Practical tools for the career decisions that matter most.
Built from 29 years coaching and evaluating 2,000+ in-house recruiters...then reverse-engineering what I learned to help job seekers make better career decisions.
Career decisions deserve more than a quick pros-and-cons list
The Career Trajectory Library is built to help job seekers make important career decisions with more structure and less guesswork.
Each tool is designed to help you see what matters, what you may be missing, what you still need to find out, and how the decision may look different over time.
The goal is not to give you more career advice to consume. It is to help you make the decision itself more carefully.
Three kinds of practical career support
Decision Tools
Practical tools to help you evaluate, compare, and make important career decisions with greater clarity.
Personal Help
Focused help from Carl for specific career challenges where an experienced hiring perspective can make a difference.
Recomended Solutions
Carefully selected outside tools and resources that can help you organize, prepare, and execute your job search more effectively.
Explore the Library
A carefully created and curated collection of tools, guidance, and resources to help you make smarter career decisions and run a stronger job search.
Career Tools
Job Offer Decision Tool
A job offer can look great on Day 1 and still become the wrong move later.
Compare a job offer with your current job or other opportunities across Day 1, Year 1, and Years 2-5.
Then weight the decision around what matters most to you.
Better when? Better for whom?
Negotiate What You're Worth
Prepare for a new offer, raise, promotion, or other pay conversation with structured strategy, scripts, templates, and practical guidance to help you make your case with greater confidence.
Job-First Resume System
Most resumes start with your history.
This one starts with the job you want.
Build a resume around what the employer actually needs...so your strongest evidence is easier to see, easier to believe, and harder to ignore.
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Personal Help
Recruiter's-Eye Resume Review
See your resume the way a recruiter is likely to see it. Find what stands out, what creates doubt, and what may be keeping you from the right interviews.
Interview Preparation
Your resume gets you into the conversation. This helps you prove the same evidence when the questions start. Prepare around the target job, the likely concerns, and the accomplishments you need to defend.
Job Offer Strategy
Getting the job offer is not the finish line. This helps you compare what you are gaining, what you are giving up, and whether the move still looks right beyond Day 1.
Recomended Solutions
Organize Your Job Search
Keep applications, resumes, cover letters, contacts, and follow-ups organized in one place so your job search is easier to manage.
Hidden Executive Job Search
At the $250K+ level, many of the best opportunities are never publicly advertised.
For selected senior executives, I can provide access to a specialized resource designed to help uncover the right companies, decision-makers and conversations beyond the visible job market.
Done-For-You Job Search Help
Get professional help with job search management, resume writing, and positioning when you want more support than a DIY approach.