As a leading provider of IT training and skills assessment to the City, Optimum has been asked by many clients for a package of training and consultancy to assist people who need to re-skill, cross-skill or upskill. Working with Head Hand Heart, a specialist Career Change and Job Search consultancy, we can offer a variety of workshops, coaching sessions and training courses.

Where you are now

IT skills assessment Take our online, skills-based test to identify clearly your strengths and weaknesses in the use of IT, and use the full individual report to plan how to improve your marketable skills.

Business skills self evaluation This self evaluator challenges you to consider what you enjoy and what you don’t, so that you can build a plan to do more satisfying work in the future.

Where you want to be

Career development workshop Career consultants frequently think of candidates as re– skilling, cross– skilling or upskilling, and this workshop will help you decide what your next steps are.

Psychometric testing Our bundle of 3 psychometric assessments gives you a well-rounded insight into your strengths, motivation and abilities, which many view as being invaluable. The 2-hour face-to-face feedback session helps you interpret and use the information.

Getting to your goal

IT Training courses Choose from our extensive portfolio of technology courses to enhance your skills in any areas of Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Visio and more.

Jobsearch workshop Your CV is the biggest challenge standing between you and the job of your dreams, and this workshop will show you how to create a winning document. The workshop also covers jobsearch techniques, how to find opportunities through advertisements, networking and speculative applications.

Practice interviews A fundamental fact of the recruitment process is that often the best candidate doesn’t get the job – the person who gave the best interview does. Our service will help you to:

• Control your nerves and be confident
• Fly past the motivational– fit questions
• Have a communications plan to influence the interviewer
• Answer tricky and difficult questions I* nterview brillantly

We can build custom ’upskilling’ packages call us now for more information on: 020 7776 9876.