Success stories

Professionally, I’ve had the honor of meeting Tedy twice. The first time was in Sofiyska voda where Tedy was a Client Services manager. If I must describe Tedy with one word it would be “assertive”. I learned this concept on one of the many professional trainings we attended and since then when I hear assertive, I think of Tedy. She is someone who can stand up for herself and reach her goals. This was the quality that brought me back to her after 15 years of professional experience with one employer.

After I quit my job, I was at career crossroads I never experienced before. I didn’t have a proper CV and even worse – I haven’t used the CV I’ve had, because I have never applied to a job opportunity outside of my 15-year career. Not to mention motivation letters and other job search related documents. Now what?! I thought of Tedy – I knew she is a career coach and I placed my trust with her.

Tedy helped me not only with the document preparation, but she also advised me on my future career direction and the job search process. In my opinion, she offers a unique service, a service you can’t get anywhere else. There are numerous recruitment agencies that take your application, promise you 101 things and, in most cases, don’t deliver.

Tedy’s approach is tailored to the individual needs of each of her clients. Her most valuable contribution is that she manages to zoom in on the most important and relevant professional skills and achievements. She advises and assists in every step of the job search process: document preparation, suitable positions selection, application, interview preparation, lessons learned, and follow-up action plans.

If you are looking for a new professional opportunity and don’t know how to prepare in the best possible way, Tedy is your person – she knows. Enjoy the journey!

At a point in my career where I have been doing what I liked for quite some time, I decided I needed career change. I started looking at job ads and realized that the interview invitations and job offers were similar to my current role and I wanted something different. Then, I “accidentally” read a success story of a person whom Tedy consulted and decided I would contact her for professional guidance.

We did a career coaching course and the 2 different personality tests and their analysis turned out to be the most important for me. Discussing the test results, I was further convinced that the next career step would be suitable and satisfactory for me. Tedy made me think not only about my skills and experience, but also about my personal qualities and interests and how to emphasize on them.

As a result, she changed the structure of my CV to focus on the relevant experience for my new career field. Experience I had acquired more than 10 years ago. With the tailored motivation letter Tedy put together, I began to proactively seek out opportunities, as well as to apply for open positions. Within a month, I received a job offer that matched my criteria and accepted it. The resourceful ideas and non-standard options for discovering new opportunities Teddy suggested made me feel relaxed and confident during the change process.

I recommend Teddy as a career consultant and coach to everyone who wants a professional change and needs to confirm “their place” and the needed guidance to get to it. I am confident that using Tedy’s individual approach, expert skills, and up-to-date information on different industries and companies, you will make it faster and easier to your career goal.

I made a quick decision that I would like to change my job after 10 years in the same company. I didn’t know Tedy personally, but knew about her career coaching services and decided to get in touch.

She created me a CV for the company and the position I wanted to apply for focusing on my strengths. Two days after applying, I’ve had a phone interview, followed by an invitation for a personal interview. Tedy responded on a very short notice, prepared me for the interview, supported me and believed in me at a time I didn’t believe in myself.

In a month, I start in my dream company!

Thank you, Tedy.

I reached out to Tedy at a personal and professional crossroad. It was hard for me to redefine my career path and to connect it meaningfully to my personal life.

After many spent in one organization, my head was full of questions – where to now. Change is difficult and even though I consider myself capable and goal-oriented, I needed a push in the right direction. Tedy was gave me exactly what I needed.

I got in touch with her and provided somewhat disorganized explanations as to what I am looking for – or what I thought I was looking for. She managed to comprehend the important points and we started working on specific ideas and actions.

For a very short period – 4 coaching sessions – we had established the foundation and launched the search process. I enjoyed quick results, because – as a result of the conversations, analysis and consultations with Tedy – I was able to aim right and to avoid the multiple sampling errors.

Tedy – I would like to thank you once again for the time, the tailored approach, and the engaging way with which you make your coaching partner do the necessary soul searching and answer the important questions. On top of being a true professional, you are also a wonderful person – always ready to listen, empathize, advise, and coach.

I got in touch with Tedy, because I needed a career consultation. Even though my professional experience was quite rich and diverse, it lacked focus and clarity regarding my next career step. I was impressed with the number of ways Tedy was able to assist me – from coaching sessions, through CV preparation, and support with the job application process. The most valuable component, though, was the personal touch – that feeling that someone is personally engaged with your success. This is what the name of the service stands for: PersonalHR – a professional who is on your side throughout the career shift or the job hunting adventure.

We started the process with coaching sessions that helped us clarify my professional focus. Based on the sessions’ outcome, Tedy prepared a focused strengths-based CV. Then, her broad network and recommendations came into play. As a result, I rather quickly managed to get a job offer in one of my target companies.

I am very grateful for Tedy’s support and I am glad that I can count on her if I need career coaching in the future.

Good luck, Tedy!

When the time comes to get your career to the next level, i.e. senior/executive management, you need to stop and reflect first. I was in similar situation recently, but went straight ahead with overconfidence. After a major failure to secure a top position that I thought was tailored for me and for which I was certain I was going to be down-selected (I am so great, you know), I was forced to do that reflection. What did I go wrong? Well, I failed to answer that question, so I followed the advice of wiser people and contacted Tedy, who was highly recommended to me.

After one call and two emails we had a road map on how to tackle my problems (yes, she had already pinpointed several of them) Destiny, as usual, came up with a different plan and I was contacted for an interview before we started executing the road map. With just a couple of days heads up, we met with Tedy for an interview preparation. She did her homework very well, even on a very short notice – just one day, and had dissected the case into such detail! That is how good she is.

At the meeting we went systematically through all aspects of the job, potential interview traps and pitfalls, my strengths and weaknesses, but most importantly we did a complete rehearsal with invaluable feedback from her.

I cannot recommend enough how important it is to calibrate yourself with a career consultant, especially if you have not been to interviews recently and even more importantly – if you are aiming to a higher level compared with you current position.  I cannot think of a better career coach than Tedy. It is an investment that pays off in no time and has a lasting effect.

Tedy and I met via a common acquaintance when I was in search of my next professional challenge. After a few discussions about my application documents and career goals, we defined the potential development areas and devised a strategy on how to approach them. She helped me with the relevant positions and companies selection as well as with personal recommendations to her broad network. Tedy’s approach is dedicated and fully compliant both with my requirements and capabilities as well as with the condition of the labor market.

Thanks to her professionalism, responsiveness, and contact network, in short time – we achieved tangible results. I am impressed with her creative approach – characterized by individual analysis of her clients’ competencies and the intersection with the actual opportunities, as well as with her open and friendly communication manner.

I would recommend Tedy’s expertise, commitment, and support to everyone in search of career change or career development.

Tedy is friendly, positive, and smart and above all – a very experienced and skilled professional. With a few well-structured and professional coaching sessions she managed to get to know me and to help me find the intersection between what I can do and what I want to do. Despite the initial hiccups with changing my professional environment, without sacrificing the hierarchical level I had already achieved, she continued to be resourceful, creative, and persistent.

The skill-based CV, her hard work and large network, the job interview preparation and her constant desire to help led us to achieving our goal – I started working in the field I wanted and negotiated the package I targeted.

I will always be grateful.

I found Tedy online when I decided I need a career coach to assist me with a career development plan. I wanted a professional point of view for several career components: job type, working environment, type of company, corporate ethics and atmosphere. I didn’t have clarity on any of my career goals at the time – neither the type of positions I was interested in, nor the type of companies, not even the field.

Tedy’s approach was very professional and friendly at the same time. We’ve had several well-structured coaching sessions, in which she assisted me in identifying my professional skills, what motivates me, and what contributes to my professional success. In short – she helped me answer some very important career questions.

We created an action plan and Tedy was right by my side when it came to the execution (she has exceptional insight and network in the IT industry in Bulgaria) and she still is.

I highly recommend Tedy to everyone who is looking for career coaching, career consulting, or assistance in finding their professional compass.

I approached Tedy at a stage of my career when I was in serious need of structure and (re)setting of my professional compass.

I would like to stress on the fact that I approached the career coaching sessions with clear focus and willingness to be completely honest both about my expectations as well as the career barriers I’ve been building up to this point.

In the following coaching sessions, I managed to define my inner limits and to overcome them. Thanks to Tedy’s guidance, I succeeded to identify the personal motives behind my current and previous career choices.

My work with Tedy helped me re-gain my confidence, see the future from a fresh perspective and, most importantly, myself in that future.

I would whole-heartedly recommend career coaching with Tedy not only to the people searching for new professional challenges, but also to the ones looking for an impulse in their current career.

I met Teodora in early 2016 when I realized I needed a career change.

I have recently completed a Master’s degree in International Marketing and worked for my then-employer since high school. Although my position back then didn’t have much to do with my studies, it was a result of consistent effort and several promotions, hence – it was of special value to me. At this point of my career, my professional ambitions and needs didn’t match what the organization had to offer and I started to look for new opportunities. A difficult decision for me, as I am not much of a change-prone person.

I launched a process of futile writing and editing CVs and cover letters, researching employers and their job ads, a process that lasted several months. The situation in the company I worked for slowly became unbearable and I didn’t want to leave before I had a new job. It was then, a friend of mine recommended Teodora – and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for that once again.

I contacted her and on our first talk I knew she is not the typical career consultant – asking standard questions, but a person who would focus on the best way to achieve my career goal. Our work together fueled my ambition – if she believes in you, you inevitably begin to believe in yourself, and boosted my confidence that I’ve made the right decision and I will eventually reach my goal.

After less than a month, there was a suitable job opening in one of my target companies. I applied and I got invited to a job interview 2 days later. I went to the interview confident and prepared, got through two more interviews, and at the end of the process – received a job offer and accepted it.

I am confident in my abilities, but besides confidence you need the support of a person who knows how to present and promote you. Teodora, besides being an incredible professional, is also an excellent psychologist who supported me throughout this process. If needed, I would use her services again and I’ve already recommended her to my friends.

Thank you, Teodora!

I have been working in the financial industry for 10 years and I needed a change – a new challenge and professional motivation. I shared my professional goals with a friend and she told me about Tedy and her career consultation knowledge and skills. I knew my next career step, however, I haven’t been on a job interview for 10 years and I needed career consultation and advice.

Tedy put together a new CV, focusing on the skills relevant to my new professional area, and updated my LinkedIn profile. She gave me lots of valuable tips on job interview behaviors, what questions I could expect, and how to react. We did a role play where she put me in different situations and asked the hard questions. After this role play preparation, I felt ready and went to the job interview calm and confident. The results quickly followed. We did it with the first interview and the job offer I received satisfied my requirements completely.

The meeting and the discussions with Tedy were very pleasant, as well as productive. She is the type of person whom would like to keep in contact with, always a pleasure to talk and share.

When I talk about my career shift experience, I always recommend Tedy – I am sure she would be able to provide the needed career consultations and to assist with new professional choices.

Thank you, Tedy, for your support and valuable advice!