About Catalyst Careers

Professional guidance. Evidence-based assessment. Individual solutions.

Catalyst Careers provides professional career guidance, psychometric assessment and selection services to individuals, schools and organisations.

Our approach combines professional expertise with high-quality assessment to help people make better-informed decisions about careers, education and selection.

Meet Dylan O'Shea

Founder of Catalyst Careers

Dylan is a qualified Guidance Counsellor, teacher, coach and BPS Registered Test User specialising in career guidance and psychometric assessment.

Alongside Catalyst Careers, Dylan works as a Guidance Counsellor in post-primary education, giving him first-hand experience of the decisions facing students and families when considering university, further education, apprenticeships and other career pathways.

His work also extends beyond career guidance into psychometric assessment and selection, working with individuals and organisations to provide objective insight into abilities, interests, personality and workplace characteristics.

Qualifications

  • MA Guidance Counselling & Lifespan Development

  • PGDip Personal & Management Coaching

  • Qualified Post-Primary Science Teacher

  • BPS Registered Test User – Occupational Ability

  • BPS Registered Test User – Occupational Personality

Our Approach

Good decisions start with good information.

Catalyst Careers does not believe in telling people what career they should pursue or relying on a single test to provide the answer.

Instead, professional guidance, psychometric assessment and individual circumstances are brought together to build a clearer picture and support informed decision-making.

For organisations, the same principle applies: assessment should be selected around the requirements of the role rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach.

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Professional, independent and personalised career and assessment services.