Empowering People

12/01/2023

It’s not just about a new job

The best time to discuss your values and career options is when you are happily employed.

Perhaps you are looking to progress in your current organisation, benchmark your position in the market or maybe you are looking to map out your career path in a more socially responsible, collaborative, empowering team. Whatever your question; we are here to help you define your values and the lifestyle that you want and then to support you to achieve.

We can pass on the lessons learnt from thousands of people we have met over the years.

Reaching out to CTC is free and confidential.

Career Mentor

Free and confidential career discussion around what drives; energises and de-energises you, your values, your lifestyle and family aspirations, your appetite for travel and career progression. Life is a balance and it is important to regularly ensure you are on the right path to achieve the right balance. The more you understand what you want from life and the more you discuss and communicate this the more likely you are to achieve it.

We are here to help empower you to manage your manager and to find the right environment for you and your family. Together we are more connected.

Market Information

It’s not about a new job but rather a friendly voice on the phone or a relaxing coffee or drink. We are here to answer any questions you might have… what are companies doing for the environment? which companies are shortlisted to win a project? what should your salary be? Or perhaps a discussion on industry trends & developments for the future. We love meeting people and sharing ideas.

Fullfill your potential

“I know where I want to work and have lots of friends working there, why do I need CTC?”

Our business model is based on relationships with company decision-makers, we can go straight to them to discuss your situation. This gives you the following benefits:

More control: If you apply to a company you are effectively saying you want to work there. Our approach is to highlight that you are really happy where you are, that you aren’t actively looking but that you might be interested in making contact in the future to understand what your career might look like with them. If you start on these terms and decide to stay where you are then you aren’t letting anyone down.
More honest feedback: We are here to help you learn and develop, employers give us the “real” feedback.
More opportunities: Have you considered every potential opportunity to suit your aspirations or just settled on somewhere better than your current role?
Less hassle: We chase up meetings, feedback, negotiate offers, and coordinate the process.
Experienced “sounding board”: discuss how various opportunities suit your values, ethics and objectives.

This is a free and totally confidential service. We are here to support your best interests at all times.

Our business partners

Testimonials

"Thank you very much Chris. You helped me to secure a position in the civil consulting industry which could not have come at a better time. I can’t thank you enough for the level of timely and much needed support to give a momentum to my career development in the sector I always wanted to be in from my uni days. My life was very difficult as I was dividing my time between the country and the city for work and family commitment, just having a very young family. I am absolutely happy that I made a very right decision to knock on your door seeking help to give a new height to my career. Can I add this if I may, my family is more happy than I am as I landed in a great position with your incredible and prompt career advice followed by a recommendation to the company that I am currently employed by. If there is any one who has extended that kind, timely, friendly and professional career advice, it’s you. It’s just remarkable."

Civil Engineer

"Chris has his ear to the ground, understands our profession and one of the best recruiters I have come across"

Quantity Surveyor – Director

“Thank you very much for those contacts and all your help. I sincerely appreciate the time you are taking to explain different matters and also providing me with advice useful for my potential long term career in the consulting arena. In particular your honesty and willingness to consider my long term interests is refreshing. With most recruitment consultants you hear nothing back, with some you get frank advice if you ask for it, but your follow-up and attempts to understand my needs is truly unique. So well done!”

Three-Year Environmental Engineer

"I have always found Chris to be highly ethical and genuine in my dealings with him. I would happily consider dealing with him in the future when the need arises. I have always found Chris to be highly ethical and genuine in my dealings with him. I would happily consider dealing with him in the future when the need arises."

Process Manager

"I also want to thank you (Kellie) for yesterday's interview. Few people conduct interviews like you, professionally and focused on analysing and finding the perfect fit for the team and the company."

HR Professional

"I just wanted to send you an appreciation email for one of the wonderful people that work for you: Chloe Bonilla.
She is a legend, just amazing! Very professional efficient, knowledgeable and just so incredibly helpful and pleasant to work with. And she has great people skills and personality. My manager recommended me to contact her and that is almost unheard of. Recruiters don't always have the best reputation and even though I had come to them through (another agent) he told me to go with CTC…. and boy was he right.
Within 24hr of meeting with her she set me up with 2 interviews. And not only that, she knew exactly who to send me to. She is great at matching people and I felt that everybody that she sent me to were just my type of people. This is much more than any of the other recruiters that I've had worked with before. Plus, she also understands the industry and the work that I do. I am so pleased with everything.
Anyways I just wanted to let you know how happy I've been with CTC and Chloe and have already been recommending her and CTC to former coworkers and basically everybody that I know."

BIM Manager

“Chris Tan Consulting has provided our business with a very specialised and unique recruiting service. Unlike other recruiting services we have used in the past, CTC adopts a genuine consulting approach and delivers honest appraisals on candidates and resourcing strategies.”

Human Resources Manager – International Multi-Disciplined Consultancy

"Working with CTC is unlike working with other recruitment companies. It’s more like a ‘recruitment relationship’ and they’re not willing to jeapordise that by recommending the wrong person. They understand the market I’m in, listen to what I need, and by the calibre of people they have provided, really want my business to succeed."

Environmental Manager – Multi Disciplined Consultancy

"It was a pleasure dealing with Chris. Chris was more concerned with finding the role that was perfect for me, rather than just filling a job. Great communication, excellent advice and support every step of the way.
I can't recommend Chris highly enough. It was a pleasure dealing with Chris. Chris was more concerned with finding the role that was perfect for me, rather than just filling a job. Great communication, excellent advice and support every step of the way. I can't recommend Chris highly enough."

Infrastructure Senior PM

"Chris has been an outstanding go-to person in recruitment who takes the time to fully understand both client and candidate needs in a challenging market. He goes beyond service provision to add real value to businesses / clients and the candidates he works with. Chris has been an outstanding go-to person in recruitment who takes the time to fully understand both client and candidate needs in a challenging market. He goes beyond service provision to add real value to businesses / clients and the candidates he works with."

Infrastructure Project Director