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For job seekers | Play Your Career Hand™
The game changed. Nobody updated the rulebook.
You can be qualified and still get overlooked. The real problem may be your résumé, targeting, visibility, networking, interview performance, or the fact that you are playing at the wrong table. Before you rewrite anything again, figure out where the signal is getting lost.
Find my starting pointThe honest read
You do not need more generic advice. You need the right diagnosis.
- You keep rewriting your résumé, but your interview rate is not changing.
- You are applying to more roles because nobody can tell you which ones are actually worth your time.
- Your experience is there, but the level, ownership, and business impact are buried.
- You are getting interviews, then losing momentum without understanding why.
- Everyone has advice. Almost no one will tell you what recruiters and hiring teams actually see.
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A gap needs context. It does not need custody of the whole interview.
New: How to explain a career gap without sounding defensiveRead: How to explain several short job tenuresRead: How to negotiate a job offer without losing itYou can build the internal case and quietly test the external market at the same time. You can also build a fractional lane before you need it to replace your paycheck. Career strategy should create options, not another dependence on one company.
Diagnose why recruiters are not finding you on LinkedInExplain a layoff in an interview without sounding defensiveChoose between a career coach, résumé writer, and recruiterDecide between fractional consulting and a full-time roleMake a career change without automatically starting overDiagnose why applications are not becoming interviewsDecide whether to stay or leave after being passed overGet noticed by the right executive recruitersFind the civilian roles your military experience supportsTranslate military experience for a civilian careerRead: How to Start Consulting While EmployedRead the promotion and quiet-search guideDiagnose why interviews are not becoming offersDifferent hands. Different plays.
The same advice does not work for every job seeker.
Executives
At this level, the best roles may never be posted. Your positioning has to work before the search officially starts.
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You do not have a passion problem. You have a positioning problem. Proof beats superfan energy every time.
Explore sports career strategyEarly-Career Professionals
Your résumé may still read like a list of responsibilities when hiring teams are looking for judgment, ownership, and impact.
Explore early-career strategyStudents & Internships
You are expected to have experience before anyone gives you experience. The play is learning how to make what you do have count.
Explore internship helpVeterans
Your experience is valuable. The civilian market may need help understanding the scope, level, and problems you already know how to solve.
Build the civilian role mapWhat’s Your Career Hand?
First, figure out which table you are actually sitting at.
Answer three quick questions. I’ll show you the most useful place to start based on your career level, industry, and what you are trying to do next.
Question 1
What brings you here today?
How I help
No templates. No recycled advice. No pretending the market is nicer than it is.
Honest career strategy, sharper positioning, and recruiter-level feedback on your résumé, LinkedIn, interviews, networking, and negotiation.
You work directly with someone who has reviewed more than 25,000 résumés and LinkedIn profiles, interviewed more than 5,000 candidates, and spent 20+ years studying what makes hiring teams say yes.
Talk to Rachel about my careerWays to work with me
Start with the problem that is actually costing you conversations.
The core menu is intentionally simple: get a fast read, fix the two tools recruiters see first, or build the full search plan. Focused support is available when one part of the process needs attention.
Quick Read
$150
30 minutes
A direct recruiter read of your résumé or LinkedIn profile, what is working, what is missing, and what to fix first.
Book nowRésumé + LinkedIn Bundle
$450
Save $50
Build a clearer market story across both tools, with positioning that shows ownership, evidence, level, and relevance without generic templates.
Book nowCareer Search Plan
$750
Three working sessions
Résumé and LinkedIn positioning plus a focused search plan covering targets, outreach, visibility, and the next moves most likely to create traction.
Book nowSee every support optionInterviewing, outreach, negotiation, ongoing strategy, and higher-touch partnerships
Focused support
Career Clarity Session
$250
60 minutes
Diagnose whether the problem is targeting, positioning, visibility, networking, interviews, or a combination of them.
Book nowRésumé Strategy
$250
Done with you
Turn responsibilities into evidence and make your level, ownership, and business value easier to see.
Book nowLinkedIn Strategy
$250
Done with you
Strengthen your headline, About section, experience, keywords, visibility, and recruiter-facing signal.
Book nowInterview Preparation
$250
60 minutes
Build sharper stories, practice the hard questions, and walk in knowing what proof the role requires.
Book nowNetworking & Outreach Strategy
$250
60 minutes
Identify the right people, write outreach that sounds human, and create a relationship plan that does not rely on cold applying.
Book nowOffer Negotiation Support
$250
At offer stage
Evaluate the full offer, decide where you have leverage, and negotiate without creating unnecessary risk.
Book nowFull-search support
Full Career Strategy Partnership
$1,500
Eight weeks
Higher-touch support across positioning, materials, outreach, interviews, decisions, and the inevitable moments when the search gets weird.
Let’s talk firstOngoing Job-Search Support
Custom scope
Ongoing advisory
Steady strategic support for a search that needs accountability, course correction, and an experienced recruiter in your corner.
Let’s talk firstEvery service is done directly with Rachel. No junior writer, black-box rewrite, or résumé generated by a jargon-loving robot in a blazer.
Free recruiter-calibrated diagnostic
A recruiter may give your résumé five seconds of attention. What do they see?
Unicorn Signal shows you the first impression your résumé creates, the evidence a recruiter can actually find, and the missing signal most likely to cost you the conversation.
What a client says when I’m not in the room
“Rachel didn’t give me generic advice. She took the time to understand my career goals and provided thoughtful, actionable feedback tailored to where I want to go next. She also helped me think more strategically about increasing my visibility with senior leadership, developing relationships with potential sponsors, and communicating my impact. Within a week of updating my LinkedIn profile, I noticed an increase in profile views.”
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