Two free career strategy sessions
Join Dr. Carla Rutley for one focused evening or both. Leave with clearer positioning, stronger conversations, and a plan you can act on.
Presented together by CareerVantage Connections and Ottawa University
Choose your conversation
One evening is for professionals preparing to move. The other is for professionals preparing to move up. Choose the session that reflects your situation, or attend both to build the complete strategy.
For your next move
How do I make my next move without wasting time?
Designed for professionals who are
Exploring a change without a clear destination
Applying often without getting the right conversations
Struggling to explain the value they bring next
For your next level
How do I become the obvious choice for what comes next?
Designed for professionals who are
Ready for broader scope, leadership, or greater influence
Doing excellent work without the right visibility
Preparing for a next level they have not fully defined
Practical by design
The goal is not to leave with more career information. It is to leave able to make a clearer decision, tell a stronger story, and take the next right action.
Direction
Define the opportunity, scope, or professional direction that deserves your energy now.
Positioning
Connect your experience, impact, and strengths to the work you want to be trusted with next.
Action
Identify the positioning change, relationship, conversation, or capability to act on first.
Inside each evening
Each conversation is structured around four practical decisions. Open any topic to see what it will help you solve.
Day one
Wednesday, October 21 · 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Define the work you want more of, what you no longer want to repeat, and the problem you want an employer to hire you to solve.
Shift from listing responsibilities to communicating impact across your resume, LinkedIn profile, and the way you talk about yourself.
Identify the people already in your orbit and begin useful conversations without making it feel like you are asking for a job.
Prepare the stories and proof that connect what you have done to the value an employer needs next.
Day two
Thursday, October 22 · 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Clarify the professional and leader you are becoming, the scope you want, and what you are preparing to be trusted with.
Examine how others experience your judgment, communication, credibility, and readiness to lead at a higher level.
Move beyond simply knowing people and intentionally develop sponsors, advocates, peers, and professional relationships.
Evaluate what the next level requires and decide what to demonstrate, build, ask for, or become more visible around over the next 6 to 12 months.
Meet your host
Dr. Carla Rutley, Coach Carla, is the founder of CareerVantage Connections and a career and executive coach. She helps professionals understand their value, communicate it clearly, build stronger relationships, and make more intentional decisions about what comes next.
Her work spans rising talent, mid-career professionals, senior leaders, and executives. The approach goes beyond resumes and job-search tactics to focus on the strategy underneath a durable career.
Good to know
Yes. Choose either evening or attend the full two-night series. Registration is free.
Ottawa University's Brookfield, Wisconsin Campus. Registered guests will receive attendance details.
Yes. Both conversations are available live online from anywhere in the country.
No. Day one supports career transitions. Day two is for professionals positioning themselves for greater responsibility, leadership, or influence.
October 21 and 22, 2026
Your career should not begin changing only when you urgently need it to. Choose your conversation and start preparing now.