Are your final-year curates feeling confident about applying for their Post of First Responsibility?
Are your clergy mid-ministry clear about how to apply for their next post?
Are they well informed about where to look for jobs and who is there to help and support them?
Can they clearly articulate the kind of priest they are and identify their transferable skills?
"With an increasing number of clergy posts involving interviews we felt it important to offer appropriate training to clergy considering a move. The Moving On course brought people up to date with current practice in writing CVs, in understanding how to identify gifts and skills and how to marshall these to best effect. Participants can now write a skills and talents focused CV and confidently approach an interview aware of what they distinctively bring to any prospective role. I would recommend this excellent course without hesitation."
Rev John Thomson, Director of Ministry, Diocese of Sheffield
At 3D we have a rich experience of working with a large number of clergy over ten years. Like you and the colleagues you meet, they often feel very unconfident about making the move from one post to the next.
"The training day really did turn my whole thinking around about what was the right approach for an interview...Instead of going in with some idea of presenting what I thought they would like to hear, I went in hoping that they would meet me as I am...and as a result I dared to tell them "the story of a church" that I had written as part of the presentation - which was about as authentically "me" as anything could possibly be.
So, I know that their decision to invite me to be their priest is based on reality - which is a hugely helpful place from which to begin to think and pray into the next chapter of ministry."
Kathryn Fleming, Diocese of Gloucester
Call Claire on 0845 458 0154 or email info@3dcoaching.com to talk about how we can meet the needs of your clergy as they prepare to move on. This can be through one to one work or through running events for groups.
"The quality of your work was first rate at every level and visibly surpassed any diocesan training we have received so far. Every aspect of your coaching will be useful to me in my pursuit of a post of first responsibility: Thank you for giving 110% - it really showed. I would also be grateful if you would pass on my thanks to Sarah for her advice. That too was valuable and insightful. I also appreciated your kind offer to offer comments on applications we make in the future, which I plan to take advantage of in the summer."
Curate, Oxford Diocese
"I wanted to say how very useful the work Claire did with us 'Oxford Curates' was. The interviewers commented on the way I was able to respond with an explanation of 'theory' and then tell a story or provide some actual experience to back it up. And your advice was most helpful in approaching the interview too as I practised saying aloud answers to some of the obvious questions like 'Why have you applied?' as you suggested, and that shifted me from utter incoherence to the point where I was able to speak without undue diffidence.
It would be true to say that your's and Diane's help transformed how I filled in the application and responded to the questions and has undoubtedly played a big part in my getting the job of Rector." Elizabeth Moxley
