Jelena is an award-winning coach, passionate about helping aspiring professionals thrive in the careers they love. An experienced professional with 25 years in international recruitment and education management, Jelena is CTI qualified, bringing together unique insights into how recruiters think and how personal coaches work.
Jelena is all about results and offers a unique combination of deeper level work based on her training and practice as a personal coach with the application of specific recruitment knowledge and skills.
Working in sales, business development, candidate selection, talent acquisition and managerial roles, from start-ups to University Career Service, to growing SMEs in Japan and the UK, Jelena has developed a strong business acumen and commercial awareness that allow her to coach clients from a variety of industries and seniority levels.
Having worked and lived in 3 countries, Jelena has developed experience in Asian, European, African, and Russian markets. She speaks 4 languages. Her understanding of cross-cultural differences and skills coaching allow her to identify key strengths and difficulties in candidates of any background. She is adept at helping clients identify their key strengths and weaknesses and guide them to develop their personal brand which is unique to them and will make them shine in interviews and throughout the selection process.
Specialities
Career direction + transition
Confidence
Interview coaching
Work-life balance
MBAs + Postgrad
Cross-cultural competence
Clients From
PWC
Oracle
UBS
Oxford Instruments
Nomura
Imperial College
Frontier Economics
Interests
Spiritual practices and meditation
Languages and cross-cultural competence
Fitness, Health, Dance
Reviews
★★★★★
“ I sought the advice of Jelena, Seven Career Coach, in May of this year. After spending several years following entrepreneurial ventures I was unsure of how to return to a more corporate career. Jelena was fantastic. She was able to help me identify the things that I enjoyed, valued and excelled at. Jelena challenged preconceptions I held and helped me work through them. The end result was a focussed, pragmatic and positive strategy for career advancement - a strategy that has already been successful. I will continue to work with Jelena on career progression and would recommend her without hesitation.”
Alex Hunte Digital Product Director, Tottenham Hotspur FC
★★★★★
“If you are even thinking about it – just do it, it’s worth it! I would recommend Seven Career Coaching and career coaching to everyone.”
Orla Career Change Coaching client From Finance to Relationship Manager
★★★★★
“Once I clarified my career goal through coaching, I worked on getting promoted and became department manager within 3 months.”
Andrew From Co-ordinator to Department Manager at Bottega Veneta
