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Career strategy & advisory:

Practical, experience-led career guidance for professionals navigating their next move.

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Career decisions are rarely solved by theory alone. Talent & Co. provides practical, hands-on career advice grounded in first-hand experience of recruitment, hiring, People leadership and business. We help you assess where you are, understand how the market is likely to see you, clarify where you want to go and decide what needs to change to get there.

If you are looking for what is commonly described as career coaching, Talent & Co. offers a more practical and advisory approach.

Our approach:

You will not just be asked questions. You will receive a point of view.

Our approach combines careful listening with practical advice, direct feedback and market insight. Peggy will ask questions where they help clarify your priorities, but will also tell you what she sees: where your positioning may be working against you, how your profile is likely to be interpreted, and what she believes you should change.

The advice is grounded in real recruitment, interviewing, hiring and People leadership experience rather than an off-the-shelf framework.

Who this is for:

This service is suited to professionals who:

Are unsure about their next step
Are considering a career move or transition
Feel their current role no longer aligns with their goals
Want an honest assessment of how their profile is likely to be interpreted
Want senior-level advice and recommendations, not generic guidance
One-to-one career coaching conversation with a professional reviewing their next career step — Talent & Co.

If you recognize yourself in the above, this service is designed for this stage.

When progression is no longer clear:

Many professionals reach a point where progression is no longer clear.

Roles evolve, expectations change, and opportunities are not always obvious. Without clarity, it becomes difficult to make decisions, position yourself effectively, or move forward with confidence.

If this reflects your current situation, this is typically the point where structured support makes the difference.

What's included:

One-to-one sessions with Peggy to understand your experience, strengths and direction

A clear point of view on realistic career options and target levels

An assessment of how recruiters and hiring managers are likely to read your profile

Direct feedback on where your positioning may be working against you

Specific recommendations and next steps, agreed with you

Alignment with your CV, LinkedIn profile and broader career strategy

The outcome:

A clear and structured understanding of your career direction, supported by stronger positioning and the confidence to make informed decisions about your next step.

How we work:

Delivered through a small number of focused sessions, personally led by Peggy

Structured and advisory, not open-ended

Tailored to your situation, sector and level of experience

Can be combined with CV, LinkedIn, job search and interview preparation services

Founder-led by design:

Your consultant: Peggy Theodorou

Your engagement is personally led by Peggy Theodorou, Founder & Principal Consultant of Talent & Co.

Peggy brings 30+ years of overall business experience, including 20+ years across People, HR, recruitment and leadership roles, and has led or supported the hiring of hundreds of technology professionals.

Her career advisory work brings together the perspective of the professional and the perspective of the hiring organization, helping you understand not only how you want to present yourself, but how recruiters and hiring managers are likely to interpret your profile.

You work directly with Peggy throughout the core advisory process, from the initial discussion through recommendations and feedback.

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Work is structured, time-bound, and focused on practical outcomes.

What this means in practice:

Depending on the engagement, we may:

Review your career history and current positioning

Challenge assumptions about the roles you are targeting

Identify where your experience is being undersold or misunderstood

Assess whether your CV and LinkedIn support your target direction

Advise on seniority, sector or market positioning

Identify gaps in your job-search approach

Help you articulate your professional value more clearly

Recommend concrete next steps

Prepare you for difficult career or interview conversations

Why Talent & Co.:

Hiring-side perspective

Advice is informed by first-hand experience screening, interviewing and hiring professionals.

Founder-led

The core engagement is personally led by Peggy Theodorou, Founder & Principal Consultant.

Practical advice

You receive clear recommendations and direct feedback, not simply theoretical discussion.

Individual approach

There is no standard template for a career, a CV, a LinkedIn profile or a professional story.

Market-informed

Recommendations take account of the roles, industries and markets you are targeting.

Frequently asked questions:

It is the service most people search for as career coaching, but the method is career strategy and advisory rather than traditional non-directive coaching. Sessions combine discussion with direct feedback, market insight and specific recommendations. Peggy draws on first-hand recruitment, interviewing, hiring and People leadership experience to help you understand your options, assess how the market is likely to interpret your profile and decide what actions will strengthen your position.

Traditional coaching often focuses on helping clients reach their own conclusions through questioning and reflection. Talent & Co. uses questions where they are useful, but also provides direct advice, professional judgement and clear recommendations. The approach is practical and market-informed, grounded in decades of experience across recruitment, hiring, People leadership and business.

Sessions are one-to-one, remote and led personally by Peggy. A first session normally covers your background, what is and is not working, and the decisions you are facing. Later sessions focus on narrowing direction, challenging assumptions about the roles you are targeting, positioning your experience and agreeing concrete next steps. You leave each session with specific recommendations rather than general advice.

If you know which roles you are targeting and your applications are not getting responses, CV and LinkedIn work is usually the right starting point. If you are unsure what to target, weighing different options, or your experience is hard to summarise in one direction, start with career strategy and advisory — the work often searched for as career coaching — because writing a CV before the direction is clear tends to produce a document that tries to say everything.

Yes. That is one of the most common reasons professionals get in touch. The work starts by mapping what you have actually done, which parts of it you want to keep doing, and how the market currently values that experience, then narrows it to a small number of realistic target roles you can pursue with a consistent story.

Yes. A change of field usually depends on identifying transferable experience and presenting it in the language of the target sector. The advisory work covers which parts of your background carry across, what gaps are likely to be raised, which entry points are realistic, and how to explain the change credibly to recruiters and hiring managers.

Yes. Moving up is usually less about adding responsibilities to a CV and more about evidencing scope, ownership and impact at the next level. The work covers how your current experience maps to that level, which examples demonstrate it, and how to position yourself in applications, on LinkedIn and in interviews.

The advisory work is deliberately structured rather than open-ended and is delivered through a small number of focused sessions. The number depends on how clear your direction already is and how much repositioning is involved; it is agreed with you at the start rather than left running indefinitely.

Smaller first step:

If you prefer to start with a more focused review, standalone sessions are also available.

CV review

Refine how your experience is currently presented.

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LinkedIn session

A standalone working session on your LinkedIn profile.

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Prefer a structured path?

Career strategy & advisory is also part of these programs:

Career Progression
Preparing your next step
Early Career
Establishing foundations
Career Re-Entry
Returning with confidence

Programs combine multiple services into a coherent journey — better suited if you want end-to-end support rather than a single intervention.

Ready for a clearer sense of direction?

If you are considering your next step and want a clearer sense of direction, you're welcome to get in touch.

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