The Career Upside Process
Start Your Path to Greater Opportunities and Success
Don’t Make a Decision Without Data on Yourself
Meet via Zoom to review your resume, LinkedIn profile, career goals, and obstacles to recommend a pathway for growth to reach your potential or upside.
Choose a pathway to self-discovery and a unique value proposition to help you stand out from the crowd.
Take the Birkman Method Assessment to understand how your interests, behavior, and best-fit work environment intersect.
Create a job search plan, implement marketing tool changes, and adapt them to your chosen path and strengths.
"As the parent of two young adults, we knew a few years ago that we needed additional help to equip them as they made plans for their futures. When the first one was heading off to college, we reached out to Todd to see how he might be able to help.
Our son was bright but lacked direction. He’d taken plenty of aptitude tests in school, but we wanted something that would provide a more comprehensive analysis, taking into account what motivates him and how that aligns with his interests. The thought of choosing a major and deciding what to do was very stressful. We had Todd work with him, and I’m happy to report that our son is now in his first year of law school. I’m convinced that the time Todd spent administering and explaining the Birkman to him was key in helping our son find a direction.
We were so happy with the results that we had Todd work with our daughter a few years later, and she’s set to graduate almost a full year early after Todd helped HER see that she could turn her interests and creativity into a career in graphic design.
I fully recommend Todd as a coach. He has the unique ability to see through the data to the person behind it and adapts his coaching style so that the recipient is open to hearing what he has to say. Our kids couldn’t be more different, but he was able to help them both a great deal."
Kristin Emerson, Mother of Two
1. Meet & Recommend
Get started with a free consult:
- Review your resume, LinkedIn profile, and other tools
- Discuss your career goals and obstacles
- Recommend a pathway to growth to achieve your potential or Upside
- If we meet via Zoom, we can provide a recording of our initial session that you can share with others that are a part of your decision making process
- Skip the form and view my calendar to schedule now: https://calendly.com/jtoddmccarty/30min
2. Choose a Path
Examine your options and decide:
- Choose a pathway to self-discovery and a unique value proposition
- Pay via ACH or credit card
- Provide your email & receive the Birkman online survey from BirkmanQuestionnaire@birkman.com
- Engage with us in Basecamp to help us collaborate, share documents, and manage tasks
- View a sample task list in Basecamp to understand how we work together on your career
3. Know Yourself
Discover things you never knew about yourself:
- Complete the Birkman Method Assessment (approximately 300 T/F and multiple choice questions) online in 30-45 minutes
- Book meetings with us to know yourself using Calendly: https://calendly.com/jtoddmccarty
- Understand how your interests, behavior, and best-fit work environment intersect
- Explore your best approach to interviews and job search
- Discuss strengths, resume, & LinkedIn
4. Create a Plan & Adapt
Identify immediate steps to improve your natural strengths and harness your intrinsic motivators:
- Create a plan for your career based on your unique value proposition and needs
- Develop a target list of companies and roles or fine tune your major and college choices
- Implement changes in marketing tools
- Adapt resume to the chosen career path and strengths
- Be open to talking to others for informational interviews and ask for advice and help
5. Tell Your Story & Land
Apply actionable insights to maximize your career or educational potential:
- Explore career options with employers or continuing education
- Leverage new resume and LinkedIn profile
- Share your story and stand out from the pack
- Speak clearly about challenges you have overcome, actions you have taken, and results you have driven
- Land a job that fits you