Career Strategy Foundations: Direction, Structure, and Confidence
If you’re feeling unsure where to focus, overwhelmed by options, or stuck in passive applications, this package provides a structured reset. In four focused sessions, we’ll define your direction, sharpen your positioning, and build a disciplined, actionable plan so you can move forward with confidence instead of guesswork. You won’t just have ideas — you’ll have clarity, traction, and a roadmap you can execute. Ideal for college seniors, new grads, MBA candidates, and early-career professionals who need focused direction and a strong strategic starting point. ________________________________________ Designed For: • College seniors unsure how to narrow their search and gain traction • New grads feeling overwhelmed in search of grounding and direction • MBA students preparing to define internship or post-MBA targets • Early-career professionals seeking clearer positioning and a more focused strategy for their next move ________________________________________ What We Accomplish: • Define target roles, industries, and positioning strategy • Develop a compelling brand narrative that aligns experience with goals • Build a practical, week-by-week action plan • Establish accountability structure and measurable next steps ________________________________________ How It Works • We meet weekly for focused, 60-minute sessions designed to bring structure and direction to your search. Each week builds on the last, with clear action steps and measurable progress between sessions. You’ll have unlimited email support between sessions to ensure momentum doesn’t stall. ________________________________________ Outcome: You step into your job search with a clear target, a strategic plan, and the discipline to execute it with confidence.
What's included
My coaching style is direct and encouraging. I'll challenge your thinking, push you toward clarity, and hold you accountable, while making sure the process always feels grounded and tailored to where you are, not where I think you should be. Sessions are structured around clear outcomes, but we move at your pace, adjust as your search evolves, and spend as much time coaching you as a person as we do refining your materials. What sets my approach apart is years of experience seeing the hiring process from the inside. I help you understand not just what to do, but why it works.
- • Career Target Clarity — prioritized roles, industries, and company tiers aligned to your goals and realistic competitive positioning
- • Personal Brand Narrative — written positioning statement connecting your background, experience, and direction into a clear, compelling story
- • Resume Audit and Positioning Feedback — substantive written feedback with specific revision guidance aligned to your target roles
- • LinkedIn Profile Recommendations — written audit with actionable guidance on headline, summary, and experience sections
- • Week-by-Week Action Plan — a concrete, dated roadmap with weekly priorities, outreach goals, and milestones extending beyond the 4-week engagement
- • Networking Outreach Templates — two to three customizable message templates for LinkedIn outreach, informational interview requests, or recruiter contact
- • Accountability Tracker — a structured tool to track applications, outreach, and weekly goals between sessions
- • Session Recaps — written summary after each session documenting key decisions, action items, and next-week priorities
Meet your expert
Carla C.
Transform Your Career w/ Tulane's Former Business Career Executive Director
High-stakes career decisions require more than polished materials. They require strategy. For nearly 30 years, I've helped students, MBA candidates, and early-career professionals move from uncertainty to clarity—and from clarity to offers. As former Executive Director of Career Management at Tulane University's Freeman School of Business, I led the career strategy function for one of the South's top business schools, building and directing a team that achieved a 100% MBA offer rate and coaching hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students pursuing roles in finance, consulting, accounting, and business leadership. Students I've worked with have gone on to Goldman Sachs, Big 4 firms, and top consulting organizations. I also served as Tulane's campus-wide Director of Career Services where I worked with students pursuing degrees in liberal arts, science, and engineering. I directed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program in the Gulf South where I coached founders and CEOs through high-stakes strategic growth decisions. What I bring to every engagement: → 500+ employer relationships and a recruiter's-eye view of how hiring decisions actually get made → Deep expertise in career narrative and positioning—resume, LinkedIn, interview story, and pitch → Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) credential, Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designation, and a master's degree in Communication → A direct, enthusiastic coaching style that challenges your thinking while keeping execution grounded and practical I work best with: → Current students and seniors preparing for competitive recruiting, → MBA candidates at any stage of their search, new grads building traction, and early-career professionals ready for a strategic pivot or promotion. My particular strength is helping clients find and communicate the narrative thread that makes their experience coherent, compelling, and competitive, not just polished. Whether it's your resume, LinkedIn profile, interview stories, or overall search strategy, I help you show up as an authentic candidate. If you're ready to compete seriously for what's next, I'd be glad to partner with you.
