Career Coaching

SESSION 1: ASSESSMENT We will discuss your career goals as well as your current challenges in the job market (and how to overcome them). We will identify your key strengths, skills, experiences, and specialities that you can confidently leverage for your next role, as well as identify any skills you need to strengthen.

SESSION 2: TARGETING We will create a personal mission statement based on your unique skillset, subject area expertise, and ideal work environment that specifically aligns with the role(s) you are targeting. Within this session, I will share an overview of the roles within and outside of traditional media, providing a bigger-picture view of the job marketplace for editorial folks and discuss where you (and your skills) best fit. We will then work on creating a strategy for identifying target adjacent industries, companies, and roles that fit your personal mission statement.

Resume Rewrite: Informed by your new mission statement, I will rewrite, edit, and reformat your resume so it’s uniquely optimized and tailored to your next role(s).

SESSION 3: LINKED IN We will discuss any edits/phrasing/issues concerning your resume. Then I will advise you how to edit your Linked In profile to ensure it is properly optimized for the role(s) you are targeting and ensure that you are discoverable to recruiters and hiring managers.

Also included:

• You will have access to The Talent Fairy Career Resource Guide, which includes cover letter templates; industry-specific career advice; community-reported salary lists; examples of strong editorial portfolios, resumes, and Linked In profiles; an on-going list of niche job boards, industry newsletters, and communities to join and follow, recommended skills courses, and more.  

• You are primed for referrals to The TF’s personal contacts where relevant. 

• You’ll be added to my database of talent for upcoming roles I am filling. 

$1,100.

Are you a member of the After Magazines group? (IYKYK!) You get a 10% discount ($990).

Are you a recent grad? Recent grads get 50% all services.

Job Posting Review: My most popular service! I will review (and sometimes decipher) job postings / descriptions you send me, providing insight on if you are a unique fit and advise on where relevant, how to pitch yourself for the role.

Cover Letter Editing & Strategy: I will line-edit your cover letter and provide overall strategy notes on how to improve your cover letter writing in general. Please provide the job description in advance.

Edit Test Consultation: I will provide help with how to approach your edit test for an editorial or content role. Note: I will not provide ideas or edit you — that’d be cheating! — but I will give insight into what the hiring manager is likely looking for, how to shine, and show off yourself and your skills. 

Interviewing Technique & Strategy: Help with strategizing how to best represent yourself in an interview for a specific role via a phone consultation or a mock interview session. Please provide the job description in advance. 

Linked In Consulting: I will walk through your Linked In profile with you and discuss how to optimize it to attract hiring managers and recruiters. Note that this one-off service requires that you first have a focused career path and a highly optimized resume that aligns with that career path. If you don’t, please consider The Talent Fairy Coaching Basic Package above.

Portfolio Consulting: I will walk you through your portfolio and advise on how to best optimize for the role(s) you are pursuing as well as provide examples of successful editorial portfolios. Note that this one-off service requires that you first have a focused career path and a highly optimized resume that aligns with that career path. If you don’t, please consider The Talent Fairy Basic Package above.

Executive Coaching: I will help you work through issues and challenges you are facing in your editorial or content management role — such as dealing with a new boss, acquisition, merger, restructure, or promotion. 

Note that I no longer offer a stand-alone resume editing service. I found that resume writing is so personal and specific that it requires a deeper relationship with my clients. The resume / LI service is part of the The Talent Fairy Starter Package (see above)

You will have access to The Talent Fairy Career Resource Guide, which includes cover letter templates; industry-specific career advice; community-reported salary lists; examples of strong editorial portfolios, resumes, and Linked In profiles; an on-going list of niche job boards, industry newsletters, and communities to join and follow, recommended skills courses, and more.  

• You are primed for referrals to The TF’s personal contacts where relevant. 

• You’ll be added to my database of talent for upcoming roles I am filling. 

My basic rate is $225/hr. Current clients receive a 10% discount. Recent grads always receive a 50% discount.

Packages can be 3 hours ($660), 5 hours ($1,000); or 7 hours ($1300) and can be divided into 1:1 half hour or 1-hour coaching sessions at your convenience.

*Are you a member of the After Magazines group? (IYKYK!) You get a 10% discount.