Who needs a career narrative?
Everyone, really. But particularly the people whose CVs tell a story they haven't thought through yet.
The career changer who needs to explain why a pivot makes sense. The executive whose LinkedIn reads like a job description. The graduate who has real experience but doesn't know how to frame it. The professional with a gap year that interviewers keep asking about.
If you've ever stumbled on "tell me about yourself" — this is worth looking at.
The career changer
Needs to make the new direction feel logical, not random. The skills transfer — but only if you can explain how.
The senior executive
Has decades of experience but can't condense it into something a panel of three people can absorb in 20 minutes.
The ambitious graduate
Plenty of extracurricular and academic work — but needs help showing how it points toward a professional direction.
The gappy CV
Career breaks, secondments, caring responsibilities, side projects. These can be framed as strengths. Most people just don't know how.
From chronology to story
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Find the through-line. Most careers have a consistent theme that the person themselves can't see clearly. We find it.
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Rebuild the origin pitch. "Tell me about yourself" should take about 90 seconds and leave the interviewer with a clear picture of who you are and why you're here.
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Connect past to future. Every answer you give should reinforce a single picture: that this role is the obvious next chapter. We build that picture deliberately.
"I'd been trying to explain the finance-to-tech move for two years. One session and we had a version that made it sound obvious. Got the role a few weeks later."
These outcomes are specific to this client's situation.
Questions about this service
What does a career narrative session actually look like?
Usually 60–90 minutes. We go through your career history, I ask a lot of questions, and we identify the structure that makes the most sense for your target role. By the end you have a draft pitch and a clear idea of what to practise.
Can you help if I'm changing industries completely?
That's actually where narrative work is most valuable. The bigger the gap between where you were and where you're going, the more important it is to have a coherent explanation. We build one that's honest and compelling.
I have a career gap of over a year. Is that a problem?
Not necessarily. What matters is how you talk about it. We work out the honest framing that also shows what you gained during that period — perspective, skills, clarity, whatever is true for your situation.
My LinkedIn says one thing and my interview answers say another. Can you fix that?
Yes. We look at both and make sure they tell a consistent story. Inconsistency between your profile and your answers is a red flag for interviewers. It's fixable.
Do I need this if I've already done interview prep elsewhere?
It depends on what that prep covered. If you worked on specific questions but didn't work on the underlying narrative connecting all your answers, this is the missing piece.
How long does it take to see a difference?
Most people notice a shift in how they talk about themselves within one to two sessions. Getting it automatic under pressure takes a bit longer — usually two to three weeks of regular practice.
Do you work with people outside Melbourne?
Yes. Video sessions work well for this. The conversation is the same regardless of format.