Stop the Search
Stop the endless search through applying online that gets you nowhere and keeps you frustrated and directionless. Instead get a customized plan that will honor your background.
It’s Not Your Resume
There is a process to applying based on skill evaluation, refining profiles and interviewing that is often overlooked. The resume is just 20% of this process. Learn to master this whole process.
Access Hidden Jobs
Access 70% of all jobs that are never posted online. Get your own informational interviews to bypass the competition and penetrate your target companies. Learn to get on the inside.
Ace Interviews!
An interview is not about just questions and answers. Create a connection through your storytelling ability with your interviewers to set the tone for your future working relationships.
About Me
When I was laid off from Credit Suisse, I was angry with the company, my family, and everyone who still had jobs. I had a mortgage, tuition and other expenses that I didn’t know how to handle. My family had become accustomed to nice dinners and Caribbean vacations. I was my job, the former breadwinner and hotshot of my family. I believed my kids started to look down on me and my wife was wondering why I didn’t just get a job at Starbucks to make some extra cash. I was depressed, had lost touch with friends and hit rock bottom.
I turned around my life, changing my mindset that I had to suffer in a job and had options I never dreamed of. I transitioned to helping people finance solar systems on their roofs to save money and help global warming. My final pivot came when I became a career coach, a direct act of helping people with problems I understand and can solve.
Today, I have built a career coaching business based on my research, discussions with friends, and hundreds of clients. The best part is I help people not only to get back to work quickly, but also feel better about themselves.
About Me
When I was laid off from Credit Suisse, I was angry with the company, my family, and everyone who still had jobs. I had a mortgage, tuition and other expenses that I didn’t know how to handle. My family had become accustomed to nice dinners and Caribbean vacations. I was my job, the former breadwinner and hotshot of my family. I believed my kids started to look down on me and my wife was wondering why I didn’t just get a job at Starbucks to make some extra cash. I was depressed, had lost touch with friends and hit rock bottom.
I turned around my life, changing my mindset that I had to suffer in a job and had options I never dreamed of. I transitioned to helping people finance solar systems on their roofs to save money and help global warming. My final pivot came when I became a career coach, a direct act of helping people with problems I understand and can solve.
Today, I have built a career coaching business based on my research, discussions with friends, and hundreds of clients. The best part is I help people not only to get back to work quickly, but also feel better about themselves.
Customized Plan
Feeling secure about your job search is all about having a concrete and actionable plan. I will provide you with the clarity on your career direction based on my expertise of having led hundreds of clients into well-fitting, long-lasting careers. I will also design a customized 5 to 7 step plan based on your unique skills, target industry, previous experience and future goals and be with you every step of the way as you turn this plan into success.
Process of Application
Once you get into the right direction and have a plan in place, we will then work on the process of application. This involves crafting your resume specific to your career direction, rather than pumping it up with keywords, so that it immediately clicks with your target employer and at the same time reflects who you truly are (and makes you feel proud about it!). Secondly, I will optimize your LinkedIn profile to make it come alive and be easily searchable for your target organizations.
Interviews – Informational and Formal
My unique expertise lies in helping you land informational interviews based on my extensive network of high-level contacts across organizations so that you gain a key advocate on the inside. I also not only help you prepare for these informational interviews but also for formal interviews so that you develop the skill to connect with each of your interviewers in an atmosphere of dialogue and engagement based on your personal history.
My Clients
My Clients
Aryeh Liwschitz
“I came to Michael in a tough job market. He recommended non-trading jobs as options and set up strategic interviews. Michael also helped prepare me for trading interviews. Michael has a unique network to get you behind the scenes. Michael was the easiest decision I ever made.”
Terri Harris
“Michael is a master at interview preparation. He showed me how to customize my answers to typical and non-typical questions given the company personnel with whom I was speaking. He pumped me up and showed me how to dialogue with the interviewer, thus making the interview seem less like a torture.”
John Blake
“After a 30 year career with the Government, I decided to pivot to back the private sector. I interviewed 8 career coaches but selected Michael due to his background. He helped me develop my own unique “brand”. He enabled my move several months sooner than I might have without his help!”
Klaudia Czarnocka
“What I got with Michael was personalized attention. He really got to know me and figured out a fantastic way for me to market myself. With his guidance, I was able to approach professionals and network effectively. His experience and connections were extremely helpful to me in penetrating my target employers. What a help! “
Some of My Latest Blog Posts
It Must Be My Resume? No, That’s Only Tip of The Iceberg
“It must be my resume.” This is the universal answer I hear why my clients are stuck in the job search process. While your resume is really important, it represents only about 10% of the reason you're stuck. Job search is conceptually easy to understand but hard to...
Updated: Do You Take an Online Job When the HQ Location is Not Acceptable?
Update as of 9-17-2020 to the original post as of 8-31-2020. Do You Take an Online Job When the HQ Location is Not Acceptable? As more and more Wall Street companies put pressure on employees to return to the office, I see a split with Tech. Wall Street will force...
Another Client Success Story: Hello Tech Startup!
There are a lot of big companies out there. At some point in your career, don't you want to move to a younger company, say that started in 2017 as my client just did? He was at a very large financial shop doing quite well. However, let's be realistic: dealing with...