Career Counsel for Executives & Professionals
I spent 15 years in the room where hiring decisions are made. Let me show you what actually happens there.
About
Built from the inside of hiring
Clients now work at
Taking Control
You know how hiring should work. But do you know how it actually works?
Why one CV is pushed forward and another is admired but forgotten. The conversation after you leave the interview. The small unspoken reasons one person is chosen over another – none of which ever reaches you. These are the gaps we close together.
How modern careers move.
From the thinking you do before you begin to the decision you make at the end — five moments, and what each really turns on.
Before The Search
The next move isn't always the obvious one.
The options on the table aren’t the only ones worth considering. The work begins with understanding what you want — which might not be what you came in asking for.
In The Market
Read quickly. Remembered selectively.
Most careers have more experience than the market has time to absorb. The work is making the right parts visible to the right people — and cutting the rest.
Where Roles Arise
The roles worth having rarely start with a job description.
Most are shaped through conversations, reputation and advocacy long before a process opens. By the time it’s advertised, it’s often already decided.
In The Room
Competence is the ticket, not the prize.
Two people, equally qualified. One gets the offer. I spent fifteen years in the room where these decisions are made — so I can show you how to differentiate.
At The Decision
A move can look right and still be wrong.
The most valuable thinking happens before an offer is accepted, not after. That’s the conversation most people never get to have.
200+
Companies hired for
750+
Hires managed
CHF
150m+
In packages negotiated
recent Wins
Intent over volume.
Big Pharma
Director | Global Programme Mgmt
“Six interested companies and hard decisions to make — ultimately with the right outcome.”
Series B Biotech
Chief Commercial Officer
“A dual-focussed role, working with the most visible deal-makers in industry and the financial freedom to control my future.”
Big Tech
Senior Product Manager
“Understanding the real decision-making drivers — and the things that go unsaid — was critical.”
Biotech
“What I thought I wanted was not what I actually wanted. I now have the role and lifestyle that I need, not what I was conditioned to think I was looking for.”
"One company was always going to be disappointed, and having John's support to navigate that while maintaining strong future relationships was invaluable."
Bea McDonald, now IP Counsel, HIPRA
Insights
Read the thinking.
The Next Step