject to time for clearance. We will agree the most suitable payment option when you make your enquiry or booking. Payment for all masterclasses and workshop events must be made in advance and we often provide attractive earlybird booking discounts a few weeks prior to the event.

The full range of our Career Development products and service prices can be found on the price guide which provides full details of prices for the majority of services for personal clients with the exception of our Executive Career Development Programme. As this is a completely bespoke service, price will depend on the programme that we develop with you.

Please call or email us for our range of services and prices for businesses.  

Travel time and cost will also be factored into fees, if working with you on a face to face basis outside of Central London or 10 miles from our base in Ruislip.

SMP Solutions pride ourselves on offering a highly professional, expert, value for money service for individuals. Coaching and development sessions are up to 1 hour by telephone or usually minimum 2 hours if face to face or Skype.

Our personalised Breakthrough Career Development Programme of minimum 8 hours career coaching, offers similar value to a Management or Executive CV with some well known CV writing companies and we can help write a successful CV for you as part of your programme!

The most important factor is your individual requirements and we will do our utmost to find a solution that meets your needs and budget.

Whatever your final expense it will be a small price to pay for investing in your future to find the job or career you really want!

If you are looking to advance your career, or returning to work after a career break or redundancy, you are likley to recoup your investment in a matter of weeks or months at the most but don't forget that your net gain in salary will be ongoing!