Find the Career That Fits You, Not Just Your CV: 2-3 Evidence-Backed Paths
For when you know something needs to change but can't yet say what. Over 2 months, we'll clarify who you are now, what you want next, and which directions actually hold up in the market. This is the foundation phase: everything we do here is about making sure your next move is the right one before you spend time on CVs and applications. Here's what we'll work through together: - Your career drivers. You get a $20 budget to spend across 18 things that motivate people at work, from status and income to autonomy and meaning. You will do this periodically in the program, and we look at what shifts. - Daily values journal. For 20 days, you note down what you value in everyday life in a simple "I like X, because Y" format. It isn't a gratitude list. It shows what matters to you through how you actually live, not how you describe yourself. - Signature achievement review. You write up 10 to 15 work achievements and 2 outside-work achievements, and we go through them in detail to surface strengths, transferable skills, and patterns of impact you may not see in yourself. - Strengths and motivation mapping. You score around 60 transferable skills on how good you are at each and how much you enjoy it, so we can see where the two overlap. - Interest exploration. The roles, environments, and activities that energize you, and the ones that quietly drain you. - External perspective. You gather input from 5 to 6 people who know you well, and we work through what they see that you don't. - Market reality check. We review 6 to 8 real job descriptions together to test which directions are realistic and which are wishful thinking.
What's included
- 4 live 60-minute video sessions, one every 2 weeks over 2 months, plus up to 2 short ad hoc calls if you need them - Short exercises between sessions, so our time together goes on thinking rather than admin - Unlimited email and WhatsApp support throughout. If I haven't heard from you in a while, I'll check in - Feedback on anything you send within 48 hours, excluding weekends I'll take your ambition seriously, and I'll also tell you honestly when a direction doesn't hold up. Most clients find the process goes deeper than they expected, and that's the point.
- Your Career Compass: 2 to 3 career directions, each backed by evidence from your strengths, motivations, and the market
- A written summary of your values, motivators, and strengths, drawn from your exercises and achievements
- A summary of how 5 to 6 people who know you well see you, and the themes that came up
- An analysis of 6 to 8 real roles showing where you already fit and where the gaps are
- A clear story for why these directions suit you, ready to build your CV and LinkedIn on
Meet your expert
Amrit H.
I help mid-career pros make their next move | Lived 6 pivots | Guided 40+
Most people who come to me don’t lack advice. Some are still deciding where to go next. Others know exactly where they want to be, and can’t seem to get there. Either way, it can feel overwhelming. That’s what I help with: finding the right move, and then actually making it. I’ve helped 40+ professionals transition into consulting, finance, product/tech, and retail/e-commerce, among others. At Booth, I also prepared 70+ classmates for consulting interviews, with 25 offers. A few examples: - A Big 4 finance transformation lead about to apply for an MBA moved into strategy consulting without one, saving ~$200K - An engineer in a technical oil and gas role went to Darden on scholarship, then McKinsey - A private equity investor left to try entrepreneurship, realized a year later it wasn’t the fit, and joined Point72 - A Booth MBA six months into a stalled product search landed product roles at TinyCo, Dropbox and Salesforce Throughout my career, I have been a derivatives trader, a McKinsey consultant, a commodities trader, an e-commerce executive, and a sportswear CEO across five countries. Some of these I planned; most happened to me. I have taken the wrong job, turned down the right one, and lived with both long enough to recognize the difference. I am direct because I’ve watched too many good decisions get lost in polite hedging. MBA ADMISSIONS On the MBA side, I have helped people apply to top programs since graduating from Booth in 2010, where I also served as an alumni admissions interviewer. My clients have earned 300+ admits and $12M in scholarships across every T15 school, LBS, and INSEAD. A few results: - A Microsoft engineer: admitted to Stanford GSB, Wharton, Kellogg and Yale, with scholarships at Kellogg and Yale - A McKinsey alum at Careem: Stanford GSB and Columbia - A GE Healthcare professional: Booth, Yale and Tuck, all three with scholarships - A lawyer-turned-founder rejected by 10+ schools the year before: Darden, with a $160K scholarship A few lines from my testimonials. - “Amrit’s striking attribute lies in his unapologetic honesty, a rarity in this field.” Kripanshi J., Stanford GSB and Wharton - “Before you lose yourself in your version of a perfect world or self-doubt, he acts as a voice of sanity.” Wasim S., Tuck, LBS, Ross and NYU Poet and Quants Top 40 2023
