Leland+ Content Library

Resumes 101: Mastering the ATS

​Are you ready to take your resume to the next level and make it stand out in today's competitive job market? Join Bryan S. for "Resumes 101," where we'll dive into the essentials of crafting a resume that not only captures your unique personal brand but also passes through applicant tracking systems (ATS) with ease. ​With extensive experience mentoring and coaching hundreds of transitioning military service members, spouses, and executives, Bryan has completed over 7,000 professional resume reviews. His background spans career development, LinkedIn optimization, interview preparation, and more. As the CEO and Founder of multiple successful ventures, he brings a wealth of knowledge from international markets and organizations. ​In this session, we'll cover career planning, resume review, interview prep, networking strategy, job search strategies, and personal branding. Whether you're just starting your career journey or looking to make a transition, this event is designed to equip you with the tools you need to succeed.

GMAT or GRE: Which Test to Choose and How to Decide

GMAT vs GRE - which test to choose and how to decide

Strategies for Crushing the New HBS Essays

​The Harvard Business School essays have changed—and so has the strategy you’ll need to stand out. In this workshop, Leland coach Andy P. will walk you through proven approaches for tackling the new prompts with clarity and impact. ​You’ll learn how to identify the stories that best showcase your leadership, values, and potential, while avoiding common pitfalls that weaken otherwise strong applications. Andy will also share practical tips for structuring your essays, weaving a cohesive narrative across your application, and highlighting the qualities HBS is really looking for. Whether you’re just getting started or refining a draft, this session will equip you with actionable strategies to make your essays rise to the top.

Becoming an AI Product Manager without a technical AI background

​Building a career as an AI Product Manager doesn’t require a formal background in AI—you just need the right mindset, strategic tools, and storytelling prowess. In this session, you’ll learn how product leaders transition into AI-focused roles by understanding what separates successful AI PMs from generalists: how to build cross-functional credibility, spot high-impact AI use cases, and weave strategy into technical conversations—even without a machine learning degree. ​Leading the session is Jiahong X., a Wharton MBA and current Meta product leader steering generative AI in advertising, with prior product roles at Google. Drawing from experience interviewing over 300 candidates and helping 50+ land roles at FAANG and beyond, Jiahong brings real-world frameworks, clarity on how to shift into AI PM roles, and actionable next steps—so you can strategically plan your path and begin making an impact in the AI space.

Design Beautiful Presentations with Claude [5/19/2026] (Recording)

Build Anything Series · Event 02 · Free · Live Most people use Claude as a writing assistant and stop there. Then they open PowerPoint, fight with templates for two hours, and ship something that looks like every other deck. There's a better way. In this hour, we'll build presentations end-to-end with Claude — from a one-line brief to polished, on-brand slides. No templates, no stock-photo aesthetic, no drag-the-text-box-three-pixels-left. What we'll build live: - Generate a deck from a one-line brief — outline, structure, narrative arc, all in one prompt loop - Iterate without leaving Claude — slide-by-slide refinement using structured prompts (not "make it better") - Export polished, on-brand presentations — color systems, type, layout, rendered cleanly Who it's for: - Coaches, consultants, founders, PMs who present often and hate the deck-building tax - People who've prompted Claude for design work and gotten generic results - Anyone who wants their slides to feel like theirs, not a SaaS template Not a fit if: - You're already a senior visual designer with a tight workflow - You want to learn pure Figma/Keynote craft — this is about directing AI to do most of the work We'll talk about where Claude excels (structure, narrative, copy, layout systems) and where it still needs you (taste, judgment, the final 10% of polish). Bring a real project you'd like to work on — fastest way to learn.

Build a PM Portfolio That Actually Gets You Interviews [5/20/2026] (Recording)

1YR FREE LELAND+ GIVEAWAY FOR LIVE ATTENDEES ($119 VALUE). Breaking into product management is competitive, and a strong portfolio can be the difference between getting noticed and getting overlooked. This session is for aspiring PMs who want to understand what actually makes a portfolio compelling to hiring teams. You’ll learn how to structure impactful case studies, showcase product thinking even without prior PM experience, and avoid the common mistakes that weaken otherwise strong applications. Join live to hear perspectives from a panel of experienced PM coaches who have helped candidates land interviews at top companies. The discussion will follow a curated set of high-impact questions, offering structured insights and real examples of what works in successful PM portfolios.

Breaking Into Private Equity Panel

​Curious about what it takes to succeed in private equity? Join this session for an insightful panel where we’ll break down what the job really entails and how to position yourself for success. Our expert coaches Kenny J., Landon F., and Sereena T. will answer your burning questions and share key tips and strategies to help you break into PE and thrive. Whether you're an investment banker, consultant, or looking to break into private equity from another background, this session will provide a candid look at the day-to-day life of a PE Associate —and what sets successful Associates apart.

Sector Overview: Fintech

Learn about the Fintech Industry, its sub-sectors, key players, valuations, and how VCs approach it

Master's Applications: School Selection Strategy

An overview of which schools to apply to for Master's programs.

Telling Your Story: Tips for Crafting Your Perfect Law School Personal Statement from Expert Coach & Stanford Law Grad [5/13/2026] (Recording)

After this session, you will know how to build a personal statement that reads as a cohesive narrative rather than a resume in prose. The coach will walk through how to identify the right story to tell, how to open in a way that holds an admissions reader's attention, and how Stanford Law's own approach to evaluating applicants shapes what a strong statement actually needs to do. Attending live means you will learn how these principles apply to your specific background and hear the coach respond to real situations, not hypothetical ones. This coach works with law school applicants every day and brings a clear sense of the patterns that separate personal statements that resonate from those that fall flat.

The Perfect Tech Resume

Most tech resumes don't get rejected — they get ignored. They read like job descriptions instead of proof of impact, and they disappear into the ATS before a human ever sees them. Join me for a hands-on session where we'll break down what actually makes a resume land interviews — from bullet structure to formatting to the cuts most candidates are afraid to make. With experience at Microsoft, Slack, Salesforce, Ramp, and Atlassian — and having helped clients land 100+ offers at Google, Meta, Adobe, and more — I've reviewed hundreds of resumes and seen the same fixable mistakes over and over. Every bullet should pass one test: does it show what you did and what changed because of it? If not, it goes. We'll cover the formula that works, rewrite weak bullets live, and walk through real before-and-after examples. Whether you're actively job searching or building your materials for the next move, you'll leave with a clear framework for turning your resume into a one-page highlight reel that gets replies.

Part 1: Understand Your Goals and Tell Your Story

Are you tired of applying to 100 jobs and not hearing back? Maybe you’re nervous about reaching out to other people and talking about yourself. Perhaps you’ve heard about networking from a lot of people, but you’re skeptical about the way it can actually work for you. This workshop series is for you! As a career coach, I have distilled the targeted networking approach of finding jobs into a five-step process, each of which I will guide you through. Every three weeks, we will address another piece of the puzzle through an interactive workshop. In Part 1, we will: - Reflect and think really hard about what you want to do at this point in your career. Not what you think you can get, not what you'd be willing to settle for. We’re going to talk about what you actually really want out of your next job, what's important to you, and your WHY. - Learn to tell your story in an elevator pitch and rehearse this so that you are comfortable sharing your own story with people in as little as one minute. - Start revising your job search materials (resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profile) to reflect this story. Part 2: Identify Your Target Organizations (May 29) Part 3: Build Your Network to Learn (June 19) Part 4: Maintain Your Network (July 10) Part 5: Use Your Network to Apply (July 31) By the end of the process, you will be fully prepared to use the targeted networking approach to find a job, and more importantly, you will be closer to a chosen job and career that helps you live a purposeful, fulfilling life. Each workshop will include exercises that we will work through together, and I will answer questions. While you can attend any workshop as a one-off, it can be very powerful to attend the entire five-workshop sequence. If you want more personalized support as you go through the job search process, sign up for 1-on-1 coaching sessions with me! This workshop is appropriate for: - Students and early-career professionals who are not sure how to get started with the internship or full-time job search - Mid-career professionals who are looking to pivot into another industry or find a job after a career gap - Anyone who wants to become more adept at networking and use it strategically

Networking Messages That Get Replies from Consultants

9 proven networking templates engineered to help you land coffee chats, referrals, and interviews at top consulting firms. This document is part of a 9-part Consulting Interview Resource Kit. The Networking Email Template Pack is the fourth resource in the kit.

Build a Meal Planning Agent

Most meal plans assume you live alone, eat anything, and have unlimited time on Sundays. None of that is true. By Tuesday the plan starts slipping. By Thursday you're at the drive-thru wondering why you bought all those bell peppers. ​In this exclusive AI Builder session, Jake Evans will walk you step by step through building a meal planning agent powered by Claude. By the end of the hour you'll have a working AI that knows your diet, your fitness goals, your weekly schedule, the foods you actually like, and the three things your kid will refuse to touch under any circumstance. Tell it you have 20 minutes and a half-empty fridge, and it will tell you what to make. ​But the meal planner is just the on-ramp. The real takeaway is the playbook: how to hand any messy, recurring part of your life over to AI. First dinner. Next a packing assistant, a homework tutor, a family travel agent, a workout planner that adapts to how you actually slept. Same skill, different shape. ​Jake is a full-stack developer, which is a fancy way of saying he's the rare coach who can actually build the thing he's teaching you to build. He's done this for a living. Now he'll do it with you. ​You'll be building alongside him in real time. No demo, no notes for later. You'll leave with a finished agent and a clearer sense of what else you could build next.

Claude Design: Build Campaign Ready Assets in 60 mins

​Most marketers leave a brief meeting with a direction and a timeline. You're going to leave this one with the assets. ​Join Albert C., a former marketer at Meta, for an exclusive AI Builder session where you'll produce three campaign-ready assets in real time. By the end of the hour, you'll have a landing page, a 5-slide social carousel, and a short product video, all built by you, on brief, from scratch. ​This isn't a walkthrough. You build alongside Albert C. the entire time, so you leave with finished work, not notes about finished work. ​The session covers prompt patterns for visual consistency, how to brief Claude on brand voice and color, and how to move efficiently across asset types without losing creative direction. You'll also walk away with a reusable prompt framework you can take back to any brief, for any product, so the work you do in this session isn't a one-time thing. ​Come with a product in mind. Everything else is provided.

Build a Job Search Operating System (JSOS) [5/13/2026] (Recording)

Build Anything Series · Event 01 · Free · Live The job search is the most expensive workflow most people will ever run — and the one they're least equipped for. Spreadsheets, sticky notes, half-tracked outreach, lost interview notes. By the end of this hour, you'll learn how to create a complete Job Search Operating System to help you land your next offer. What we'll walk through live: - A real applicant tracker | every role, company, and contact in one view. Status, last action, next step, follow-up date. - Automated outreach + research | pull company context, drafts personalized outreach, surfaces the right people to message. - Synced notes, prep, offer comparison | interview notes that auto-link to the role, prep doc generation per company, structured offer comparison when it's time to choose. Who it's for: - People actively job searching or about to start - Career switchers, returning-to-work folks, recent grads - Anyone who's run a search before and remembers losing track of half of it Not a fit if: - You enjoy manual data entry and Excel-tab chaos - You'd rather pay $300 for a static prompt template that fails instead of learning the principles yourself - You want a one-click magic button I'll be honest about where AI helps and where it doesn't, and how to keep the system running without me. Bring your laptop and follow along, or lean in, watch, and replicate after.

GRE Geometry & Algebra: The Top Tips High Scorers Use [5/22/2026] (Recording)

Geometry and algebra questions make up a major portion of the GRE Quant section, but high scorers approach them with specific strategies that go far beyond memorizing formulas. This session is for students who want to improve both accuracy and speed on two of the most heavily tested GRE topics. You’ll learn the shortcuts and patterns top scorers rely on, how to recognize common trap setups, and the foundational concepts that make difficult problems more manageable under time pressure. Join live to see how an experienced GRE instructor breaks down these question types and the patterns they see across high-performing test takers. You’ll also have the chance to ask questions in real time and get practical guidance on how to apply these strategies effectively during your own preparation.

Office Hours with a Senior Software Engineer [5/24/2026] (Recording)

We're going to help you get clarity around these questions: 1. Is software a good fit for the life I want? 2. What does it take to become a software engineer? This will also be an open session to ask a question about software from someone who has been living and breathing it for the last decade. People of all experience levels are welcome!

Crafting an MBA Essay That Actually Stands Out [5/12/2026] (Recording)

FREE LELAND + FOR 1 MONTH FOR ALL LIVE ATTENDEES. Strong MBA essays aren’t just well-written, they clearly communicate who you are and why you belong at a program. This session is for applicants who want to move beyond generic advice and craft essays that genuinely stand out. You’ll learn how to develop a focused personal narrative, avoid common mistakes that dilute your story, and align your essays with what admissions readers are actually looking for. Join live to hear from MBA admissions experts and ask questions about your own essay ideas. The panelists regularly work with applicants on essay development and will share the patterns they see across successful submissions. Expect practical feedback and insights similar to what’s covered in 1:1 coaching conversations.

Job Search Operating System | Prompt Library

Build Your Own Job Search OS — Companion Guide — the underlying system from the May 13 Build Anything session, packaged so you can recreate it from scratch. Inside: - Step-by-step build for the 6 trackers in Notion or Excel: full property lists, view filters, exact column headers - The full prompt library, every prompt mapped to a specific moment in your search (spotting a role, auto-filling an application, weekly inbox sweep, interview prep, reference calls) - A 7-day runbook to get the whole system live inside a week - Scheduled-task templates for the morning brief, weekly sweep, and Sunday retro - A failure-modes table for when the prompts don't behave This is for anyone running a real job search who's tired of holding 50 active threads in their head, rewriting "why this company" for the 47th time, or losing track of which recruiter said "check back in a month." You walk away with working trackers, prompts you can actually run, and daily/weekly cadence prompts to keep you up to date so you can focus on networking, prep and the more important human components of a real-life job search.