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Job Search Strategy & Coaching for Professionals:

A structured, recruiter-informed approach to choosing the right targets, reaching the right market, and improving how your search converts.

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What this service does:

Job-search strategy connects your career direction to a practical market plan. We identify the roles and companies worth targeting, sharpen your positioning, choose the right application and outreach channels, and diagnose where your current search is losing momentum.

Who this is for:

This service is particularly useful if you:

are applying regularly but not generating enough interviews;
are unsure which companies or roles to prioritize;
rely mainly on job boards;
do not have a structured recruiter/networking strategy;
are receiving recruiter interest but for the wrong types of roles;
are changing sector or seniority;
want to approach your job search systematically rather than reactively.

The challenge:

A busy job search is not always an effective one. Broad applications, inconsistent positioning and unfocused networking can create activity without producing interviews or relevant conversations.

If this reflects your current situation, this is typically the point where structured support makes the difference.

What we work on:

Target roles and realistic role families

Market positioning and professional value proposition

Application strategy and channel selection

Recruiter outreach and relationship-building

Networking and warm introductions

Target-company identification and prioritization

LinkedIn job-search activity and visibility

Diagnosing why applications are not converting

The outcome:

A focused job-search plan with clear targets, a consistent market position, practical weekly actions and a way to measure what is—and is not—working.

The objective is not to increase the number of applications. It is to improve the quality, focus and effectiveness of the search.

How we work:

Starts with a review of your current search and results so far

Delivered through focused sessions, not open-ended coaching

Produces a written plan with targets and weekly actions

Can be combined with CV, LinkedIn and interview preparation

Founder-led by design:

Your consultant: Peggy Theodorou

Your engagement is personally led by Peggy Theodorou, Founder & Principal Consultant of Talent & Co.

Peggy brings 30+ years of overall business experience, including 20+ years across People, HR, recruitment and leadership roles, and has led or supported the hiring of hundreds of technology professionals.

Her career advisory work brings together the perspective of the professional and the perspective of the hiring organization, helping you understand not only how you want to present yourself, but how recruiters and hiring managers are likely to interpret your profile.

You work directly with Peggy throughout the core advisory process, from the initial discussion through recommendations and feedback.

Learn more about Peggy

Work is structured, time-bound, and focused on practical outcomes.

Frequently asked questions:

Yes. A job search is treated as a structured process: defining target roles and employers, deciding which channels are worth your time, setting the sequence of applications and outreach, and agreeing how progress is reviewed. The aim is a plan you can run consistently rather than applying to whatever appears each week.

Career strategy and advisory — what many people call career coaching — answers what you should be targeting and why. Job-search work answers how to reach it: target lists, applications, recruiter conversations, LinkedIn activity and follow-up. They are often combined, because a well-run search built on the wrong target produces very little.

Yes. Working from your experience, level and constraints, we build a realistic list of role types and organisations worth approaching, including the kinds of companies that typically hire profiles like yours. This gives your search a defined scope instead of reacting to job boards.

Yes, and this draws directly on recruitment experience. The work covers how to introduce yourself concisely, what recruiters look for in a first message, how to respond when contacted, what to ask about a role and process, and how to follow up without damaging the relationship.

Yes. This covers making your profile findable for the roles you want, using keywords that match how recruiters search, signalling availability appropriately, approaching people constructively, and using visibility and content so that relevant opportunities reach you rather than relying only on applications.

Yes. That pattern usually has a specific cause: applications aimed at the wrong level, a CV that does not evidence the requirements, unclear positioning, or a search concentrated in the wrong channels. We review recent applications and your materials to identify where the process is breaking down, then fix that part first.

Yes. The review covers what you are applying for, how your CV and LinkedIn profile read to a recruiter, how you explain your background, and where your applications stop progressing — screening, first interview or final stage. The outcome is a specific diagnosis and a revised approach, not general encouragement.

No. Talent & Co. does not submit applications on your behalf. You remain in control of where you apply and of every conversation with an employer. What we provide is the strategy, the target list, the CV and LinkedIn profile, guidance on approaching recruiters, and interview preparation. Separately, Talent & Co. also runs recruitment assignments for companies, where candidates apply to specific open roles.

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