A newly launched careers support service is aiming to assist graduates and professionals affected by redundancy as they attempt to re-enter or progress within the UK job market. Leap Forward Careers provides practical support including CV reviews, interview coaching, and LinkedIn profile guidance for candidates finding it difficult to secure interviews amid intense competition for each vacancy.
The service is designed to support two core audiences: recent graduates attempting to secure their first professional role in a highly congested entry-level market, and experienced employees facing redundancy or career transition who may not have applied for roles in many years. Both groups often encounter lengthy job searches and repeated rejection in the current labour market, where applicant numbers significantly outweigh available positions.
Leap Forward Careers was founded by Brian Berry, a careers specialist with experience across recruitment, team leadership, and application screening. Berry holds an LLB (Hons) and an LLM in Compliance and Regulation, offering insight into how employers assess candidates and make hiring decisions. Services include CV review and drafting, competency-based interview coaching tailored to UK recruitment practices, and LinkedIn profile optimisation to ensure consistency across professional platforms. A combined support package is available from £299.
“People often think they need to change everything about their career when, in reality, they first need clear, honest support on how to show their value to employers,” says Brian Berry, Founder of Leap Forward Careers. “Graduates and those going through redundancy tell me the same thing: they feel as if they are failing, when actually they have never been shown how the recruitment process really works from the inside.”
The service focuses on breaking down the recruitment process and replacing generic advice with practical, realistic guidance. Initial feedback from the Leap Forward Careers 4 AM Careers Clinic livestreams suggests that structured support can help candidates move from feeling stalled to securing interviews, often by reframing existing skills and experience rather than pursuing an entirely new career path.
Although Leap Forward Careers delivers its services online to clients across the UK, the launch is particularly relevant to competitive regional job markets such as Manchester, Lancashire, Leeds, and the wider North of England, where graduates and mid-career professionals face strong competition alongside ongoing cost-of-living pressures.
Graduates and professionals affected by redundancy who are struggling to secure interviews or job offers can find further details on services, pricing, and bookings at https://leapstartcareers.com/. Media enquiries should be directed to [email protected].
