I've reviewed more resumes than I can count, ran the searches that decided who got found, negotiated complex compensation packages, sat across from hiring teams everywhere from boardrooms to tech startup offices deciding who makes the cut, and placed everyone from first-time sales leaders to C-suite executives.
I know exactly how the hiring process works — and exactly where most leaders lose their shot at the role.
I’ve seen how fast the decisions got made, and how often good people got cut for reasons that had nothing to do with whether they could do the job, and I’ve seen some of the best sales leaders & executives miss out on opportunities because they didn’t know how to position themselves.
That's why I started Aligned Careers. I’m here to help you align your experience and your goals with how the hiring machine actually works.
I built my career in staffing and recruiting, working across some of the most demanding industries in the country — oil & gas, healthcare, IT, sales, and executive search. Over 15 years, I partnered with companies to find the right people for the right roles, which meant I spent an enormous amount of time understanding what makes a candidate stand out, what makes a hiring team say yes, and what quietly disqualifies someone before they ever get to the next interview.
What I kept seeing, over and over, was talented professionals who were being overlooked — not because they weren't qualified, but because they didn't know how to present themselves in a way that translated to the people making decisions. Their resumes didn't reflect the scope of what they'd accomplished. Their LinkedIn profiles were invisible to the recruiters who could have been calling them. They were showing up to interviews underprepared for the specific questions that trip even the senior-most executive candidates up at the final stage.
I started having those "off the record" conversations — giving the honest recruiter perspective they couldn't get anywhere else. And the results shocked me. People who had been stuck for months started landing interviews. Executives who were uncertain about their next move found their direction and walked into conversations with confidence.
Aligned Careers is the formalized version of those conversations. It's career strategy grounded in positioning and presentation that aligns with who you are and where you want to go.