Career Professionals, an international training, coaching and consulting firm based in Perth, Western Australia, was founded in 1993 by Igor S. Popovich, the Director and Principal Trainer.

Since 1997, we have been presenting public and in-house training courses, seminars and workshops in Australia (Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane) and overseas (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Singapore, South Africa, Hong Kong and Malaysia).

Our list of valued clients includes The Australian Department of Defence, Nabalco (AUSTRALIA), Centrelink (AUSTRALIA), ASB Bank (New Zealand), Etisalat (DUBAI), Department of Defence (Oman), Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KUWAIT), Saudi Aramco (SAUDI ARABIA), Bahrain Ministry of Public Works (BAHRAIN), Qatar Gas, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, Anglo-American Mining Company (SOUTH AFRICA) and many other international clients.

Why do we strive to outshine our competitors?

When we talk to our clients, participants in our public or in-house courses, we listen very carefully. Most of the time, our presenters don't have to ask any questions! During the breaks, participants compliment them for a job well done and the innocent question "Weren't the other courses you've attended the same?" elicits many interesting responses. This is what participants usually say about our competitors, most of them so called "reputable" and well-known training organisations:

• The manual was a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy!
• The course manual looked very amateurish, illustrations were just some old tired clip-art, no diagrams, schematics, models, tables, just text, text and more text, interspersed with some irrelevant cartoons!
• The course was too abstract; I couldn't relate it to anything I do at work.
• The seating layout was wrong, classroom style, you had to turn around to see people behind you when they talked - U-shape would have be much better.
• The presenter didn't listen to participants.
• They misspelled my name on the certificate.
• The breaks were too long, and there wasn't enough of them. Instead of one long break after 2 hours, I would prefer shorter breaks every hour or so!
• The presenter's attitude was "You are here to listen, I am here to talk"
• I didn't really learn any new things, the course simply confirmed some of the things that we are already doing.
• We had to prepay otherwise they would not allow us to attend the workshop.
• The course brochure was pure hype.
• The course wasn't what the brochure promised.
• The presenter was boring and lacked enthusiasm.
• The Director of the training company did not even make a token effort to come to greet and meet with us at all during the 5-day course!
• The presenter didn't know anything about our local situation and our industry.
• We had a feeling that the presenter didn't care about us at all, that he was just doing his task. We want presenters who care about us and who want to help us and teach us from his heart, not lecture to us!
• The lunch was meagre, coffee was cheap tasting, just one type of tea was offered, no biscuits or pastries, let alone fruit or juice!
• The presenter wasn't culturally sensitive, he made some unwelcome remarks about our culture and religion!