What’s happening in your career?

Most people reach a career coach because something just happened. Find your situation below. Each one links to the guides that explain how the market works, a free tool where one exists, and the help that fits. If yours is not here, book a free consult and tell me what is going on.

I keep applying and hearing nothing

Usually a screen, not a verdict on you. A recruiter spends seconds on a resume before the software or the person decides. Read what a recruiter sees in the first seven seconds, how applicant tracking systems screen candidates and how to spot a ghost job. Then send me your resume for the free five-minute audit, or see the Career Blueprint, which rebuilds the resume and LinkedIn around the roles you want.

Someone just asked for my salary expectations

The first number spoken tends to set the range. Read what to say when they ask your salary expectations in California, check the market in the Bay Area salary map, and take the word-for-word language in the negotiation script pack.

I have an offer and I do not know if it is good

Place it inside the posted range first. Use what is my offer worth, the offer comparison calculator for two offers side by side, and how to compare offers with different salary, bonus, equity and benefits. If the stakes are high, the Executive Concierge and Campaign tiers include negotiation.

I want to negotiate a raise

Timing and evidence decide most raise conversations. Read how to negotiate a raise and when to ask, what raise to expect in 2027 and how compensation analysts decide your pay.

I am the first in my family to negotiate

Nobody handed you the script, and the cost of not having one compounds. See what taking the first offer costs, counter-offer phrases beyond base pay, negotiating while you support family and negotiating when the research says you will be penalized.

I was laid off

The first 48 hours matter for pay, benefits and your story. Start with your first 48 hours, step by step and when final pay is due in California. Then build a plan with the career blueprint guide. If you think the layoff was discriminatory or retaliatory, talk with an employment attorney.

I think I am being pushed out

A performance plan, a shrinking role or sudden silence can be signs. Read is a performance improvement plan a setup, quiet cutting and what rights you have during a probationary period. If you believe it is discrimination or retaliation, talk with an employment attorney and note the dates.

Good work goes unnoticed, or I feel stuck

Visibility and direction are skills, not luck. See why good work goes unnoticed, when to stay, stretch or leave, job hugging and how to find a mentor when nobody in your family has worked in an office like yours.

I do not have a network

Referrals decide who gets hired, and you can build one from nothing. Read how to get a referral when your network is thin, how to network into a company where you know no one and how first-gen grads get in as entry-level jobs shrink.

I want to change fields

A pivot needs a plan with weeks on it. Start with what a career plan should include and the worked example, a 90-day plan to clear a recruiter’s first pass in an adjacent industry. The career tier quiz points you to the right level of help.

I want to know where I stand at work

Pay conversations and workplace rules are easier when you know the basics. See whether your employer can stop you from discussing pay, whether your employer has to pay for home internet and phone and which California employment laws to know before you negotiate.

I want to know what this will cost

Three fixed-scope, fixed-price tiers are published: the Career Blueprint at $499, the High-Velocity Campaign at $1,499 and the Executive Concierge at $3,499. See what each includes, or book twenty free minutes and I will tell you which tier fits, or that you do not need me yet.

Hiring or running a company instead? See what is happening at your company.

These pages explain how the job market and workplace rules work. They are career coaching and general information, not legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created. For a dispute, a claim or a matter before an agency, work with an employment attorney.