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I help job seekers unlock $100K+ roles by mastering the story that sells. Conversations ​> Applications // Career Coach // Resume & LinkedIn Writing // Job Search Strategy

I believe you should be able to obtain your career dreams and that’s what I help professionals do. 

My clients have landed roles at Oracle, Deloitte, EY, Tata Consultancy, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Eaton, Salesforce, KPMG, PWC, Dell, Higher Education or started their own venture 😌

But, landing your dream role doesn’t happen by chance, or with me creating an offer letter for you. My most successful clients know it takes hard work, patience, and perseverance.

The results? Massive career pivots, finding clarity in what you wanted to do, landing your target role in 2 months, and getting 2x your current salary. 

Ultimately, the people I work with feel respected, valued, and paid fairly in their career path.

I am a career coach guiding frustrated mid-career professionals to their target roles by teaching them to have the right conversations with the right people

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Who am I and why should you listen to me?

I was an underdog, I never had the perfect GPA, experience, or stories to tell and I still broke into the #1 professional service firm in the world. Before that, I spent time in public accounting, start-ups, and fortune 500 companies.

I sat behind the scenes in HR and watched resumes pile in, held phone screens and reference checks, and interviewed candidates, and rejected candidates (yes, all while utilizing an ATS). 

I’ve seen how treacherous the job searching process can be; automated rejections, ghosting, 14 rounds of interviews, and 250 applications a week. I don’t want you to have to live in the process that every candidate believes to be normal.

Born and raised in Cleveland, I took an unconventional path: four years in Austin, an unexpected detour living in Indonesia, and now a return to Austin where the weather is elite and the tacos are dangerously good.

My time abroad gave me perspective, my time in Cleveland gave me grit, and Austin has given me the space to build a business around helping people do work they love. I still root for the Browns (against all odds), and I’m usually running, creating, or hanging with family and friends when I'm not coaching.

Dominic Imwalle

Career advice nobody wants to hear:

Close your laptop.
Grab a whiteboard (or paper).
Map your stories.

Last week, VP-level client in a 1:1.

They kept looking left during our session.
Finally I asked: "Did you do the work on a board?"

"Yes - collected my thoughts and wanted to make sure I had the stories right."

So few people do this.

Get off the laptop.
Grab a pen and paper.
Start mapping where you want to go.

What will you sell to the next person who takes a chance on you?

Your pivot starts with clarity.
Your clarity starts with writing it down.

Few are doing this work.

Which is exactly why it'll help you stand out.

Platforms don’t hire you, people do | Conversations ​> Applications

If you're getting interviews but not offers, here is what I’ve noticed over the last month:

You're missing translation.

Most think more interviews = more success/options. But the gap isn't your experience. It's how you're packaging it.

Here's what changes things:

- Connect your work to their outcomes
- Use their internal language
- Speak to their problems

When you learn to translate your value into their vocabulary, interviews convert.

You will constantly start to drive answers towards, "what do they get from bringing me into this role?"

This is what it takes to win. 

The person hired isn't always most qualified. It's the one who made it easiest to say yes.

Learn their language, close the role ✌🏼

I believe universities should be required to dedicate a full semester to structured job placement support before students graduate. 

I talk to talented students all the time who either don't use the resources or have a university that isn't working towards supporting them professionally

Ps) this comes from someone who just hired an intern from alma mater, excited to talk about this more soon. A major focus of our work will be helping them land a full-time role post grad.

If you're not obsessively preparing for interviews, you're leaving the outcome to chance.

- Not "I'll be myself and see what happens" mode.
- Not "hope they like me" mode.
- Not "I'll wing it" mode.

Whether you've got 5 years of experience or 15, the prep work stays the same (to an extent).

Here's what I ask every client to do 👇

STEP 1) Study their LinkedIn profile

- No need to connect yet, but go see where they've spent time.
- What companies? What roles?
- What do they care about?

STEP 2) What will you reference from your last interview?

- If this is round two or three, what did you learn? What thread can you pick up and build on?

STEP 3) What 3 stories will hit home with this interviewer?

- Match your wins to what matters to them. Don't just recite your resume - connect the dots for them.

STEP 4) What are you tweaking from the last interview that went wrong?

- If something didn't land, fix it. Don't repeat the same mistake twice.

STEP 5) Prepare 5-10 questions

- Not 1-3. Aim for 10. Go back through all the steps above - does it drive any further questions?

The preparation is what you control and where you can win.

AND also... you'll know if you left something on the table. 

KNOCK out your prep 🤝

I can't put to words how important it is to hang around for a long time and serve people at the highest level you can. 

I'm having so much fun on LinkedIn right now.

I get to work with great people. 
I get to see them smash their dream role.
I get to help them negotiate the salary they want.
I get to sit with them in the brutal moments of the process.

This doesn't happen if I don't hang around for 5+ years. 

All the moments of people hating on your content, telling you you're too young to serve people, or the content being "cringey" are part of the game. 

This is it. Here's to the long game. 

Smile and wave 👋🏼

ps) it's cringey until it works. and it still feels like the early days.

Friendly reminder: this job search is for a "period of time", it's not a forever thing. Hang in there. People are rooting for you from the shadows. Make them proud.

Platforms don’t hire you, people do // Creating content to make your search go a level deep than “easy apply” // Career Coach

The best candidates are already in motion.

Building, connecting, creating "value" (yes I know you hate that word as a job seeker at times)

Breaking down a piece I've been working on in mock interviews with folks

let's have a week 🤝

Ps) someone embody conversations > applications this past week, I highlighted them in my newsletter here 👇🏼

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I've had 3 clients this past week encounter the same obstacle: roles they loved, but requiring 5+ detailed application questions.

- Not "just another hoop to jump through."
- Not "questions no one reads."
- Not "busy work from HR."

They're all fair questions, I don't mind them but it can take time!

The best play?

→ Answer them if you love the role.
→ Answer them if you've been tapped for it.
→ Answer them with a unique side of yourself.

I used to read hundreds of these responses.
No one wants robotic garbage about "producing value for stakeholders."

You have cool stories.
You do things outside of work.
You've worked on awesome projects.

Share it.

People want to see that side of you - the human behind the resume.

These questions aren't obstacles. They're opportunities to stand out when everyone else is copying and pasting.

Ps) I'm dropping a few cool roles here in the next hours + highlighting a job seeker who's top tier. Subscribe in the comments if you want that in your inbox!

The smartest candidates assess their interviewer before asking a single question (here's why it matters)

Not every interviewer has the same context.

The best candidates don't ask generic questions.
They gather intelligence strategically.

Don't miss out obsessively preparing for your interviews, there's always more to do and if you're going to spend time - focus on the questions. Interviews can be won there 🤝

I watched my clients land ~$426k in combined comp over the last week. My 3 reasons why they won (and you can too)

1. Stay even-keeled through the chaos

→ This market will test you. One week you're interviewing at a top-tier startup or FAANG. The next week your pipeline is empty.

→ We weren't always great at this, but it's mandatory now. The emotional rollercoaster will drain you if you let it.

2. Keep creating options until the very end

→ You never know when someone will pull the rug or come through. I wouldn't be against entertaining calls up until a few days before your first day.

→ More options mean more leverage. More leverage means better outcomes.

3. Ask PHENOMENAL questions

→ The bar is low here, which means you can stand out fast.

→ Grab information from a 1st round interview that you'll use in the 3rd round when you get closer to the specifics of the role.

And here's the bonus most people miss:

Speed wins.

→ From scheduling interviews to responding to the team
→ The market rewards people who move with urgency
→ Fast doesn't mean sloppy - it means intentional

These aren't theories.

They're what my clients did to win $426k in offers (not including ~10% bonuses per person).

ps) 6 interviews this week across 11 folks, let's keep the motion!

I didn't realize how many folks are out there running a service with people where they don't spend time with them.

Won't get on a call.
Won't respond to a message. 
Won't grab a coffee in-person. 

Don't work with someone that doesn't make time. You're better off taking a risk with someone that'll dive into the trenches with you. 

Food for thought, let's have a Saturday

3 coaching engagements wrapped up recently. Here are the questions I asked to close them out:

"What was the first moment you thought, 'Oh… this is different than anything else I've tried'?"

"What part of the process felt uncomfortable at first, but ended up mattering the most?"

"If someone shadowed you for a week during the search, what would they be surprised you weren't doing?"

"What would you tell '3-months-ago you' to stop worrying about?"

"If someone came to you today saying 'the market is terrible,' how would you respond now?"

These calls have been incredible:

- Honest feedback that helps me serve better
- Proof that the right questions unlock clarity
- Laughs and shocking realizations

This matters because:

- You stop repeating what didn't work
- You admit where you were wrong
- You learn what actually moved the needle

The people you serve deserve your best work.
Ask the right questions.

Take their progress seriously.

Learn from what's working ✌🏼

Kathleen 🖍 Hamel

Writing Consultant

Go Global English

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗩𝗣𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀.

I work one-on-one with ambitious VPs and Directors who speak English as a second language and want to learn how to target their career goals to find their dream company, improve their application materials to align with these companies, and polish their interview skills in English. 

Additionally, LinkedIn profile optimization and relationship building skills and business culture training are included.

Career Coach

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗩𝗣𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙄 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧? 1-on-1 Coaching, Group Coaching, and Corporate Training

As an English instructor, I help ambitious business professionals level up their business English communication skills so that they can speak more fluently with more precision and clarity in various business English settings like, meetings, presentations, and negotiation. 

Specialized in expanding business English vocabulary, increasing speaking fluency in meetings and other business settings, and presentation training.

Also known as - Business English Communication Coach, English Coach, English as a Second Language Teacher, English Teacher, English Specialist, Business English Instructor, Corporate Trainer, Business English Corporate Trainer

Business English Communication Coach

I help ambitious professionals who are wanting to improve their LinkedIn profile in English so that it is optimized to be found by your target audience. Your audience could be a recruiter or potential clients.

LinkedIn Optimization + Relationship Building Coach | LinkedIn Business Coach

Berlitz Japan

- Taught content-based EFL classes to first-year university students to prepare them for cultural differences abroad
- Developed engaging curriculum through collaborating with other professionals focusing on communicative strategies
- Increased proficiencies in all skills like structure, speaking, and others as demonstrated through formal assessment
- Actively participated in and presented during professional development before and throughout the term to improve working with a specialized group of students

EFL Instructor

Durango Adult Education Center

- Created and conducted activities focused on developing fluency, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and increasing confidence
- Presented on using technology effectively in the classroom throughout professional development meetings
- Had a strong retention rate until the end of the school year
- One hundred percent of students said they would recommend the class to a friend as shown through informal feedback from students; students additionally wrote, “... she is very patient and [it] is easy to learn [from her].”

ESL Teacher

VIPKID

- Taught EFL to Chinese children, ages 4- 12, one-on-one through an online platform which allowed video conferencing, chat function, and kinesthetic learning
- Engaged students by using total physical response, clear pronunciation, and appropriate, and encouraging, facial expressions
- Assessed student's learning of vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills through directly guiding the children on using an interactive platform

EFL Teacher and Hiring Coach

- Taught content-based  EFL classes to first-year university students to prepare them for cultural differences abroad
- Developed engaging curriculum through collaborating with other professionals focusing on communicative strategies
- Increased proficiencies in all skills like structure, speaking, and others as demonstrated through formal assessment
- Actively participated in and presented during professional development before and throughout the term to improve working with a specialized group of students

ELS Educational Services, Inc

- Taught ESL classes including vocabulary, grammar incorporated with speaking and listening, and reading and writing to students at varying proficiencies and from differing cultural backgrounds
- Fast tracked from temporary to associate instructor after a one-month period due to positive student responses instead of the standard three-month period
- Selected to mentor a student-teacher by demonstrating communicative teaching practices, providing coaching, and giving constructive feedback based on observations
- Lead group discussions with teachers from Japan about the most effective teaching strategies for various types of classrooms and learning objectives 
- Developed the ability to adapt to a fast-paced curriculum for monthly terms, and created supplemental material when gaps appeared
- Supervised and helped students during an after-school writing lab with their projects such as writing a resume, cover letter, and research presentation

Associate ESL Instructor

Global LT, Inc.

● Worked one-on-one with an adult learner of ESL with a focus on ESP in business
● Taught family members, both an adult and child, social ESL and other needs as they arose
● Developed individualized curriculum based on each client's’ needs

INTO University Partnerships

Provided English language learners, in a one-on-one, face-to-face environment, support in all stages of writing, i.e. brainstorming to revising.

Writing Tutor

●	Taught intermediate grammar to university-level ESL students
●	Developed lesson plans that focused on a communicative language approach
●	Created supplemental activities that incorporated technology, like QR codes
●	Collaborated with and observed intern supervisor about different teaching and classroom management strategies

ESL Teacher, Intern

Colorado State University

- Aided students in the revision of various types of papers at different stages in the writing process through face-to-face consultations or in a computer-formatted setting. 
- Focused on the hierarchy of rhetorical concerns. The Writing Center's motto emphasized creating better writers, not better papers.

For this time period, I was an intern for an introductory college composition course for ESL students. As a co-teacher, I observed initial lessons. Then, I incorporated mini-lessons during class, leading up to having class on my own. In addition to this, I was required to grade argumentative writing in multiple genres (i.e. website, paper, etc.).

Co-Teacher, Intern

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Taught English as a foreign language to University level students in an Intensive English program. Facilitated communicative speaking skills through a theme of a cross-cultural exchange. Topics that were discussed included: Media, Sports, Family & Relationships, Eastern vs. Western Education, Dorm Life and Art. 

In addition, I was a team leader. This meant that if two teachers or six teaching assistants had problems or issues, I could be of assistance to them.

EFL Teacher; Team Coordinator

🌏  ⛷  👩🏻‍💼  I am a traveler, outdoor enthusiast, and business English specialist and career coach.

Since 2020,  I have helped lots of ambitious business professionals improve their ability to sell themselves throughout the application process and land the job offer at their dream company through my 3-step process called “The English Job Transformation.”

If you are a manager, director, or VP, and:

⚠️ You have hit the ceiling of growth at your company and there are no other promotions available to you.

⚠️ You have been working at the same company for so long that you don’t know how to start the application process.

⚠️ You want to challenge yourself by using English in your day-to-day career and work with globally-minded people.

⚠️ You feel like your superiors aren’t listening to you or your ideas at work which makes  you feel frustrated.

⚠️ You want to change career tracks or have been out of the workforce for a period of time, so you don’t know how to sell your skills.

⚠️ You don't know how to answer questions confidently during a job interview.


If you feel like this is you, I can help you:

🖍  Become knowledgeable on different global business cultures

🖍  Find a job that aligns with your career interests

🖍  Write a resume and cover letter that allows you to get noticed by the hiring manager

🖍  Network on LinkedIn effectively to land a job interview

🖍  Sell yourself in the interviews using engaging stories confidently in English


If this sounds interesting to you, send me a message. I can’t wait to work with you!

Here are some resources:

🖍   FREE PDF of English Interview Skills: https://goglobalenglishnow.activehosted.com/f/3

🖍  Use the link below to watch my free training video about the three things all senior executives need to know if they want to improve their English job application skills: 

https://coaching.goglobalenglish.org/free-training/video

🖍  HELPFUL CONTENT
Check out my hours of English job search content:
🔺  Hit "follow" on LinkedIn
🔺  TikTok: @goglobalenglish
🔺   Instagram: @goglobalenglish
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