Job Search Coaching That Gets Offers
The hiring game is real. We help you beat it.
Close Cohen Career Consulting is a nationally recognized executive career coaching firm founded by Laura Close with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The Job Search Career Coaching program serves senior professionals from around the country— directors, VPs, and C-suite executives — who are conducting an active job search and need a structured, full-service coaching engagement to land their next role. Close Cohen has coached professionals from companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, Adobe, Walmart, and Roblox, and has been recognized as Best Executive Career Coach four consecutive years.
The program delivers end-to-end job search support including target role strategy, resume writing, LinkedIn profile development, networking strategy, mock interview preparation using the Close Cohen three-stage method, and salary negotiation coaching. Most clients complete a job search engagement within three to five months. The program is designed for established professionals with careers in progress.
Our proven job search framework saves you time and delivers results
At Close Cohen, we have partnered with scores of senior-level and executive professionals who have landed their dream jobs.
Our clients have negotiated millions in additional compensation with our framework
The next move in your career is waiting for you.
The Close Cohen Job Search Method
A proprietary six-phase framework built for senior professionals who are selective about candidate-market fit.
Candidate-Market Fit Assessment
Most senior professionals targeting their next role get this wrong — not because they lack qualifications, but because they are targeting the wrong roles, the wrong companies, or both.
Close Cohen begins every job search engagement with a structured Candidate-Market Fit Assessment: a diagnostic that maps your actual capabilities, leadership record, and compensation expectations against real market demand at your level.
The output is a clear picture of where you are overqualified, correctly positioned, and underleveraged — and a targeting strategy built on that data, not on gut instinct. Output: a prioritized target list of role types, companies, and sectors where your candidacy is strongest.
Job Search Strategy & Target Architecture
A job search without a strategy is a job search that takes twice as long. In this phase you and your coach build a custom job search architecture — a sequenced plan covering which roles to pursue, which companies to target, which relationships to activate, and in what order.
Up to 70% of senior professionals target their next role incorrectly. Close Cohen’s targeting methodology corrects that before a single application is submitted. Output: a written job search strategy your coach holds you to throughout the engagement.
Career Brand Portfolio
Your resume, LinkedIn profile, cover letter, and executive bio are not documents — they are a sales system.
Close Cohen ghostwrites and edits your complete career brand portfolio from scratch, positioning your experience in the language hiring managers and executive recruiters at your target companies actually respond to.
Every word is written to pass AI screening systems and land with the human decision-maker on the other side. Output: a complete, professionally written career brand portfolio ready for immediate deployment.
Elevator Pitch & Interview Story Development
The most common reason qualified senior candidates lose offers is not their experience — it is how they talk about it.
Close Cohen’s pitch development process extracts the highest-value stories from your career history, structures them using a framework built for executive-level interviews, and rehearses them until delivery is confident, concise, and compelling.
You will know exactly what to lead with, how to talk about difficult chapters, and how to answer the questions most candidates fumble. Output: a library of polished, rehearsed career stories mapped to the questions you will actually be asked.
Three-Stage Mock Interview Process
Close Cohen’s mock interview process is the most rigorous interview preparation available at the senior level.
Stage one focuses on behavioral question responses and story refinement under low-pressure conditions. Stage two simulates full interview conditions at increasing difficulty, including hostile or rapid-fire questioning. Stage three addresses senior-level panel interviews, case presentations, and executive stakeholder scenarios.
Every stage is recorded on video with written analysis so you can review your own performance and track measurable improvement. Output: interview-ready confidence backed by three rounds of recorded, analyzed, and coached practice.
Offer & Salary Negotiation
Getting the offer is not the finish line — closing it on the right terms is. Close Cohen provides a structured negotiation framework, real-time coaching during active negotiation, and support through counter-offer decisions and competing offer scenarios.
Close Cohen clients have collectively negotiated millions in additional compensation above initial offers. Output: a negotiated offer that reflects your full market value.
Leverage our job search experience and play to win in the job market
Through this program you’ll…
Land Senior Roles 40% Faster With a Structured Search
Land more interviews, and convert more interviews to offers with candidate coaching that works.
Out-Interview Candidates With More Experience
Lead with your strengths and leave a lasting impression. Our clients are prepared to expertly navigate all interview stages.
Negotiate Compensation Above Initial Offer
Negotiate your salary offers on your terms. Leverage our powerhouse negotiation frameworks to secure your future.
What the Close Cohen Job Search Career Coaching Program Includes:
A proven, structured, and tailored approach that covers the entire job search process – everything from networking and resume writing to interviewing and closing the deal.
- Custom candidate coaching package
- Job Market-Candidate Fit assessment
- Materials preparation (resume, cover letter, LinkedIn profile, etc.)
- 3-stage mock interview upskilling
- Job search strategy
- Salary negotiation framework
- Dedicated online space to track all aspects of your candidacy
- Live, responsive communication from your coach
Ready to land your next job?
Top Rated Career Coaching Reviews
Nancy brings empathy, energy, and fun, and she makes it easy to have conversations I hadn’t had or even thought about before.
Through thoughtful conversation and coaching, listening, and just the right amount of challenge, Nancy guided me through a period of change. I gained clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of direction.
If you're an executive or professional navigating transition, questioning your next step, or wanting to lead with more authenticity, I can’t recommend Nancy highly enough.
The coaching was practical and focused on real leadership challenges I was facing. Alisa helped me think through situations in ways I hadn't considered before, and it definitely improved both my presentation skills and how I work with my teams. Worth considering for anyone looking to level up their leadership and executive skills.
I also really appreciated the time spent on digging into what I wanted and needed from the new role both professionally and personally. I also valued Brett’s recommendations on how to work on further development in areas I identified as opportunities.
Overall a great experience and highly recommended!
Her guidance was transformative. We overhauled my resume, revamped my LinkedIn profile, refined my portfolio, and prepared strategically for interviews. Yet, beyond these tangible changes, Alisa provided a steady stream of encouragement, focusing on my strengths and reigniting my self-belief.
The results were almost immediate. My applications began getting more attention, and I found myself going through multiple interview loops for executive-level positions. After 5.5 months of hard work and dedication, I received two incredible offers on the same day. Alisa then helped me carefully evaluate the options and provided invaluable advice on negotiations, ultimately helping me secure a role that will allow me to leave behind a toxic environment.
Alisa’s work may feel magical, but the results are real—and so worth the effort. She makes you dig deep, and she empowers you to find the answers within yourself, all while building you up every step of the way.
I often refer to Alisa as my career therapist. Her warmth, empathy, and practical approach to career growth not only rebuilt my confidence but truly changed my life.
Alisa Cohen gave me practical, results-oriented advice right from the start of our sessions. This advice has materialized as increased views of my LinkedIn profile, a suite of new tools to aid in my career progression, and strategies to help me network, apply, and negotiate through every phase of the process.
I have gained genuine confidence from defining and owning the value proposition I offer to an organization. If you are looking to enhance your own career progression, I assure you that for me the results speak for themselves.
Thank you Close Cohen Career Consulting!
Fast forward to 2022, and I started working with Alisa for interview coaching. I seriously couldn’t have gotten my new role without her. Her coaching and feedback was crucial to my lengthy interview process, and I owe her for helping me land my dream job.
Laura and Alisa are incredible and I’m so grateful to have them as lifelong allies.
I plan to stay in contact and hope to utilize their services throughout my career.
Frequently Asked Questions About Job Search Career Coaching
What is job search career coaching?
Job search career coaching is a structured, coach-led program that helps senior professionals run a targeted, competitive search from strategy through signed offer. At Close Cohen, the program is not generic advice — it is a six-phase engagement with defined deliverables at every stage: a candidate-market fit assessment, a custom job search strategy, a ghostwritten career brand portfolio, pitch and story development, a three-stage mock interview process, and salary negotiation support. Every phase has a concrete output your coach is accountable for delivering.
Who is job search coaching at Close Cohen designed for?
Close Cohen works with Directors, VPs, Senior Managers, and C-suite executives at companies including Amazon, NVIDIA, Anthropic, Moody’s, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Adobe, Walmart, Spotify, and Roblox. The program is designed for established professionals with at least seven to ten years of career experience who are targeting senior individual contributor or people-manager roles. It is not designed for recent graduates, career changers in the first few years of their careers, or professionals targeting roles below the manager level.
What makes Close Cohen's job search coaching different from other programs?
Three things. First, Close Cohen coaches are former executives — not certified coaches with limited real-world hiring experience. They have sat on both sides of the table at the companies your target employers benchmark against. Second, the program is ghostwritten — your coach writes your resume, LinkedIn, and career materials alongside you, not as an add-on service. Third, the mock interview process is three stages with video recording and written analysis at every stage. Most programs offer one round of practice. Close Cohen offers three, at increasing difficulty, with documented feedback you can review between sessions.
How long does a job search engagement with Close Cohen take?
Most clients work with Close Cohen for three to five months. Timeline varies based on target role, seniority, market conditions, and how quickly the client moves through the preparation phase. Close Cohen has helped clients land offers in as few as four months from start of engagement.
How does the three-stage mock interview process work?
Close Cohen approaches interview preparation the way elite coaches approach athletic performance. We do not run you through a generic practice session and send you home. We treat you as the athlete — isolating the specific moments, responses, and delivery patterns where you are not performing at your level, then providing targeted support to understand and correct each one. Then we go again. And again. Until the performance is there.
Stage one identifies where you are losing the interviewer — the specific questions, transitions, and trust building strategies that are not landing. Stage two rebuilds those weak points with direct coaching and deliberate practice under real interview conditions. Stage three tests the rebuilt performance under full pressure — and we do not stop until it holds. Every stage includes video recording and written analysis so you can see exactly what we see and track your improvement across sessions.
The result is not a rehearsed candidate. It is a prepared one — and there is a difference that hiring managers at the senior level recognize immediately.
Output: interview-ready performance built through the same iterative, feedback-driven process used to develop elite athletes — not a single practice run.
How does salary negotiation work at Close Cohen?
Close Cohen provides a structured negotiation framework covering how to respond to first offers, how to anchor a counter, how to handle competing offers, and how to negotiate equity, signing bonuses, and non-cash compensation. Your coach provides real-time support during active negotiation — including same-day coaching on specific offers and language guidance for written responses. Close Cohen clients have collectively negotiated millions in additional compensation above initial offers.
Can Close Cohen help if I am currently employed and need to keep my search confidential?
Yes. The majority of Close Cohen’s job search clients are currently employed. All engagements are conducted with strict confidentiality — we do not disclose client names, employers, or search details to any third party. Coaching sessions are conducted via video on a schedule that fits around your existing work commitments. Your employer will not know you are working with us unless you choose to tell them.
How do I get started with job search coaching?
Book a complimentary 20-minute intake call at closecohen.com/contact-us. During that call one of our senior leaders meets with you to assess your target role, timeline, and search readiness, and match you with the coach whose background and expertise best fits your situation.
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