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Career Clarity & Strategy
Turn uncertainty into an intentional plan grounded in your strengths, priorities, and next best move.
- Career direction
- Job-search strategy
- Transition planning
Book a conversation Career coaching for your next chapter
You don't need more pressure. You need a clear path forward.
Taylored to Thrive helps busy professionals navigate career growth and job transitions with clarity, confidence, and a strategy that feels like you.
Practical strategy Personalized support Honest feedback
Your career deserves intention.
Not just another application.
20+years of corporate experience
1,000+professionals supported
16years in recruiting
Real-world insight.
Human-centered coaching.
How I can help
Support for the moments that shape your career.
Whether you are ready to make a move or simply know something needs to change, we will turn your experience into a focused strategy.
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Resume & LinkedIn
Build a clear, compelling professional story that helps the right people understand your value quickly.
- Resume refresh
- LinkedIn optimization
- Personal brand
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Interview & Negotiation
Prepare to communicate your impact with confidence—and advocate for an offer that reflects your value.
- Interview preparation
- Storytelling
- Salary negotiation
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Networking That Feels Natural
Create a relationship-centered strategy that opens doors without making you feel transactional.
- Hidden job market
- Outreach strategy
- Relationship building
In their own words
What clients & colleagues say.
Explore eight perspectives. Swipe, scroll, or use the arrows to read more.
She not only helped me secure a new job, but also created a customized plan that covered everything from resume building and interview preparation to contract negotiations.
Tina's strategic approach to networking played a pivotal role in securing a position at a Fortune 500 media company.
Her personable approach made me feel instantly at ease, and she gave me the courage and clarity I needed to spread my wings and pursue my goals with confidence.
After applying to over 100 jobs with only a handful of responses, I used your prompt to tailor my resume for an application yesterday and already secured an interview for tomorrow.
I would highly recommend Tina and her services to anyone looking to take the next step in their career.
Every professional should have a Tina on speed dial.
Her personalized approach and strategic advice resulted in tangible improvements in my job search and networking efforts.
A colleague’s perspective
Tina is a champion for those who are finding their voice. I have personally benefited from her voice, grown from her partnership, and I'm honored to recommend her as a Diversity and Inclusion leader.
The Taylored approach
Clarity first.
Then momentum.
You are not starting from scratch. We identify what is already working, sharpen how you communicate it, and create a plan you can actually follow.
Let's talk about your goals01
Get clear
We uncover what you want, what is getting in the way, and the strengths you may be overlooking.
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Get strategic
We build a focused plan and the tools you need to pursue the right opportunities.
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Move confidently
You take action with practical support, honest feedback, and a story you believe in.
Facilitator · Strategist · CoachExperience behind the guidance
Advice shaped by the rooms where career decisions happen.
I have spent decades recruiting talent, building development programs, facilitating conversations, and helping organizations create clearer pathways to opportunity.
That experience means our work goes beyond generic job-search tips. You receive practical guidance grounded in how hiring, advancement, and professional visibility actually work.
Human-centered. Strategy-driven.Always tailored to your goals.
Workplace Culture & Talent Development
Build belonging.
Develop talent.
Create opportunity.
Practical learning for organizations, colleges, and workforce programs. Select a focused workshop or combine topics into a learning series tailored to your people and priorities.
Working Better Together: Respect, Communication & Collaboration
Faculty, staff & teams
Participants learn to: Recognize assumptions that affect communication and collaboration; seek different perspectives and respond respectfully to disagreement; create opportunities for colleagues to contribute and be heard.
Leave with: A respectful communication guide, scenario practice, and a personal action plan for strengthening everyday working relationships.
Leading Through Uncertainty: Practical Skills for New Managers
First-time managers, newly promoted supervisors & emerging leaders
When priorities shift and answers are incomplete, managers still need to provide direction and support. Practice leading across backgrounds and working styles, recognizing that change affects people differently.
Participants learn to: Communicate what is known, what is uncertain, and when to expect updates; surface individual concerns without assumptions; invite different perspectives; set priorities as circumstances change; navigate difficult conversations with empathy, consistency, and accountability.
Leave with: A team communication template, a change-focused check-in guide, and a 30-day leadership action plan.
Talent Practices That Work: Hiring, Development & Advancement
People leaders, HR professionals & hiring teams
Participants learn to: Identify unclear expectations and inconsistent practices across the employee experience; use job-relevant criteria and evidence in talent decisions; make development opportunities and advancement expectations clearer.
Leave with: A talent-practice review worksheet and a prioritized action plan for improving one hiring, development, or advancement practice.
Career Readiness: Communicate Your Value
Students, alumni & career transitioners
Participants learn to: Identify transferable skills, communicate accomplishments, and prepare for a focused job search. Modules can cover resumes, LinkedIn, interviews, and salary conversations.
Leave with: Module-specific worksheets and a career action plan with clear next steps.
Networking: Build Relationships with Purpose
Students, alumni & professionals
Participants learn to: Identify relevant connections, introduce your value, and turn outreach into purposeful conversations using Tina’s TEAM framework: Target, Engage, Align, Move on.
Leave with: A networking map, outreach prompts, a conversation guide, and a follow-up plan.
DiSC: Understand Your Style. Adapt Your Approach.
Teams & people leaders
Participants learn to: Recognize differences in working styles, adapt communication, and practice approaches to more effective collaboration.
Leave with: A communication action plan and strategies for working across styles; assessment reports when included in scope.
StrengthsFinder: Put Your Strengths to Work
Individuals, students & teams
Participants learn to: Interpret your CliftonStrengths themes, connect strengths to real situations, and identify ways to contribute alongside others.
Leave with: A strengths application worksheet and personal commitments for using strengths at work or in a career search.
Begin with Working Better Together, build manager skills with Leading Through Uncertainty, and strengthen organizational processes with Talent Practices That Work. Each is available on its own or as part of a series. Sessions combine relevant scenarios, reflection, practice, and participant action planning. DiSC and StrengthsFinder are optional complements to the manager workshop; assessments are not required. We agree on audience, length, format, materials, assessment access, and evaluation together.
Invite Tina to speak
Stop waiting to be recognized.
Start creating access.
Talent is everywhere, but access is not. Relationships can help close that gap.
Signature talk
From Wait to Create:
The REAL Method
You don’t need perfect clarity, a finished résumé, or a different personality to begin creating opportunities. Start with the value you already possess.
Drawing on recruiting, workforce development, DEI, career coaching, and her own experience of being overlooked, Tina helps audiences communicate their value authentically and build relationships with purpose.
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Recognize your value
Identify the strengths, experiences, and contributions you bring.
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Express your superpowers
Articulate your value with clarity and authenticity.
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Activate connections
Begin purposeful conversations and build meaningful relationships.
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Lead your next move
Turn insight and connection into intentional action.
Audience takeaways: A clearer way to describe their value, a practical approach to relationship building, and one next step toward a meaningful career opportunity.
Ideal for: College students and alumni, workforce programs, professional associations, employee resource groups, and professionals navigating career transitions.
Your authentic value is enough to begin.
Inquire about speakingLet’s start a conversation
Bring Tina to your audience.
Tell me about your event, your people, and what you want them to walk away with. We’ll explore the right speaking engagement or workshop for your goals.
“The right strategy should help you sound more like yourself—not less.”
Meet your coach
I'm Tina Taylor. I build pathways to opportunity.
After more than 20 years across recruiting, talent strategy, workforce development, and DEI, I know how decisions get made on the other side of the hiring table.
Now I help professionals make sense of their experience, tell a stronger career story, and move forward without abandoning who they are. My coaching is practical, candid, and grounded in the belief that you already have more value than your résumé may be showing.
Recruiter's perspective Equity-centered approach Strategy you can use
Start where you are
Featured career resource
Build a more confident job search.
The Confident Job Search gives you practical tips to make your search more focused, organized, and less overwhelming.
Stop spinning your wheels and start taking intentional, confidence-building action.
Get the Job Search TipsGood to know
Questions before we begin?
Start where you are. We can figure out the rest together.
Do I need to know exactly what I want next?
Not at all. Many clients come in knowing they need a change but not what that change should be. Career clarity is part of the work.
Can you help me if I am currently employed?
Yes. In fact, preparing before you urgently need a new role gives you more freedom to be thoughtful, strengthen relationships, and position yourself well.
Do you only work with people actively job searching?
No. Support can also focus on career growth, promotion readiness, professional storytelling, or building a plan for a future transition.
Your next chapter
Ready to stop circling
and start moving?
Let's create a career strategy that feels focused, confident, and fully yours.
Book a clarity conversation