Come back to your goals. Find meaningful work and create a lifestyle that works around Defence service.
Are you the partner or spouse of a current-serving Defence Force member wanting to figure out your next career step or how to land that job role?
- A life of Defence service can be full and complicated!
- Moving house regularly on postings (not always to your preferred location!).
- Frequent solo parenting, if you’re a parent.
- Missed milestones, fewer dinner dates than you’d like (thanks, deployments).
But you have so much to contribute. And you deserve to be paid appropriately and to find the fulfilment you want!
If you’re feeling isolated, ignored or overwhelmed but know that it’s time to take action, our 1:1 personalised career support and coaching could be for you.
Defence life can disrupt careers and add to a feeling of isolation
Life as a Defence partner can make managing a career feel impossible… Like you’re starting over, again and again. Every posting can mean leaving behind your job, professional network and sense of career momentum.
You may have taken time away to raise children, support parents, or simply deal with all the Defence life projects (like housing, getting kids into schools, medical/NDIS management etc). Maybe you’ve found yourself explaining employment gaps to employers who simply don’t understand Defence life.
Career disruptions can mean more than: ‘Time to find a new job, again’. They can affect your confidence, financial independence and sense of identity.
The good news is that you’re not alone, and with the right support, your career doesn’t have to stop because Defence life takes you in a different (unpredicted) direction.
At Human Quotient Group, we understand Defence life because we’ve lived it. As a veteran and female-led certified social enterprise, we specialise in helping Defence partners build meaningful careers while navigating the unique challenges of military life.
Personalised support, from people who’ve lived the Defence life.
Our coaching…
combines practical career expertise with genuine understanding, giving you personalised support that’s grounded in lived experience, so you will:
- Have a champion by your side (this is a no judgement zone!).
- Be provided with space to process, reflect, think then act.
- Be supported however you need to create a resume, cover letter, bio and LinkedIn profile.
- Be connected to any organisations and networks our coaches know about so you can speed up your job seeking or business driving.
We’ll help you take steps to find yourself again, feel motivated and be ready to make progress.
Take the next steps on your career path and live the life you want.
Packages
Pick a package or design your own
Whether you need a complete career reset or simply want help polishing your resume before your next application, we’ve created flexible coaching options to meet you where you are.
Find your feet package
- 2 x 1:1 personalised 1 hour sessions to uncover your strengths, values, interests, skills and who you are and where you want to go.
- LinkedIn / online employment profile guidance or development.
- Local job market orientation: job search techniques and strategies for the region, including the hidden job market.
- Introduction to Defence partner communities and local connections.
- VIP access to our online webinars or private meetups.
- Assistance with applying for the Partner Employment Assistance Program, if you decide to use it.
Career restart package
- 4 x 1:1 personalised 1 hour sessions to uncover your strengths, values, interests, skills and who you are and where you want to go
- A career plan and practical action steps.
- Hands-on activities that will accelerate your progress towards your goals and reinvigorate your mindset.
- Access to an online learning platform that you can refer back to over and over again.
- Links to a whole heap of freely accessible tools and resources that we’ve tested and seen offer great results for Defence families.
- Referrals out where needed to trusted advisors if you need specialist advice (we won’t tell you we can help when we can’t serve you).
- VIP access to our online webinars or private meetups.
- Assistance with applying for the Partner Employment Assistance Program, if you decide to use it.
Fully loaded package
Everything in the Career restart package PLUS:
- 2 extra 1:1 personalised 1 hour sessions to uncover your strengths, values, interests, skills and who you are and where you want to go.
- Job search strategies and employment options advice, matched to hours/flexibility needs.
- Resume coaching and editing.
- LinkedIn / online profile advice.
- Review of your cover letter or selection criteria responses (up to 10 pages included).
- Tips to engage with the employers and explore today’s ‘world of work’.
- Personalised links to Defence and veteran networks and services in your local area.
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Our promise to you
At Human Quotient Group, we take a human-focused, strengths-based approach to every service or program we offer. We focus on wellbeing, as a foundation, and create a growth promoting environment where you can form deep connections with others. We’ll help you explore your options and create a pathway that aligns with your values and goals. We’re uber focused on wellbeing and connection among spouses in the ADF/veteran community.
As a certified social enterprise and veteran family business, we created these packages based on our experience with Cowork Coplay programs and based on our experience of Defence life and transition, and what spouses/partners have told us they need.
Our career coaches are qualified in career development, counselling and communication.