1:1 CAREER DECISION COACHING ENGAGEMENT
Maybe the problem
isn’t that you haven’t found the right job.
You’ve been making “correct on paper” decisions for a long time.
Good, careful, and responsible decisions.
You went to school and picked a field. You took the good opportunities when they came along. You followed the career path that made sense. You kept moving forward.
Somewhere along the way, that path stopped fitting you.
That’s where our work comes in.
What becomes possible
My underlying belief is simple: when you make career decisions from your core values, you’re happier than when you chase the next ten grand or a shinier title you’ll resent in six months.
How we work together
1. Get clear on your values and how you got here
We start with a couple of assessments, then use our sessions to define your core values and audit your career: every major decision, and what really drove it. This is careful work. If you get stuck on what you want (most people do), I use reflection and motivational interviewing to get you unstuck. Values aren’t a box we check once and move past. They’re the lens for everything after.
Milestone: You can name your core values. You have your Career Story (a clear-eyed look at how you got here) and you can see where your past decisions did and didn’t line up with what you value.
2. Reframe your story and redefine success
We take what we found and reframe it. The themes and patterns in your Career Story, and what success actually means for you now. Then you build your Career Compass: a one-page view of your values, core traits, strengths, and where you’re headed. Think of it as your own version of ikigai and a tool you’ll use to weigh everything that comes next.
Milestone: You have your Career Compass and your own definition of success, something you can hold every future opportunity up against.
3. Decide what’s next & and how
Now we identify your real options and how you’ll move toward them: research, small low-risk experiments to test the most promising paths, a Personal Board of Directors, and Generosity-Based Networking that builds relationships worth keeping instead of transactional asks. You drive both the experiments and the outreach. This happens on your terms, with your pace, with your data and life. I steer the moments that matter.
Milestone: You have a Career Plan for your next chapter, your options mapped, a small-risks plan to test them, your Personal Board of Directors, and a Generosity-Based Networking plan. A real plan, not a vague direction.
Wherever you’re starting from and the tighter the golden handcuffs, the longer it can take to loosen your grip. The process is the same.
In about three months, you’ll have three things you don’t have now: a Career Compass that defines what aligned work looks like for you, a Career Story that makes sense of how you got here, and a Career Plan for where you’re going with real paths to test, your Personal Board of Directors, and a Generosity-Based Networking plan inside it. Together, they’re a plan, not a vague direction.
This will help you make your next career decision from your values, not fear, without blowing up your life or losing another two years to “should I stay or go?” You’ll go from frustrated, stuck, and burnt out to happy, purposeful, and clear knowing exactly what a values-aligned career decision looks like, and building a network you actually want around you for the next twenty or thirty years.
By the time people come to me, they’ve usually tried one or more of the following:
Hit the “easy apply” button more times than they’s like to admit
Volume without a strategy rarely worksLeaned on artificial intelligence to rewrite their resume and point you at jobs
AI can can synthesize information, but it doesn’t know you, can’t challenge your assumptions, and happily hallucinatesHired a resume writer and the new resume didn’t fix the deeper problem
A resume’s job is to get you the interview, not to tell you if you actually want that jobWorked with a career or job coach who kept you accountable to applications and tactics
But they never touched on why you are unhappy or where you are actually headedReceived treatment from a therapist
Invaluable for mental healthcare, self-awareness, and wellbeing, but not focused on your career strategyHired a life coach
Helpful for the bigger picture, but not for navigating the market or applying career development theory/researchMade a job change, career pivot, or sigifigant move that feels like a mistake
Taking action can feel good in the moment, but if it isn’t aligned with values it can expose a gap
None of it did the one thing that actually works: helping you get clear on what a values-aligned career decision looks like for you and helping you figure out where you’re headed before you make another move.
Why me
● I coach career decisions, not job searches. Most career and job coaches keep you accountable to applications or hand you tactics. I help them make better career decisions, so this move (and every one after it) is one you actually chose.
● Coaching, career advising, and real-world expertise in one place. A life coach builds self-awareness; a resume writer or career-services office knows the tactics; most people do one or the other. I bridge them including how organizations actually make hiring and promotion decisions so you understand both yourself and the system you’re navigating.
● A systems view of how careers really work. My first job out of college was inside state government working on the appointment process for public licensure and regulatory boards. I can read the regulatory and industry constraints that most coaches can’t, so I help you research real options and plan across industries, fast.
● Values run through every stage with my work and it is grounded in career development theory, not trends. Plenty of coaches open with a values activity, then jump straight to resumes and applications. Your values stay the lens for every decision, start to finish.
● I’ve helped 250+ people through my programs, workshops, and coaching to get clear on their values, learn to build a network without the ick, and understand how to build meaningful careers that outlast the next pay bump or title change.
How we work together
A three month engagement to start:
Three assessments up front with written analysis you keep
Nine 1:1 coaching sessions, 50 minutes each, three times a month
Email support between sessions, for when you get stuck
What you walk away with:
Your Career Story: a document showing the patterns in how you got here and your redefined version of success
Your Career Compass: a one-page document mapping your values, core traits, and strengths, and where you’re headed
Your Career Plan: the master plan for your next chapter: your options mapped, a small-risks plan to test the most promising ones, your Personal Board of Directors, and a Generosity-Based Networking plan. Everything that turns clarity into a real direction, not a vague one.
The ability to make values-aligned decisions and manage your career decisions on your own, long after we finish.
Pricing for Career Decision Coaching Engagement
$150/week for a three-month commitment* with the option to pay in full and save $100
Due to this work being high-touch, genuinely one-to-one, and paced to you, I only take a handful of clients at a time.
*I ask you to commit to three months because this work builds and can’t be done effectively in a one-off session.
My promise
After two sessions, if this isn’t a fit or our expectations don’t line up, you can walk away, no questions asked, and you won’t be charged for the remainder. I’d prefer to do useful work with the right people than hold anyone to a fee.
Let’s talk
If any of this sounds like you, the next step is simple: email me and let me know you’re ready to get started or you can schedule a time to talk it through first. Then, I’ll send you everything you need to begin.