Ep 20: Grant Verhoeven, Career Development and how to ignite your passion for work

Grant is passionate about igniting the talent and passions of aspiring Kiwi professionals in their career.

By day he is a career consultant at Massey Universities Wellington campus, building students skills and confidence to move into their dream roles. By night, he helps aspiring professionals through his own online career consultancy firm Sparked, sharing best practice career development resources, tools and tips.

Grant has trained and coached thousands of individuals in areas such as finding career direction, personal marketing, standing out to employers in CVs and interviews, using LinkedIn and effective job hunting. He shares his knowledge from his background of over 15 years in executive coaching, training and marketing, having held management positions in the corporate, not for profit and tertiary sectors.

Grant was recently awarded the Distinguished Alumni award from Otago Polytechnic for his work in career development and in the community. He is a strong believer that great careers don’t happen by accident and that it is essential to get the best quality career advice. Hence, he is a professional member of the Career Development Association of New Zealand, is a certified StrengthsFinder coach and holds degrees in career practice, marketing and psychology.