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Dr Alicia Karwat

Those who know Alicia invariably use four words to describe her: Energetic, Enthusiastic, Inspirational, and Challenging.

Former academic and a university lecturer in Mathematics with over 15 years of corporate experience as a leader and manager of a group of specialists, Executive Manager, Adviser to the Managing Director of a major European bank, and Human Resources Executive, Alicia has always followed her passion of helping people to achieve their potential and to excel.

Through multi-discipline industry experience and senior management leadership roles, Alicia has developed a wealth of hands-on commercial expertise. She specialises in providing career services for professionals, managers and executives, helping to create the career you want, make sound career decisions, develop your job search strategies and skills. Alicia has a thorough understanding of employers’ needs, what it takes to get a job you want and manage your career within organisation. With varied career, Ph.D in Mathematics, she coaches for effective transition from specialist to managerial and leadership roles.

As a Human Resources Executive at the Commonwealth Bank she directed high profile projects such as: barriers to the women’s advancement in the workplace, employment and management of mature age workers, the bank-wide Employee Workplace Survey, employee engagement and post-exit interviews. She represented the bank on the National Diversity Think Tank.

Alicia holds post-graduate qualifications in career developement and career management, and also in professional counselling. She is certified NLP practitioner, Myers Briggs Type Indicator and Team Management Systems practitioner, Behavioural Interviewer and Image Consultant.

Alicia is a Professional Member of the Career Development Association of Australia (formerly known as the Australian Association of Career Counsellors) and President of it’s NSW Division. She has also held professional membership status with the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Human Resources Institute.

Alicia has published articles in magazines and peer reviewed journals, and she was awarded inclusion in the International Who’s Who of Intellectuals, Cambridge for her achievements during her academic career.

Recognised as an inspirational leader, excellent coach and mentor, Alicia easily interacts with people at every organisational level, builds relationships of trust and enlists the participation of those she works with. With her professional background, experiences and her own career transitions, she builds easily rapport with executives, managers, professionals, and specialists of scientific, IT and technical backgrounds. She is an expert in coaching for effective transition from specialist to managerial and leadership roles.

Her motto ‘Equipping people with the career key steps of know-what, know-why and know-how’ reflects her passion and commitment to helping people create the career they want and achieve their goals.