A Recruiter-Led Career Advisory

We Diagnose What's Holding You Back
Then We Fix It.

You've done everything, the resume's polished LinkedIn's updated you're networking you're applying you're following up It's still not working.

Recruiter-led career transition advisory for experienced professionals. Resume, LinkedIn, interviews, networking, negotiation. The insider knowledge that turns a search going nowhere into the role you want, faster.

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2-minute Career Transition Diagnostic · Free · Walk away knowing exactly where you stand.

~2 decades
On the hiring side
1,000+
Hires placed
100%
Client goal achievement
The real problem

That's not a you problem.

Nobody taught you how hiring actually works at your level. Not college, not your company, not the last coach who promised you a job in seven days.

I'm Whitney Brooks. I've spent almost two decades on the recruiting side of the table, as an external recruiter and a director of recruiting, and I treat your search like the business decision it actually is. I've reviewed tens of thousands of resumes, sat in the rooms where candidates get quietly passed over, and watched qualified people lose to less-qualified ones because of things nobody told them.

What I do isn't coaching in the way that word usually gets used. No generic playbook, no step-by-step system that works the same for everyone. It's specific, strategic, recruiter-informed advisory built around your situation.

Six Paths, One Assessment

You did what made sense. It's not working now.

Where are you right now?

Recently let go. Severance running. The panic is real. What you do in the first 14 days matters more than the next 90. Taking off the uniform. TAP checked the box. It got you to the starting line. It didn't give you the tools to land the job. 15+ years at one place. The market you knew doesn't exist. The rules changed. You need a current map, not a 2015 playbook. Ready to change lanes. Leaving Finance for Tech. Leaving Engineering for Product. You're not starting over, you're repositioning. Employed, but done. You have a job. You want a different one. The search has to be discreet, deliberate, and strategic. Returning after a break. You took time. Now you're back. The gap isn't the problem. Getting back in at your level is.
How It Works

Find what's broken. Fix it. Keep you moving.

Find what's broken

We start wherever you are, no prerequisites, no modules to get through first. We look at what's happening in your search right now and find exactly where it's breaking down.

Fix it

Resume, LinkedIn, outreach, interview answers. We fix what a recruiter would actually flag, not what a generic checklist says to fix.

Keep you moving

Three live office hours a week. Bring whatever's happening, an interview, an offer, a reply you don't know how to write, and we handle it together, right then.

Why this is different

Three professional lenses. One rare combination.

The Recruiter's Eye

Almost two decades in recruiting across deep-tech and beyond. I know how the hiring machine thinks because I've run it from the inside.

The Auditor's Rigor

When I look at your search, I'm not reading vibes, I'm reconciling the data. Response rates, where applications stall, what each activity is actually producing. Your search is a business problem with real inputs and outputs, and I treat it like one.

The Known Unknowns Edge

Most people helping you don't have much more hiring experience than you do, so they're guessing at the same things you are. Almost two decades on the hiring side means I've seen the pattern before.

"The people I work with aren't screwing up. They're doing everything they know to do. It just turns out nobody ever taught them how this actually works at their level."

Whitney Brooks · Founder, The Work Life Upgrade

Three ways to work together

One program, built around your search. Not a course. No fake urgency.

Quick Start Program
Direct Access, On Your Schedule
$1,000
One-time · 12-month access · no membership
  • Targeted video trainings on the three things that quietly stall experienced searches: interviewing, networking, negotiating
  • 3 personal written questions, answered directly by Whitney within 4 business days
  • Watch anytime, revisit anytime, for 12 months
  • The full $1,000 credits toward the Advisory Room if you join within 60 days
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Primary Offer
The Advisory Room
The Advisory Room
$500/mo
$500/mo for 10 months, or $4,500 in full · 36-month access
  • 3 live office hours per week (M/W/F, times shared at enrollment), bring whatever's happening in your search and we handle it together
  • A-to-Z on-demand job search training, replayable anytime
  • Peer community & accountability, professionals at your level
  • Monthly market insights from the recruiter's side of the table
  • Option to apply for the Premium Upgrade
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À La Carte
Targeted Standalone Services
$250-$2.5K
Pay-per-service · no membership
  • Resume Audit, written report · $250
  • Resume Rebuild, live 1-on-1 · $650
  • Live Mock Interview + feedback · $650
  • Networking Training, on-demand · $300
  • A-to-Z Job Search Program · $2,500
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Client Results

Real people. Real moves.

★★★★★

"After 25 years in my field, I was torn between staying comfortable or pursuing work that aligned with my values. Whitney gave me the clarity, and the courage, to choose the role that fit both."

Courtney W. · Healthcare Executive · Career Pivoter

★★★★★

"Laid off and unsure, I needed direction fast. Whitney helped me clarify my value and regain control of my search. I went from 0 responses to 6 interviews in two weeks."

Justin D. · Marketing Director · Recently Laid Off

The next step

The assessment takes two minutes.
Your next move takes everything else.

A few quick questions and you'll get a clear read on where your search actually stands, what it means, and the single best next step, whether that's the Group Program, a standalone service, or a free resource.

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Free · No credit card · 2 minutes · Instant results