Val
Haydon, author, The Glamour Job and founder and principal,
GlamourJob.com
Val
Haydon's career has spanned the world and she has
recruited for all kinds of glamourous professions
in Airlines, Health & Fitness, Television and
Radio. She is also the managing director of Glamour
Job, a vocational guidance and motivation services
for career seekers.
Founder
of Glamourjob.com and The Glamour Job Academy.
Author
of The Glamour Job Career Guide.
Val's
career has spanned a variety of industries and roles,
including TV, radio, airlines, health, fitness and
international sports events.
Having
initially trained in Hotel Management, she got a taste
for glamour in one of her first jobs, which was working
in a hotel owned by famous entertainer Danny La Rue.
Since then she has had a raft of exciting and unusual
jobs that have taken her all round the world working
in Media, PR and Recruitment, including working for
Premier League Football Club Chelsea in the UK and
she has decided that "glamour" has to be
her middle name!
Val's
first role in Television was in PR and Promotions
on game shows such as "Perfect Match" (Known
as Blind Date in the UK), "The Price is Right"
and "Wheel of Fortune". Over the next few
years she worked in both television and Radio, on
air and behind the scenes. She has had many film and
TV appearances and has recently been featured on Ready
Steady Cook! and as a Judge on Search for a TV Presenter
on Life TV.
Val
also produces commercial videos and has worked on
televised golfing events featuring top international
golfers and celebrities including Greg Norman, Craig
Parry, Tom Watson, Michael Parkinson, Nick Price,
Tim Bailey and many more....
She
is now Managing Director of her own company, Glamourjob.com,
a Vocational Guidance and Recruitment service which
includes a Career Guide, Job Portal and the Glamour
Job Academy, specialising in glamorous jobs in Fashion,
TV, Radio, Modelling, PR, Sport, Health and Beauty.
She is also a business Mentor for the Prince's Trust.
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Valerie's
career has spanned a variety of industries and roles,
including airlines, television, radio, golf resorts,
health, fitness and international sports events. Her
initial training was as a hotel manager, however,
determined to see the world, she left hotels and joined
the airline industry as a Flight Attendant.
Having
"conquered the world" and "shopped
till she dropped" she then decided to protect
her bank balance by staying on the ground more - this
lead her to a career in Cabin Crew Recruitment, Training,
PR, Promotions and Events within the airline industry
the latter part of which was spent in Sydney Australia,
where she was responsible for Australasia and the
Pacific Islands. What a patch!
Australia
became her new home and nationality and brought new
horizons thanks to some extra studies and a lot of
persistence. Valerie landed herself a job in Television
working on game shows such as "Perfect Match",
"The Price is Right" and "Wheel of
Fortune". Over the next few years she worked
in both television and Radio in Sydney and North Queensland.
Whilst
in North Queensland she decided to consolidate her
experience in Hotels, Recruitment and Media and joined
a multi-million dollar luxury Golf and Health Spa
project as Project Manager.
Since
that first project she has gone on to set up 6 more
luxury resorts and spas in Australia, The West Indies,
The Far East, The US and the UK. Her roles have including
the recruitment of personnel, training, PR and celebrity
launches/special events such as televised international
golf tournaments and celebrity challenges. She has
worked top sports persons and celebrities including
Greg Norman, Tom Watson, Michael Parkinson, Craig
Parry, Nick Price, John Daly, Ian Baker-Finch, Laura
Davis, Carrie Webb.
The pinnacle of her career was as General Manager
of a 5 star luxury Spa for Premier League Chelsea
Football Club in London, England.
After
an exciting 10 years travelling and setting up resorts,
she decided it was time to hang up her "travelling
boots" and do something to encourage new up and
coming talent instead.
Valerie is now Principal of the Glamour Job Academy,
designed to inspire young people and career changers
to go after the jobs of their dreams.
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