Your letter of instruction with a brief is sent via email – this usually outlines a client’s history (with dates), an existing or projected career, or an expected path. This comes with numerous market, vocational and/or remuneration questions requiring opinion.

‘m happy to discuss or provide a sample guide of questions I get asked regularly.

From that, a job analysis of that career is completed for reporting.  This involves market data collection, industry opinions, current and projected salaries and employment snapshots, as well any expected future trajectory.

A report is developed and sent back, usually within 2 weeks of contact.

Client Interviews

Client interviews are not always required, and if this is the case, reports can be succesfully completed from the supplied brief. However, when a client interview is required, it is arranged at a convenient time, day and place. One and half hours is a general rule of thumb for a session’s length.

Call or email to discuss your needs…

Career assessments, counselling and support can be a very cloudy area for much debate, particularly for its real world worth and practicality to an injured party, who can be stuck, avoidant and likely emotional.

The end point needs to be highly realistic and attainable, available and accessible. But most importantly – be seen by the injured person as a worthy job option for them to act on.

My experience comes from the value of knowing the real job market, and the potential entry points where an injured party can see themselves re-establish a ‘viable’ employment path again.

I often notice flaws in vocational opinions for injured individuals. Some reporting is overly simplistic, dismissive of options, or overlook the obvious. You have probably encountered many such examples yourself.

Let’s face it, the strike rate for an injured party to want to freely engage or go back to work before settlement – is slim. A pricey vocational report that summarises, ‘just go drive an Uber’ doesn’t really help.

So what then?

Give me a call or email and let’s chat.

I’m David McDonald a vocational workplace counsellor – a qualified occupational, careers and educational practitioner. View me on LinkedIn

For 20+ years I’ve advise on careers and workplace situations that are impacted by change, whether planned or unplanned. My range of client work spans across 16 different industries – in Blue, Orange and White-Collar sectors.

With around 2400 clients, I’ve built a wealth of workplace knowledge based on practical on-site experience from genuine industry relationships.

My thoughts…

Since I started completing Vocational Reports for law firms in Brisbane and now around the country. Like yourself, I’ve read hundreds of pages of medico-legal report documents and statements. Some of those expressing occupational views and touting salaries that were quite hit and miss. In the end, these well-intentioned professionals opined outside of their normal area of expertise – as this was all that was normally available.

This opens up questionable gaps.

Vocational career work is a highly skilled profession… and I am working hard to provide the most accurate, up-to-date, researched industry data and experienced workplace opinions available.

I am always happy to chat about a case prior to you requesting an independent report.

Call me directly – 0487 611 519 or email.