Love Your Career Again
connect who you are to meaningful work you love
Are You Frustrated & Tired in the Career You're Supposed to Love?
When you started your career you felt sparked full of passion, purpose and energy. You did all the right things and followed all the right steps. But along the way something went wrong, and your career no longer feels like the vision you had when you started. It no longer feels like YOU.
So now you're stuck. You long to get that spark back - to feel connected, aligned & energized again. But you’re tired, frustrated and keep spinning your wheels trying to pinpoint exactly what's wrong:
...is it the overall focus of your career?
...is it your position, the tasks you do day-to-day?
...is it your specific company? Corporate culture? Industry?
...is it the people you work with, your team, your boss?
... or is it your work environment - where, when & how you work?
You just don't know. And until you do, you won't be able to fix it and get that spark back. That feeling of purpose, flow, alignment and energy that makes all the difference..
It is Possible to Love Your Career Again
When you're frustrated & tired in a career you've invested so much time and energy in, it can be scary to dig deep and really evaluate what's wrong. What if you find out the career you're in is not really for you? What if you have to start over at ground zero?
I'm here to tell you that moving from a job that drains you to one that feels energizing and fulfilling usually just requires a few small - but very important tweaks. And it almost never means starting over from scratch.
You likely have many skills and talents that are immediately applicable to multiple career paths. And it is possible to apply your existing skills to a completely new career direction without sacrificing salary.
As a 20 year marketing professional & former recruiter turned master certified coach & Certified Sparketype Advisor, I can help you get in touch with the types of work that really light you up (along with what drains you) - so you can finally find your ideal career direction.
Then I can support you in creating the career dossier (resume, cover letter, and LinkedIn profile) that markets you as the ideal candidate for your new dream job, and coach you through the entire job search, application and interview process (providing insider tips on what hiring managers are really looking for along the way).
Spark Your Career Programs
Sparked Career Direction
Sparketype career coaching to get clear around the type of work that makes you feel alive and the type of work that drains you.
We'll create your Ideal Career Profile that you can use as an important decision making tool, analyze your current work situation, and identify any small (or big changes) you can make at your current job, a new position in your company, or a completely new career direction.
- 8 weekly 60 minute career coaching sessions
- Sparked Career Direction exercises
- Unlimited email support between sessions
- Access to the Sparked Career Online course full of resources
- Sparketype & other assessments to help you identify the work that lights you up
Sparked Resume + Career Dossier
We'll use your Ideal Career Profile to identify a job description in the real world to customize your career dossier (resume, cover letter & LinkedIn profile) and online profiles around. This is the key to grabbing the attention of recruiters and hiring managers, and getting that interview:
- Identify an ideal job description
- Customize your resume & cover letter to match your ideal job
- Review & update your LinkedIn profile to attract recruiters
- Review & update your online brand, including social profiles
- Learn how to update & customize your career dossier to match job descriptions
Sparked Job Search & Interviewing
Job search, interview, networking and negotiation coaching and support so you feel confident, prepared, and land your ideal job. We'll create your job search and go-to-market strategy and, share best practices around networking & working with recruiters. We'll also create your interview stories and practice mock interviews to make sure you're prepared.
- Best practices coaching around job search, interviewing & negotiation
- Unlimited email support to answer job search & interview questions
- Access to the Sparked Career Online course full of resources
- Support with reviewing and customizing your resume & cover letter for job applications
It is Possible to Love Your Career Again
Hi, I'm Nicole - a Certified Sparketypes Advisor, Senior Professional Career Coach, Certified Equus Coach, Master Certified Soul's Calling Coach, and member of the leadership team for the International Association of Career Coaches. I am also a Master Certified Marketing Consultant and combine my 20 years of experience in marketing, recruiting, career development, interviewing and resume writing to help passionate professionals like you finally do WHAT you love in a WAY you love – by aligning every aspect of your career and work around who you are & how you naturally work best.
I know because I’ve spent my 20 year marketing & recruiting career searching for ways to “fix” my work by connecting who I am to everything I do – whether it was my marketing job, consulting business, or coaching career.
Plus, I've helped worked with hundreds of passionate professionals, coaches, consultants and solopreneurs spark their work through my own programs and as a coach instructor for Martha Beck's Wayfinder Coach Training and Bev Barnes' Soul's Calling Coach Training.
Like you, I've been frustrated & disillusioned in my marketing career. After years of training in career development, coaching, personality psychology, and Sparketypes - what I’ve learned is that the key to loving what you do is aligning every aspect of your career with who you are & how you naturally work best.
Why? Because when you connect who you are to your career you’re passionate, inspired, motivated and more likely to wake up curious about the day ahead, come home feeling fulfilled, and have energy and focus for the other important areas of your life.
On the other hand, when you design your career based on what you think other people want, financial success alone, or how you think you “should” work, every day can seem like a meaningless struggle, you wake up tired and dreading the day ahead, and come home tired, which impacts every area of your life. I wish I knew then what I know now - so I wouldn't have wasted one more day in a job that felt draining and meaningless. But now I know doing work that feels energizing and fulfilling is possible, and that's what I want for you too!
Today, I call myself a career alignment coach. I combine all of my experience and expertise in marketing, recruiting, career development, interviewing and resume writing to help other frustrated professionals make those small but important tweaks to align who they are with work they love - and then teach them the tools to go out and get that dream job!
Get Started with an "Ideal Next Steps" Session!
In this free session, we'll talk about your unique goals & challenges around your career or job search, and I can help you determine your ideal next step, whether it's one of our programs - or something else!
This is a chance for us to get to know each other, and for me to guide you toward your right next step. I'll follow up with an email so you can make your right decision in your own time.
One of my passions is help passionate professionals really understand who they are and how they work best, and help them put together all the puzzle pieces of their career direction and create the right strategy to land their ideal job. So don't hesitate to book your call - I'd love to talk!
What Makes Us Different?
Most marketing consultants & business coaches focus on one-off tactics or a proven system that worked for them - but may not work for your unique business or how you personally work best.
We take a strategy-first approach & use a proven best-practices marketing framework that can be completely customized to who you are & how you naturally work best.
Because what we know for sure is that the number one indicator of success for passionate business owners is how closely their business & marketing feels aligned with who they are, their values & purpose, and how they are naturally energized & motivated.
Proven best practices marketing approach with a Master Certified Consultant
Focus on customizing your business to who you are & how you work best
Master Certified Coach to support you through all the ups & downs of business
Specialized experience & expertise for professional services firms
What They're Saying
"First day at my new workplace today! Feels great. Thanks for all of your coaching and encouragement!" Miranda Myles, Emergency Manager
Thanks for all the support with my resume & the interview process. I finally have a marketing position where they really appreciate my relationship & project management skills. Daena Hamilton, Project Manager
“Nicole has been essential to building the marketing strategy at four different companies I have worked with. Whether it’s coaching executives on their marketing and business strategy or providing insight into strategy, programs, packages and services, Nicole brings a strong sense of energy, enthusiasm, confidence, clarity to every project. ” Blake Ponuick, President, COO, Preston Mobility & President of Axiom Strategy Group