Job application review
Turn your job application into interviews.
You’ve done the hard work of deciding to leave teaching and finding roles you’d love to apply for. Now you need your application to actually show how brilliant you are.
This service gives you detailed, personalised feedback on your CV, cover letter or application form so you can apply with confidence.
£79
You’ve found a role you’d genuinely love… and suddenly the panic kicks in.
You open a blank document and wonder how on earth to make your teaching experience sound relevant. You question every sentence, worry you sound “too teacher”, and start second-guessing whether you should apply at all. Many teachers reach this stage and feel stuck. You know you’re capable, but translating your experience into language employers understand feels overwhelming.
You might already have experienced rejections or silence after applying. You might feel unsure whether you’re underselling yourself or missing something important. What you really need isn’t more guesswork, it’s expert eyes on your application.
Apply with confidence
Imagine pressing submit knowing your application clearly shows your value.
Instead of worrying you’ve missed something important or wondering how employers will interpret your experience, you’ll feel confident that your application is strong, tailored and aligned with the role. You’ll understand how to evidence your skills properly and how to position your teaching experience in a way that makes sense outside education.
This is about moving from “I hope this is okay” to “I know this represents me well.” My clients regularly move from rejection and silence to interviews and job offers once their applications truly reflect their experience and value.
Your review includes:
Detailed, personalised written feedback
A video to walk you through my comments and suggestions
Tailored response specific to the role you are applying for
The tips and tricks you need to impress recruiters
This isn’t generic advice or one-size-fits-all guidance. It’s focused, supportive and designed to fit the specific job role.
What to expect
When you fill out the form for a Job Application Review, I will be in touch with you to confirm availability for your specific application deadline. Then, you’ll submit your application documents along with the job advert.
I will carefully review everything and provide clear, practical feedback you can immediately act on.
You will receive detailed written feedback including suggested edits, areas to strengthen, and guidance on how to better meet the job specification. Alongside this, you’ll receive personalised video feedback where I walk through your application, explain the suggested changes, and coach you on how employers are likely to read and interpret your experience.
This means you don’t just improve one application, you learn skills you can reuse for every future application.
Single application review – £79
What teachers say about working with me
I knew I needed a change, but I felt stuck, unsure of what else I could do or where to even begin. In panic mode, I started applying to a few jobs outside of teaching… I received rejection after rejection. It was so disappointing. I felt like I would never be good at anything else and there was no other option but to stay in teaching.
Working with Natalie was amazing. She really saw potential in me that I couldn’t see in myself and believed in me.
I didn’t even know what skills I had that would be useful outside of teaching but Natalie helped me to identify my transferable skills and hidden talents. We talked through job adverts I’d seen and I learned how to approach the applications to showcase my skills, experience and knowledge in the best way possible. I’d already written a CV and Natalie was extremely helpful in reviewing it and giving me useful feedback.
Shortly after working together, I started getting invited to interviews. I felt so supported. Less than 2 months after starting to work with Natalie, I got the email I had been waiting for, a job offer! Not only will I have better work-life balance, I didn’t even have to take a pay cut and will be on a similar salary to my teaching role.
Natalie was the cheerleader and guide that I needed to make this career change and give me more confidence in myself. I couldn’t have done it without her.
Barbara, London
I've learned how to re-package myself and my teaching skills for a new employer in the most effective way. It’s been a long time since I’ve had to do that, and now it feels much less overwhelming.
Hannah, Devon
It's shone a light on the skills teachers already have, whilst highlighting how best to share them in our 'new' careers. I have been reminded that I am not alone and have the ability to cross onto a new path, both emotionally and professionally. Thank you, Natalie!
M.H., London
The support Natalie has given me has been phenomenal. She really resonated with my lived experience as an ex-teacher herself. Natalie helped me identify what I really want from a career and successfully ‘deteacherfied’ me when it comes to cover letters and interviews.
Most importantly, she transformed my confidence and self-belief. She helped change my mindset. I felt in the strongest position ever to transition out of teaching.
Before, I couldn't communicate my transferable skills effectively so received rejection after rejection. With Natalie’s support, I was able to translate my experience into skills and identify a variety of career paths I could follow.
Since working with Natalie, I got a job as a Programme Manager for a charity. It’s a fully remote role and a breath of fresh air. I have autonomy, trust from my manager, and the energy to enjoy life outside of work again.
Book that first session and don’t look back!
Aaron, West Midlands
I felt trapped in teaching and didn’t know where to start. I now feel like I have a plan and a much clearer way to relate my skills to other job types.
Steph, Reading
I was so worried that my experience was too niche for other jobs but I realise now that it’s not, I’ve been focusing too much on job titles rather than my impact. I’m so relieved!
Melina, North East England
I'd seen interview techniques like the STAR method mentioned a lot online before, but I hadn’t realised just how impactful it can be until it was explained so clearly.
It was really helpful to see how typical teacher tasks like “marking books” could be broken down into the different skills used and then how that wider skill set can be applied to other careers. That exercise genuinely helped me see my skills in a completely different light and recognise how transferable they really are.
I definitely came away feeling more confident, with a much better understanding of my own worth and how my skills can be used in many other professions.
Natalie is a great speaker and you really get a lot out of working with her. Even if it’s just for a confidence boost, it’s absolutely worth going along!
Bethan, Newcastle
My story
I reached burnout in 2015 after years of weekends and school holidays spent on school trips, no breaks, and zero life outside work. I remember sitting in my classroom after the first CPD day of the year, listening to a “motivational” talk about results, and just bursting into tears.
I couldn’t do it anymore.
So I did the sensible thing (heavy sarcasm coming) and booked a one-way ticket to Australia.
I nannied. I worked in a wildlife park. I panicked.
And six months later… I was back in the classroom. Still exhausted, still overwhelmed, still stressed.
It took me two years to figure out how to leave teaching properly, without a pay cut, and into a job that respected me, inspired me, and gave me lunch breaks, actual annual leave and my life back. My whole body relaxed. I could breathe again.
There is nothing special about me.
If I can make this change, so can you.
This strategy call is the support I wish I'd had back then.
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