From your first CV to Leadership - Career Coaching with Octavia Niekoop

Hello! I am Octavia Niekoop, and I strongly believe that everyone deserves to find their place in their career—where they can not only put food on the table, but also put their heart into what they do. With my experience, I can help you sell yourself with confidence in the job market, build a LinkedIn profile that speaks for you, and become a professional who brings real value to the teams you are part of. With experience in renewable energy, educational and entrepreneurial projects, I offer career coaching, vocational counseling, and workshops that inspire and transform. Let's work together — so you can get the job you want and feel truly in control of your professional path!

Do you feel like you've reached a point where your career needs a new direction, clarity, or energy? Career coaching helps you better understand your values, define your goals, and regain confidence in your own potential. Whether you want to make a change, evolve in your current role, or find a balance between your professional and personal life, this process is about you, your choices, and how you can build a career that truly represents you.

You know, back in the day, people would open the newspaper, "Romania Libera" or "Anuntul telefonic," on the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in hand, circle the printed job listings with a marker, make a phone call, and if the job was still available, go to the interview with a printed or handwritten CV. That's what the job market looked like. Somehow, you could "get your hands on" it. That newspaper was tangible, it was physical.

Now... now WHERE is the job market...? How/where do you quantify it? How do you "get your hands on" it? I'll tell you... you put your hand on the mouse. And you click. And you put your hand on the phone and swipe and scroll and apply. With one finger. And it, the market, is on the internet, in the ether, in the cloud, invisible and digital, and yet so visible on job platforms. A jungle!   

What packages do we offer:

The job interview - Prepare yourself for much better salaries and jobs that suit you/pers

You know, back in the day, people would open the newspaper, "Romania Libera" or "Anuntul telefonic," on the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in hand, circle the printed jobs with a marker, make a phone call, and if the job was still available, they would go to a physical interview, not an online one, with their CV printed or handwritten. Now the first interview is usually online, on Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, with fake backgrounds (but that doesn't bother us anymore), sometimes with background noise from a drill—sorry, the neighbors are renovating. How do you convey your value on the other side of the screen, on the other side of Zoom? How do you make sure you intervene when you need to, how do you connect and build relationships?  Leaving digitization aside, when was the last time you went to an interview? How much experience do you have in answering situational questions? How do you ask them how much the salary is?  

What you will gain from this program: 

• You will learn the difference between open-ended and situational questions
• The STAR method, role play, how to conduct an assessment
• Difficult questions and appropriate answers
• Unanswerable questions/creative questions like those asked by Google or Adobe
• How do we find out the salary?
• The price includes preparation for two interviews (at a maximum interval of six months)

Mini CV guide - Personalized voice guide, directly on your WhatsApp/pers

This product consists of sending personalized voice guides from the career counselor to each client on WhatsApp, with information about: 

• Creating/reforming your CV
• Training/instruction on digitizing your presence on the
• job market
• Strategy for searching for a job on the job market
• Updating your LinkedIn profile (and other platforms)
• Preparing for interviews
• Job references

Strategy and Tips & Tricks on LinkedIn - Voice guide, directly on WhatsApp/pers

How would it be:

• Knowing how to prepare yourself in this digital age?
• Knowing how LinkedIn and its algorithm work?
• Having a professional profile on job sites. Finally being up to speed and having nothing to worry about?
• Using a connection strategy that will bring you the long-awaited DM and interview invitation

What you will get:

• Updating your profile photo and banner;
• Changing your platform settings and job search settings;
• A strategy for growing your network of strategic contacts in Human Resources and industries relevant to you;
• Understanding the LinkedIn algorithm and SSI score.

Sell yourself on the job market - Practical guide to personal branding and career in the digital age/pers

What you will get:

• CV creation/reformatting
• Training/instruction on digitization in the job market
• Job search strategy
• Updating your LinkedIn profile (and other platforms)
• Interview preparation
• Job references

We consider that practical Experiences are the essence of great memories so we invite you on our blog to read about the advantages of purchasing an experience rather than a material gift.

Details of the experience: 

• Location: online
• Experience for one person

Important to know:

• The experience is available subject to availability (a reservation is required in advance)
• The voucher is valid 12 months for 1 person