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How to Find Your Transferable Skills for a Career Change
Everyone has transferable skills. The real challenge is knowing which of yours actually matter to the industry you're trying to break into, and proving it to someone who doesn't share your background. Here's a process for figuring that out.
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What a Career Coach for Burnout Actually Does
Burnout is a signal, not a verdict. Here's the framework we use to find out what's actually broken at work, and whether the fix is a conversation, a role change, or a full pivot.
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Career Coaching Services: What's Included, How It Works, and What to Expect
A practical breakdown of what's actually included in career coaching services, from session cadence to goal-setting, so you know what you're signing up for before you book a call.
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Career Transition Services: What They Are and How They Work
Career transition services help someone move deliberately from one role to the next, through coaching, skills assessment, and structured job-search support, instead of scrambling after a layoff or resignation. Companies use them during restructuring; individual executives use them on their own, without waiting for an employer to offer it. At Pinnacle, engagements are built around the person, not a program template.
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What a Career Coach Actually Does
Think a career coach just fixes your resume? That's rarely the actual problem. The real work is figuring out why you're applying for the wrong roles, telling a muddled story about a gap, or underselling something you're already good at.
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What an Executive Coach Actually Does
Executive coaching rarely starts with a strategy problem. It starts with something quieter: how you show up under pressure, why a team goes quiet when you walk in, a pattern nobody around you is willing to name.
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How Much Does a Career Coach Cost? What You'll Actually Pay
Three interviews deep into a search that's going nowhere, someone suggests a career coach, and then the pricing pages contradict each other: $150 an hour here, a four-figure package there, no explanation for the gap. Here's what actually drives the number.
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Career Change at 40: A Practical Guide to Making the Leap
The first thing I tell clients convinced 40 is too late: do the math. Twenty-five working years is enough to build a new career from scratch and reach a senior level in it. The timeline was never the real obstacle.
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