The method
WP 01
A skills audit that reads like a recruiter wrote it, because one did. What you’re paid for now, what the market thinks you’re for, and the gap between your story and your evidence. Most people discover they’re applying for the wrong reason before they discover the right role.
WP 02
Choosing the target properly: role, level, sector, salary band — tested against live market data and Daniel’s network, not job-board optimism. The line is written down with its trade-offs. Changing your mind later is allowed; drifting isn’t.
WP 03
The campaign. CV and LinkedIn rebuilt against the line. Twelve targeted applications beat a hundred and twenty sprayed ones — each one tracked, each rejection debriefed for signal. Interview rehearsal uses the scoring sheets Daniel used on the other side.
WP 04
Offer, negotiation, exit, arrival. What a package can take before goodwill cracks, how to handle the counter-offer (and whether to), and a first-90-days plan written before day one — because the climb isn’t over at the signature.
Turning back
Every engagement has a week-three checkpoint: if the line is wrong, we re-route; if coaching is wrong, we stop and unused sessions are refunded. One Ascent in ten ends at the checkpoint — usually because the Route Review answer was “stay and renegotiate” and the client wanted a second opinion.
The checkpoint is in the agreement, in writing. Hold any career coach to the same.
The weekly review, every week
WP 01 — Base
Ninety minutes on where you are, where the market is, and the two or three lines worth climbing. You leave with a written route card — whether or not we go further together.