Elizabeth Bird

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Lizzie is a recruitment manager, trainer and career coach who founded Career by Design in 2002.

She has predominantly worked as a Recruitment Manager in the Oil & Gas and Consulting industries.  Lizzie has extensive experience in attracting, assessing and selecting graduate, MBA and experienced level hires and has worked on both local and global recruitment projects.

The nature of her work, particularly in selection interview training, has taken Lizzie on many international assignments, mainly throughout the EMEA region.   

Lizzie has a particular passion for helping young adults find their way in the world of employment and ensuring they are well prepared to deal with selection processes.  Aside from working with individual clients, she also works as an Associate Career Coach at a number of international business schools.

Lizzie holds a degree in Geography from the University of Durham.  She trained as a career coach with Career Counselling Services and is licensed to use their methodologies and materials.  Lizzie is BPS Level A&B accredited in Occupational Assessment and is qualified to use Saville Consulting's Wave Personality Questionnaires and Aptitude Tests.