Look at my client's career achievements!
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A Decision Support Manager was offered a new job as IT Director by prepping for her interview, knowing her worth, and negotiating her salary and perks.
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A banking Director evaluated her career, identified her skill gaps, and pivoted to Product Development within her company.
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A client was promoted from Financial Analyst to Financial Manager to Procurement Manager for a 30%+ salary increase with interview preparation, salary negotiation, and confidence coaching.
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A Backend Software Developer achieved a promotion to engineer at a Fortune 500 company with a few weeks of using her new resume that more clearly listed her technical skills and accomplishments.
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A Network Engineer received an offer from the first job they applied to after using their new, streamlined (and MUCH shorter) resume!
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An assistant at a startup moved to Executive Assistant to CEO of a major insurance company after clearly defining her many skills and accomplishments she had achieved by taking on additional responsibilities.
My Coaching Philosophy and How I Can Help You
I believe that job seekers sometimes need a little help getting unstuck—from an experienced coach and professional who can offer candid and straightforward advice. As your strategic partner, I’m here to help you overcome your career challenges, whether it’s translating technical skills to convey your business worth, strategizing your next career move, preparing for an interview, evaluating a job offer, and more.
I never use off-the-shelf programs. Instead, I offer flexible and one-on-one sessions tailored exclusively for you, ensuring a focused experience aligned with your unique career objectives.
Chidima was working as VP of Sales and Client experience at PNC. She was interested in understanding how her skills, experience, and accomplishments could be leveraged for her next career move. We worked together to analyze her likes and dislikes to build out 3 'next step' target jobs. We analyzed her skills and experience and mapped which could be applied to her potential next jobs. We analyzed any gaps and put together a plan to address those gaps. After reviewing potential next career steps, Chidima decided to stay at her company and pursue internal job opportunities that met her career goals.
A career move tip: Sometimes it's hard to see your career clearly on your own. A Career Coach can ask the questions that help you see what you are good at (a lot more than you think!) and how your skills can be applied to your next job/career.
A Career Strategy Success Story
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Elev8 RISE Career Coaching Framework
Build a Tech Career Strategy That Gets Results
The ELEV8 RISE Career Framework helps you uncover your unique value and craft compelling stories that form the foundation for all your career materials—resumes, LinkedIn profiles, interview prep, and more. This framework positions you to confidently pursue targeted opportunities that accelerate your professional growth. My career coaching framework the following process:
REVEAL
ILLUSTRATE
STRATEGIZE
EXPLORE
Reveal your unique value proposition (UVP) - Identify the skills, strengths, and achievements that set you apart, creating an authentic personal brand that serves as the foundation for your career strategy and professional growth.
Illustrate your measurable impact - Translate your accomplishments and experiences into results-driven STAR narratives that demonstrate measurable outcomes and highlight your professional impact.
Strategize and build your career narratives - Align your resume, LinkedIn, job search, and interview strategies with your goals and target opportunities, ensuring consistent, compelling documents for recruiters and hiring managers.
Explore aligned opportunities - Focus on companies, roles, and industries that align with your values, strengths, and career goals, making your search efficient, rewarding, and positioned for growth.
It typically takes about 4 coaching sessions to work through the program.
The RISE Career Clarity Series
Define, Align, and Activate Your Next Career Move
Session 1
Reveal Your Unique Value
Objective:
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Engage in discovery and assessment to uncover core strengths, differentiators, and success patterns that form your career foundation and professional brand.
Deliverables:
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Articulate your Unique Value Proposition (UVP)
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Identify key themes from past success stories using STAR framework.
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Build a personal brand positioning aligned to your voice and goals.
Method:
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Guided storytelling through coaching
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SWOT Analysis
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Value mapping exercise
Sample Results:
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Voice: Strategic, business-focused, no-nonsense.
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Brand Statement: “I translate operational complexity into enterprise growth strategy for pharmaceutical organizations."
Session 2
Identity Target Job/Career Stories
Objective:
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Identify target roles/industries through job exploration. Develop compelling accomplishments and career stories the support effective positioning and align with new personal brand and strategy.
Deliverables:
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1–2 target job titles/industries
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3–5 STAR-format aligned stories
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Branded elevator pitch
Method:
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Job analyses
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Target job to client's transferable skills & accomplish.
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Career brand storytelling framework
Sample Results:
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Target Role - Mid-career Software Engineer exploring transition into a Machine Learning Engineer role
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STAR Story - “Leveraged Python to build and deploy automated data cleansing tool, reducing file load prep time by 30% and reducing load errors to 0
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Transferable skills - Python, automation, applied analytics
Session3
Deliver Your Strategic Career Plan
Objective:
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Assess your skills, identify gaps, and create a tactical growth plan with market-aligned compensation expectations to your target job.
Deliverables:
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Self-directed growth/learning plan and skills list
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Compensation expectations and negotiation range.
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Personalized job search strategy including networking, resources, potential employers, industry targets.
Method:
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Target Job to Resume Gap analysis (skills, experience, credentials)
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Priority-learning planning matrix
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Compensation benchmarking
Sample Results:
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Skills/Experience Gaps – “Needs exposure to enterprise-level initiatives”
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Learning Plan – “Enroll in Prosci change management certification”
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Compensation - “Salary of $145K - $160K are in range of $156K average compensation for NJ”
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Job Search Strategy – “Target mid-sized healthcare drug companies in Boston area...
The ELEV8 RISE Career Framework provides you with foundational and integrated information for all phases of your job search:
Here's What You'll Get:
Resume:
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Clear, focused language for your summary and accomplishment statements.
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Tailored, results-driven bullets aligned to your target roles that highlight skills, achievements, and business impact.
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Updated list of skills and certifications specifically for your target job.
LinkedIn Profile:
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Headline and “About” section language with keywords to communicate your value and attract the right attention.
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Key career stories for the experience and 'About' section that resonates with the target job market.
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Suggested learning, accomplishment, heading, and updates to showcase your job readiness for target roles.
Interview Preparation:
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Authentic messaging and key points to confidently explain your unique value.
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Well-structured, memorable examples to confidently answer behavioral questions.
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Preparation to address skill gaps transparently
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Ability to know your worth and negotiate compensation with market insights.
Job Search/Networking:
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A polished elevator pitch to introduce yourself effectively.
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A personalized job search guide that can help you search effectively and with confidence.
Additional Career Coaching Services
As a Certified Career Coach with extensive experience in HR and recruitment, I bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to help you achieve your professional goals. My background as a Compensation Analyst, Benefits Administrator and manager of performance review systems uniquely qualifies me to guide and mentor you through complex career decisions and negotiations.
Career Planning
Are you having trouble asking for what you want at work? I offer tailored goal-setting sessions, accountability support, and career transition planning to help you navigate your career path with confidence and clarity. We can work together to set long or short-term goals, or talk about immediate concerns.
• Career Goal Setting
• Personal Goal Accountability
• Workplace Goal Coaching
• Retirement Job Transition Planning
Performance Development
With a keen understanding of job market demands and performance metrics, I can help you understand yourself and you skillsets and abilities better to enhance your professional development.
• Target Job Skill Gap Analysis
• Skills Assessment
• Personality Profiling/Testing
• SWOT Analysis
With my diverse background and flexible approach, I am committed helping you meet your career goals. Career coaching doesn't need to be a long drawn out or expensive process.
Let's work together to help you get what you need.
