About Me

Joanna Brown MA (Cantab)

Career Coach (PGDip)

Registered Career Development Professional (RCDP)

After graduating from Jesus College Cambridge with a degree in Modern and Medieval History, I followed a career in marketing and management consultancy with Procter & Gamble, Baker Tilly Consulting and United Biscuits working on leading global brands such as Oil of Olay, McVities and Shell. Throughout this time, I was heavily involved in graduate recruitment at various universities in the UK, including Glasgow, York and Cambridge, running recruitment programmes as well as screening CVs and interviewing and assessing candidates.

I have a Postgraduate Diploma in Career Coaching, a Certificate in Youth Coaching accredited by the International Coach Federation and I am a Registered Career Development Professional with the Careers Development Institute and can be found on their database of approved practitioners. I am a member of the Institute of Student Employers (ISE) and keep up to date with the latest news and trends in the graduate and degree apprenticeship employment market.

As a mother of three daughters aged 23, 21 and 18 years I recognise that the dynamic operating between parents and their children means an impartial, independent view often adds clarity.

Lorne - 21yrs - 3rd Year Politics - Bath University

When applying for your first serious job or internship, you become very aware that the job market at the start of your career is a buyer’s market, and it’s easy to feel like no one wants what you’re selling! However, with Joanna’s help, not only did I learn methods and skills essential to the various stages of any job application (including interviews, assessment centres, cover letters and CVs), I also became more aware of the valuable skills and personality traits I possess and gained the confidence and resilience that’s needed in the modern job market. I cannot thank her enough.