Our Team & Partners - Australia's Leading Experts Unite

Gillian Kelly - International Award Winning Resume Writer
With credentials in resume writing and personal branding and multiple awards in the international ‘Toast of the Resume Industry’ Awards, Gillian’s career advice and work are featured in books, career sites and software products globally. Gillian ensures our clients have world class marketing documentation guaranteed to generate interviews.  Gillian also works as a consultant in personal branding and resume writing.

Kathleen Alexander - Executive Career Coach
A highly skilled coach, Kathleen offers a cutting edge approach to career development, progression and planning through expert facilitation and state-of-the art assessments. She has worked with professionals across Australia helping them start fresh with a renewed sense of confidence after a redundancy. With a commercial background working with ASX listed companies, SMEs and Fortune 500 companies, combined with her coaching expertise Kathleen provides a wealth of resources for clients to tap into as they move forward.

Grant Mason, Change Leadership Specialist
Grant Mason comes with an impressive list of experience with leading edge companies including General Electric, Rio Tinto, Suncorp and a number of leading EPCM contractors. Incorporating best practice in HR management and employee relations, Grant is an experienced facilitator in the Change Acceleration Process and has had over 15 years of practical experience implementing various organisational change programs. Grant is a skilled facilitator certified in HBDI, a trained mediator and experienced presenter. As part of our broader outplacement service Grant provides best practice change mangement advice, designs communication processes, trains leaders in "survivor" training and advises companies in how to lead in times of transition.

Adrian Kelly - Contemporary Interviewing Specialist
Through his knowledge of behavioural interviewing, assessment centres and contemporary interviewing systems and innovations, Adrian has helped both applicants and employers alike in mastering the art of interviewing. Adrian has worked as a Training Consultant in Talent Selection Systems, HR and Change Management with leading organisations in FMCG, the resource sector, the finance sector, the construction sector, the health sector and the public sector. Adrian also works as a Private Interview Coach.

Cindy Hastings - Certified Advanced Resume Writer
Cindy Hastings is a career transition specialist with extensive experience obtained over 20 years service in government, private and community based organisations in HR management, training and development, competency profiling, performance management, recruitment and selection, and employment consulting. She is also an internationally ‘Certified Advanced Resume Writer’.

Gayle Howard, Master Resume Writer & Personal Branding Strategist
As a multi-award winning resume writer, published author and personal branding strategist, Gayle Howard has devoted almost two decades to transforming the careers of thousands and setting resume writing trends that have impacted the way employers think. An industry pioneer, Gayle was the first Master Resume Writer and Certified Expert Resume Writer in Australia—elite credentials still held by only a few worldwide. Published in more than 20 international career books, recipient of more than 20 awards, and a specialist in creating unbeatable value propositions for senior executives, Gayle’s writing is bold, authentic and triggers that must-have response in recruiters and employers.

Karen Borgelt, Organisational & Personal Development Expert
Karen Borgelt has more than twenty-five years experience delivering insightful training and consulting services to national and international clients. Educated in Australia and the USA, she has all but completed her PhD in Business, with an emphasis on leadership and management. What makes Karen different from others in her field is her ability to disseminate her wealth of knowledge of all things organisational in a way that is both personal and meaningful to each individual. As one of the country’s most experienced exponents of the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI), Karen is passionate about helping individuals to become all that they can be and has worked with a people from Board level through to the frontlines .

Jenni Proctor, Career Coach
Jenni Proctor combines a passion for career issues and Master of Career Development qualifications, with a strong background in management and education. Jenni’s clear communication and empathic style assist her clients to define their issues and clarify their thoughts, facilitating their self-understanding and recognition of the career actions required to reach their goals. Jenni is a Fellow of the Career Development Association of Australia and is a committee member and immediate past President.of CDAA Qld. She is also a Member of the Australian Institute of Training and Development. Jenni has been honoured by receiving four Australian Career Service awards.

Bruce Barbour - Assessment & Selection Specialist
Bruce has designed and implemented programs in selection and assessment, mentoring and coaching, talent and succession management to leading Australian businesses including QR Ltd, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Tarong Energy, Boeing, Raytheon Australia, Anglo Coal, Redlands City Council to name a few. Feedback from clients overwhelmingly acknowledges Bruce’s ability to engage participants and provide relevance to the content area.

Geoff Stanhope - Industry Program Facilitator
With experience leading HR, recruitment and selection and change leadership programs to industry leading ogansiations across the world, Geoff brings a down-to-earth facilitaion style and unparallaled industry insights that engage individuals in all industries. His training and consultancy background includes work with companies such as BHP, Rio Tinto, Newmont, Newcrest, Barrick, Oktedi, Xstrata, Elders, Tarong Power, Energex, General Motors, Holden, Port of Brisbane, The Elders Group, Ausenco, Bechtel, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Scherring, Boehringer, Aventis, Aspen..to name a few.

Nikky Rhodes, Recruitment, Resume and Interview Specialist
Nikky has international recruitment experience with some of the worlds largest global recruiters, successfully recruiting and assisting job-seekers across a diverse range of industries, at a multitude of levels. After 10 years in the industry she decided to transition her skills and experience into an area that she loves - people and writing. Since moving to Australia, Nikky has combined these passions and now specialises in Professional Resume Writing, Statements Addressing Key Selection Criteria, Cover Letters and Interview Coaching. Having worked as a recruiter with countless hiring managers in the public and private sectors, she has an understanding of what employers are looking for in a quality application and during an interview.

Carolyn Broomfield, Gold Coast’s Resume & Careers Expert
Carolyn, our Gold Coast based Careers Expert, leads an expert team of international resume writing professionals. Her impressive 93% conversion rate from resume to interview is testimony that she knows what works for Australian and international job-seekers. She was one of Australia’s first Certified Résumé Writers and Certified Employment Interview Consultants and is the Australian representative of the international organization Career Directors International and is also on the leadership team of the International Committee. As a member of the Career Directors International, the Career Management Alliance and the Association of Online Résumé and Career Professionals, Carolyn is always up-to-date with the trends affecting jobs, careers and business.

Wanda Hayes -Career Transition Specialist
With 20 years’ experience in career development, Wanda has worked extensively with a broad range of people in career transition. She has been continuously registered as a preferred provider of career development services with several large organisations for more than 10 years. An engaging and skilled facilitator and presenter of group programs, as well as a committed and caring individual coach and counsellor, Wanda encourages her clients to adopt a positive attitude and focus on new possibilities for their career future. Wanda frequently contributes to both print and electronic media as a career development expert, and delivers community-based programs, in addition to her work with corporate clients.

Tracy Dryden, Client Liaison Manager
Tracy is the glue that binds the team together at Outplacement Australia. With an unwavering smile Tracy handles the adminsitration and logistics of our national program and will go to any length to get our candidates the support they need when they need it!