Coaching for External Career Moves
Build a focused and credible job search
External career moves are rarely just about finding vacancies. For mid-career and senior professionals, the real challenge is usually positioning.
You may have strong experience, but the market may not immediately understand what you do, where you fit, or why you are relevant for the roles you want next. Your CV may describe your past accurately without making a persuasive case for your future. Your LinkedIn profile may be technically complete but strategically weak. Your networking may be too passive, too narrow or too uncomfortable to use well.
I help professionals turn career direction into a focused, credible and active job-search strategy.When coaching for an external career move is useful
This coaching may be useful if you are actively exploring the external market or preparing to do so.
It may also be useful if you have already started searching but are not getting the quality of response you expected. In that case, we look carefully at whether the issue is targeting, positioning, market access, interview performance, confidence, timing or search discipline.
Clients often come to this work when they are asking questions such as:- “I know I need to move, but I do not know how to position myself.”
- “My CV does not seem to be getting the right attention.”
- “I am applying for roles but not getting enough traction.”
- “I am getting interviews but not converting them into offers.”
- “I do not know how to network without feeling awkward.”
- “I want to move sector, function, geography or level.”
- “I am recovering from redundancy, retrenchment or a difficult exit.”
- “I need to explain my story in a more confident and credible way.”
A job search is not only an administrative process. It is acommunication and market-access process.
What we work on
External career moves coaching focuses on building a stronger bridge between your experience and the market you want to enter. The work may include:
- Clarifying your target roles and search criteria.
- Strengthening your CV, LinkedIn profile and personal positioning.
- Identifying the market segments most likely to value your experience.
- Building a networking strategy that feels professional and sustainable.
- Preparing for recruiter, hiring manager and informal networking conversations.
- Developing your interview narrative.
- Translating broad experience into sharper evidence of value.
- Managing confidence after rejection, redundancy or stalled progress.
- Preparing for negotiation and offer decisions.
The aim is not to send more applications. The aim is to improve the quality of your search, the clarity of your message and the credibility of your conversations.
How the coaching works
The coaching is specific to your target market and your current situation. We may work with your CV, LinkedIn profile, job descriptions, recruiter messages, interview feedback, networking targets and role shortlist. Where useful, we may rehearse specific conversations:
- A recruiter call.
- A networking conversation.
- A hiring manager interview.
- A panel interview.
- A compensation negotiation.
- A conversation explaining redundancy, retrenchment or a difficult exit.
- A conversation about why you are changing sector, function or geography.
You will usually leave each session with practical actions, not justgeneral advice.
Typical outcomes
Clients usually use this coaching to develop:
- A sharper external career target.
- A stronger CV and LinkedIn profile.
- A clearer professional narrative.
- A more structured networking plan.
- Better interview preparation.
- A more resilient approach to rejection and uncertainty.
- A practical job-search rhythm.
- Greater confidence in explaining their value.
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