Job Searching Is an Inside Job
Find Your First Real Role Through People, Not Postings
Stop chasing job boards. Build clarity, confidence, and the authentic network that opens hidden doors. This practical guide walks rising talent from “applicant” to “asset” with seven hands-on chapters, exercises, and outreach scripts you can use today.
Clarity Is Currency
Discover your strengths, values, and the story that makes you memorable — exercises that turn uncertainty into a clear career direction.
Network Without the Awkwardness
Authentic outreach templates and relationship habits that help you build connections without feeling fake.
Access the Hidden Job Market
Learn how to surface unposted roles and turn conversations into referrals — a practical roadmap to opportunities that never make it to boards.
Workbook + Templates
Ready-to-use scripts, a 3-ask ladder, and printable worksheets so you take action between chapters.
Your Story, Sharpened
A simple 30-second personal pitch and pivot language so recruiters and connectors instantly see your value.
Resilience & Mindset Tools
Concrete practices to stay confident through rejection and keep momentum during a reset.
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Part One of a Career Trilogy
A practical first volume for rising talent — the model repeats across mid-career and reinvention editions.
7 Chapters, 7 Action Outputs
Each chapter ends with a roadmap step you can complete and keep as a career blueprint.
Bonuses Included
Downloadable worksheets, outreach templates, and a sample informational-interview script to use right away.
Meet Dr. Carla Rutley
Career Coach. Adjunct Professor. Your Partner in Landing the Role You Deserve.
Carla is a five-time entrepreneur with 30 years of business operations and marketing expertise and a career advancement strategy. CareerVantage Connections has worked with professionals at all levels, helping them achieve their aspirations.
We understand limited budgets and time-strapped entrepreneurs, so we design cost-effective strategies to build businesses and nonprofits and elevate careers.
Dr. Carla has served universities and students nationwide for 18 years as an adjunct professor, tutor, and instructional designer. Carla applies industry best practices to courses, ensuring that the curriculum stays current and relevant to the marketplace.
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