The Internet Broke the Application Process
Picture this. It’s a Monday in Connecticut. The hiring manager submits his open role to HR. HR posts it on the company’s online career portal. In order to land this job you’ll need to compete against hundreds of resumes arriving from all parts of the world that have internet access, as well as the company’s A.I. Applicant Tracking Software.
The most accomplished few get a phone screen with an HR professional who will not be on the team performing the work should you land the job. Once you land a real interview your competition is someone who is up for internal promotion. The barriers to entry verge on humorous.
Humans Are the Solution
Serving Connecticut, Seattle, Boston and all points beyond, our consulting group is known for applying a rigorous approach to activating your network and expanding your circle of access.
The winning career strategy often involves inside access (yes, the equity issues are staggering). Career consultants know: how you connect to the human networks around you is directly linked to your interview process. Your interview begins during networking.
We partner with you to ensure you are totally prepared to communicate your intellect and value in a variety of social, formal and semi-formal scenarios. Our complete training and scripting services transform our clients’ ability to perform under fire. We like to see you win.
The Secret to Senior Level Interviewing is Thought Partnership
The instinct is strong to go passive and simply answer the questions asked of you during an interview. “Have you ever shipped a global product?” “Oh yes, in 2016 I led a deployment…”
The instinct to agreeably reply is true for most people of all seniority levels. It makes sense – you want to be agreeable, a good participant. Expressing yourself as a leader in an interview requires more.
Your ability to meet and deliver on the executive challenges that leaders face are tested and explored during the job search and interview process. Our career counseling intake process moves quickly to apply strength-based coaching strategies which bring your beliefs, actions, and performance into alignment resulting in your highest level of performance when meeting with prospective employers.
Our offices in Connecticut and Seattle deliver high value, global career coaching services. Homework assignments, recorded practice and live interview coaching work in a continuum to correct and advance your capacity to perform.
Culture Matters
Whether you are applying to manage finance teams, lead product development or drive business strategy we evaluate which choices will land with greatest impact.
We serve a strong portfolio of mid, senior and executive level clients in the heart of some of the most tech forward cities in the United States: Connecticut, Seattle and Boston. Here is why that matters:
As tech goes, so too goes the nation. Agile, scrum, product development, customer interviews, these tactics and more have grown from tech and migrated to business, management, entrepreneurship, even recently the NPO space. Living among and serving a tech forward client base means we are tracking emerging trends in interviewing, career progression, leadership evaluation metrics, culture and business needs as they emerge.
Laura is a sought after thought leader and podcast guest on topics ranging from AI to case law and legal decisions relating to inclusion in the workplace. She was interviewed by Marketplace and the Wall Street Journal during the last session of the Supreme Court and flown to the national AWS re:Invent conference to speak on the implications of GenAI for increased accessibility in the workplace. Laura is a prolific writer and creator, and has hosted and filmed the HR Tech, What’s Working? LinkedIn Live podcast featuring leaders across Google, Microsoft and more.
Laura originated as a campaign strategy & policy expert, delivering state level victories and securing policy changes that benefited the lives of thousands of vulnerable citizens. Now co-founder of AI-native software Included Laura and team have created the first tech of its kind to use AI to help democratize HR data insights for business unit leaders and executives.
Laura applied her success in political campaign strategy to found Close Cohen, a global career development coaching practice serving executives, VPs, and C suite across Amazon, Apple, CISCO, and more. Clients working with Laura’s frameworks and methods secured incredible victories because it turns out – work is political – and a highly calibrated strategy delivers wins.
A serial entrepreneur and successful founder, Laura has limited availability to speak with founders on their most pressing leadership, revenue, and scaling challenges.
Your Career Package:
- Career coaching and discernment
- Skills, experience, interests assessment
- Online project management
- Road map
- Ideal employer profiling
- Job lead development and matching
- Resume, LinkedIn writing and tactics
- Job search plan of action
- Network analysis and strategy
- Senior level mock interview training
- Coaching to evaluate and respond to offers
Ready to land your next job?
Train to Win
There’s a reason we’re a leading Connecticut, Seattle, Boston career consulting group: We care about the deliverables and we care about your experience.
Peak Job Search Performance
Your Job Search and Interview Skills Get the Attention They Deserve
90% of our clients begin the intake process by announcing that they have Big Questions. Questions span the range: “Am I in the right role? The right industry? Am I achieving my earning potential? and “Who would want to employ me given my complex work history?”
The job search career coaching track isn’t a good fit for a recently graduated student or someone in the first few years of their career.
Your Resume Is Not The Only Lever To Pull
Digital, back-channel and influencing strategies for breakthrough results.
We Love Complex Questions
Bring it on. We embrace iteration as the job search evolves. We like getting things right.
It’s Healthy to Level Up
Clients graduate with momentum, a roadmap, and mandate for your next phase of achievement. We guide and partner with you, applying the tactics and strategies that work, and gather live in session for in depth candidate coaching.
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