They’re Not Going
To Tell You Why.
I Will.
Career strategy from 15+ years recruiting talent for companies such as Cisco, Google, and Wells Fargo. Built around your background, your target roles, and the market you’re actually competing in. No scripts. No fluff. Just the facts.
What I offer
Seven services, each built to fix a specific point where searches break down, plus two bundles if you need more than one. Pick the one that matches where you’re stuck.
One specific thing, answered by someone who sat on the hiring side. Should you take the counteroffer. What the recruiter meant by “we’re still calibrating.” Whether that gap needs explaining. Bring one question, get a straight answer.
- A 30-minute call on one clearly defined career or job-search issue
- Practical guidance and next steps, discussed on the call
- If it’s bigger than 30 minutes, I’ll say so instead of running the clock
No advance document review, research, written report, or ongoing support. If your question needs more than 30 minutes, one of the services below will serve you better.
Copy linkFind out what’s working, what’s quietly sinking you, and what to fix first. The same recruiter-eye read I gave candidates for 15+ years, in writing.
- Review of one resume and your LinkedIn profile against one target role family
- A detailed written critique of positioning, content, structure, and consistency
- Prioritized recommendations, ranked by impact
- One targeted sample rewrite from your resume or LinkedIn
- A practical action checklist
Written service, no call. Does not include a full rewrite, implementation, or revision rounds.
Copy linkMost candidates don’t lose on qualifications. They lose on how they explain them. We fix that before it costs you the offer.
- Advance review of your resume and one target job description
- A 90-minute practice session built around that specific opportunity
- Practice with your introduction, your experience examples, and the questions you’re most likely to get
- Direct feedback on clarity, relevance, and delivery: what a debrief room would actually say about your answers
- Guidance on the questions you should ask them
- Written feedback and preparation notes
Each booking covers one target role. Additional sessions are booked separately.
Copy linkThe first number is rarely the last number. Know what you’re looking at before you answer.
- Review of one offer and the compensation details you provide
- Compensation research for the role, experience level, and location
- Assessment of base salary, bonus, benefits, and other disclosed terms
- One 60-minute consultation
- A personalized negotiation approach and ready-to-use scripts
- One email review of the employer’s response or revised offer, within 14 days of your consultation
You handle employer communications. I make sure you walk in prepared. Additional offers or extended negotiation support are quoted separately.
Copy linkIf you’re applying constantly and hearing nothing back, the problem is usually not effort. Let’s find where your search is actually stalling.
- Review of your intake form, resume, LinkedIn profile, and recent search activity
- Assessment of your target roles and how your experience lines up with them
- An integrated “Why Am I Stuck?” analysis that pinpoints where your search is stalling and why
- Targeted research into relevant openings, employer requirements, and available market indicators
- A 60-minute strategy session
- Desired salary realism review: your target checked against posted pay for comparable roles, a recommended range, and scripts for answering compensation questions
- A personalized 30-day action plan covering role targeting, application priorities, networking, and next steps
- An honest conversation about search conditions and what may affect your timeline
- Free 15-minute fit call before you pay, to confirm this is the right service. No coaching on the call.
Resume and LinkedIn rewriting are available separately.
Copy linkBefore you pivot, find out how a recruiter will read it.
Thinking about a change? Get a blunt read on which directions your experience actually supports, before you spend money or time finding out the hard way.
- Review of your intake form and resume
- An evidence-based transferable-skills assessment
- Research and comparison of up to three potential career pathways
- Your relevant experience, skill gaps, and likely barriers, named plainly
- A written report with recommended next steps and practical ways to test each option, delivered before your debrief
- A 60-minute debrief to walk through the findings and decide your next move
- Free 15-minute fit call before you pay, to confirm this is the right service. No coaching on the call.
Recommendations reflect your experience and the research findings. Some pathways may require additional training or experience. Resume rewriting is available separately.
Copy linkA fully written resume and the two LinkedIn sections recruiters read first. We talk through your background, your results, and the roles you’re targeting. Then I write it the way a recruiter needs to read it.
- Review of your intake form, existing resume, and target roles
- A 30-minute consultation
- A professionally written resume tailored to one target role family
- Copy-and-paste LinkedIn headline and About section, written to align with your resume
- One round of consolidated revisions, requested within 7 days of receiving your first draft
- Final resume files in editable Word and PDF formats
LinkedIn copy is provided for you to add to your profile. Experience-section copy is not included; your new resume gives you the material to update it yourself. Additional resume versions for different career directions are quoted separately.
Copy linkBundles
Three sessions to bring me what actually happened in your search and get the hiring-side read on it.
- Three 60-minute sessions
- Priorities set in the first session, based on where your search stands
- Bring what happened since we last talked: the recruiter call, the rejection email, the posting you can’t read, the networking message you’re unsure about. I’ll tell you how it looked from the other side of the desk.
- Feedback on materials you create between sessions
- Follow-up notes with next steps after each session
Covers sessions and feedback. Resume writing, formal audits, researched career or compensation analysis, and standalone reports are purchased separately. Sessions must be used within 90 days of the first appointment.
Copy linkYour materials, your strategy, your interviews, and your offer, built to work together.
- Resume + LinkedIn Essentials: intake form, a 30-minute consultation, a professionally written resume for one target role family, and a copy-and-paste LinkedIn headline and About section, written to align with your resume
- One round of consolidated revisions, requested within 7 days of receiving your first draft
- Standalone final resume files in editable Word and PDF formats
- Review of your current search approach and target roles
- An integrated “Why Am I Stuck?” analysis that pinpoints where your search is stalling and why
- A separate 60-minute Job Search Strategy session, backed by targeted market research and a realistic read on market conditions for your target roles, your search outlook, and the factors likely to affect your timeline
- Desired salary realism review: your target checked against posted pay for comparable roles, a recommended range, and scripts for answering compensation questions
- A personalized 30-day action plan
- One 90-minute interview prep session for a specific role, including advance resume and job-description review
- Written interview feedback and preparation notes
- Offer & Negotiation Strategy when the offer arrives: compensation review, a 60-minute call, negotiation scripts, and one email review of the employer’s response
Purchased separately: $1,400. Package price: $1,000, a $400 savings.
The resume consultation, strategy session, and interview prep are separate appointments, used within 90 days of the first appointment. Offer & Negotiation Strategy can be used any time within 6 months of the first appointment. Career Pivot Analysis is available separately.
Copy linkNeed something that isn’t listed, or more than one service? Ask for a quote. I’ll price à la carte work like an extra resume version, a second interview prep session, or support on a second offer. If you book two or more services together outside the bundles, you’ll get a multi-service discount. Tell me what you need in the form below and you’ll have a price before anything starts.
Payment plans. Want to spread out the cost? Choose PayPal Pay Later at checkout. It’s the only payment plan available, and approval is up to PayPal. Payment is due before work begins.
A note on scope: Each service includes the appointments and deliverables listed. Anything beyond that is quoted and agreed on before work begins. I’ll tell you the truth about your search, but I can’t guarantee interviews, offers, salary increases, or hiring timelines. Nobody honestly can.
Not sure which one? Tell me where you’re stuck in the form below and I’ll tell you which service fits. Or that none of them do. I’d rather send you to the free Job Search Library than take your money for something you don’t need.
How it works
Fill out the form and tell me where you are in your search. The more specific you are, the more useful I am. No sales call. Just a real conversation.
I respond personally within 48 hours. Not a bot, not a template. We’ll sort out which service fits where you actually are.
Sessions run over video. You get my honest assessment and a plan. What you do with it is up to you.
Written notes, action items, and anything we build together: scripts, plans, rewrites. Nothing gets lost in the conversation.
What you actually get
I sat in the debrief meetings, not as the person making the final call, but as the one hiring managers turned to for a straight read. You get what’s said in there, not the version in the rejection email.
Everything is built around your background, your target roles, and the market you’re competing in. Not a framework. Not a template.
I spent 15+ years recruiting talent for companies such as Cisco, Google, and Wells Fargo, across HR, finance, operations, legal, marketing, and communications. I know what hiring managers care about, and it isn’t always what the job description says.
When age is the real issue, I can name the pattern and coach you around it, defensively and strategically. It’s a specialty, not a guess.
Multiple layoffs. One search that ran past 18 months. I ran this market from the candidate side, not from a slide deck.
I’ll tell you what’s actually holding you back, not what’s easiest to hear. You deserve the truth more than you deserve comfort.
Most of the people I work with aren’t underqualified. They’re running a search with half the information. Guessing at what the resume screen did, what the panel actually said afterward, what’s negotiable and what’s theater. That gap costs interviews and income. It’s also fixable, which is the part nobody tells you.
Some of them are also up against age bias, and I’ll say so plainly when that’s what’s happening. But the work is the same either way: figure out how the machine is actually running, then run it back.
You get my honest read. That’s the entire service.
Angela MalagonReady to Get Started?
Tell me what you’re dealing with: the role you’re chasing, where the search keeps stalling, what you’ve already tried. Specifics get you a better answer than a summary does.
