CareerNext Coaching
From $125
One-to-one coaching with Chris Kirkpatrick, by the hour or in 10- and 25-hour packages.
See what’s includedFind your ideal job in the shortest time possible
Does your personal branding and marketing plan include:
- An award-winning executive resume?
- A customized marketing plan?
- A customized company targeting plan?
- LinkedIn training and coaching?
- Weekly coaching?
You need more than a resume. You need a system for success.
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Packages and pricing
Every package is scoped on a short call with Chris first, so you only pay for what your search needs.
LinkedIn Optimization Service
$697
Our team will optimize your profile from top to bottom and make it reflect you as the best investment opportunity in your space.
See what’s included Research Package
$997
The companies that fit your target criteria, and at least 100 decision makers inside them, with contact information.
See what’s included Executive Resume Package
$1,497
Work one-to-one with your career coach and resume developer to create a resume that positions you as the best investment for any company.
See what’s included Gold Branding Package
$2,997
Our team works 1-to-1 with you to develop your resume, LinkedIn profile, Executive Proforma, and cover letter.
See what’s included Gold Coaching Package
$2,997
Weekly personal coaching until you find your ideal position. You create your resume with our guidance.
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Platinum Career Package
$4,997
Done-for-you branding plus weekly personal coaching until you land: the complete CareerNext system.
See what’s includedOur services include (but are not limited to)
You will work with Chris and his team of resume writers and coaches. Here is what each piece does for your search.
- Job-winning resume
- Our TORI Award-winning resume writer, an active judge for the TORI Awards, works with you one-on-one to craft your resume.
- “Pattern interrupt” cover letter
- Cover letters can make or break the decision to look at your branding documents in more detail.
- LinkedIn optimization
- LinkedIn is so much more than your resume. It is the #1 place you will be viewed during your job search.
- Thank-you letter
- Sending a thank-you letter after an interview is a great opportunity for a secondary sales touch point.
- Executive Proforma
- Like the proforma of any investment, your Executive Proforma is a one-page networking document that gets your foot in the door by showing you as the best investment opportunity in the market.
- LinkedIn Networking Academy
- Used well, LinkedIn is one of the greatest tools in your job search. Used badly, it is a fantastic waste of time.
- Weekly coaching
- You will face challenges and situations during your executive search that you need help with. Weekly coaching is there for them.
- Career Vision Map
- Become 100% clear on what you want, discover your “why”, find out what is holding you back, and learn to articulate your value proposition and Executive ROI.
- Personal Brand Development Worksheet
- Identify and communicate your value in your marketing documents so you show up as the best investment opportunity to your ideal target market.
A typical job search takes one month for each $10,000 in desired income.*
*According to the U.S. Department of Labor
What’s your ideal position?
What ideal position do you want?
We work with high performers from every industry. We don’t focus on industries, we focus on people. We help you target your desired companies and roles, and reverse-engineer your plan to connect with the right people and land your ideal position faster.
People hire people
Targeting the right opportunity is difficult without the right plan, system, and support. Every product and service is designed to solve a common job search problem and maximize your success in the fastest time possible.
Modernize your job search
How the best companies hire top talent has changed a lot in the past 15–20 years. The job search industry has not kept up. We integrate current technology with time-tested strategies.
How you secure your ideal position
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Step 1: Seek clarity: begin with the end in mind
Get very clear on what you want. It is astonishing that 85% of the most successful executives cannot clearly articulate what role they want and why they want it. If you are not clear yourself, how can you expect a decision maker to be clear enough about you to invest in you?
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Step 2: Create your marketing and branding documents
Think of your resume as part of a marketing and branding package. Ask 100 resume writers their opinion and you’ll get nearly 100 different answers. The resume is just one tool: the best resume in the world won’t do anything for you if you use it improperly. Stop trying to get a company to hire you, and start getting them to invest in you.
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Step 3: Identify and target ideal companies and decision makers
It is essential that you don’t reach out to people before you are crystal clear on your brand. Then treat your search like a business: you are the product, and your job is to build a targeted list of ideal buyers with a clear call to action.
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Step 4: Network and cultivate relationships
Only when you have completed steps one through three should you begin networking. You only get one shot at a first impression. If you can’t speak to every data point on your resume with authority and authenticity, you are not ready yet. There is an effective and an ineffective way to network, to both your warm and cold networks. Systematize it without losing the personal touch.
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Step 5: Interview, negotiate, and close
If you haven’t interviewed in a long time, some anxiety comes with the territory. Proper preparation is how you win the interview. Then, when the position is offered, you will know how to negotiate your maximum value. After all, they are investing in you.
What people say about working with Chris
“Chris is an extremely knowledgeable executive / career / business coach with a positive attitude that is contagious! His advice is practical, direct, and based on his own extensive experience. I discovered Chris in 2019 and found his insights to be very useful when I was evaluating different job opportunities at the time. I highly recommend Chris and his company, CareerNext.”
“Navigating the job market is very complex and overwhelming once you start making over $100K per year. That’s why we use Chris and all of the information he shares in Executive Job Search Secrets as the foundation of helping veterans secure their ideal executive position when they are entering the private market. If you are looking for a job at any level, you need this book.”
“Chris’ insights were incredibly helpful. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge, and is easy to work with. He challenged my thinking in several areas, without ever being challenging to work with. A great guy with great insights.”
“Not only a consummate professional, Chris is also genuinely passionate about projects, ideas, and products he promotes. He looks for the opportunity to maximize every encounter and can deliver on exactly what he says he can do. My career and my network are better because I have connected with him!”
“Chris is a marketing expert, especially when it comes to helping people share their message online. Chris is very abundant in his thinking and has helped me become a better leader and communicator.”
Listen while you search
Chris and his guests, including recruiters and industry insiders, on how senior roles really get filled and what you can do about it this week.
Find out what’s slowing your search down
Tell Chris the role you’re going after. He’ll reply to set up a call and show you where the five-step system would speed things up.
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