Tim Fordham, founder and director of Mayfield Coaching and Consultancy, specialises in executive and business coaching, leadership mentoring, and consultancy support within the small business, not-for-profit and public sectors. He is also an experienced life and career coach, who works with individuals to help them reflect on and clarify goals and decide upon the next steps on their journey.

Tim has a successful track record of working at a senior management level. Prior to running his own coaching and consultancy business, he worked as Care Services Manager and New Business Manager for South Yorkshire Housing Association and acted as part of its senior leadership team. He also led on the organisation’s customer services strategy, initiating an internal training and coaching programme.

Tim has an ILM Level 7 qualification in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring, as well as an NLP Diploma. He also has a post­graduate teaching qualification and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Housing Policy and Practice.

Drawing on 22 years of management, coaching and consultancy experience, Tim helps his clients to quickly get to the heart of issues and move swiftly to determine solutions and a positive route forward. Tim strives to help individuals get the very best from their life and work and assists organisations in achieving their business objectives.

Sheffield based, I am a freelance content writer and editor and have been writing CVs professionally for a little over six years now.

I’ve worked with individuals from diverse sectors and industries at all stages of their careers, from recent graduates to board-level professionals, as well as those returning to the workplace, changing career paths, facing redundancy or at other career crossroads.

My approach is very much a collaborative one and my focus is on creating persuasively written CVs that positively differentiate individuals by effectively showcasing achievements and clearly demonstrating impact. Written with a specific career path or industry in mind, these CVs better enable employers to envisage the potential contribution that a person could make within their own organisation.

Prior to my freelance career and my move to Sheffield, I worked for fourteen years in the City for a financial printing and publishing company, where I honed my writing skills drafting and editing business text and training materials and where, during a period of rapid expansion, I was responsible for much of the company’s recruitment.

Having been on the receiving end of a great many CVs, both good and bad, I understand just how important it is that candidates are able to present a professional and powerful first impression, with a CV that will work hard to help secure them an interview and ultimately a job.