Private career strategy for professionals and executives · Work directly with Keith Lawrence Miller
Private Career Strategy · Flagship Advisory Engagement

A Better Résumé Can't Fix the Wrong Career Strategy.

Clarify where you should compete, define how the market should understand your experience, build the complete professional portfolio, prepare for interviews, and enter the search with a strategy.

$995complete private engagement
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Two private calls · Complete professional system · One revision

Symptoms of a broader strategy problem

The Document May Be Weak. The Problem May Also Be Upstream.

01

You are applying broadly without a defensible target.

02

Your résumé, LinkedIn, and interview story describe different versions of you.

03

Your experience is substantial, but the market does not immediately understand its value.

04

You are unsure which opportunities deserve your time.

05

Salary expectations are based on guesses rather than market context.

06

Interviews expose gaps that the résumé cannot solve.

The résumé is only one piece

Career Results Depend on an Integrated System.

A résumé can express a target, but it cannot choose the target. It can show evidence, but it cannot decide which evidence matters. It can open a conversation, but it cannot prepare you to interpret the market, answer difficult questions, evaluate compensation, or decide whether an opportunity is right.

Integrated career system

From Current Position to Informed Career Decision.

01Current Position
02Career Intelligence
03Target Strategy
04Professional Positioning
05Career Assets
06Market Execution
07Interviews
08Decisions / Offer
Before → Strategy → After

Replace Fragmented Activity With Coherent Career Movement.

Before
  • Broad or inconsistent targeting
  • Generic professional narrative
  • Disconnected career materials
  • Uncertain interview answers
Strategy
  • Interpret career history and market
  • Define target and differentiation
  • Align evidence and communications
  • Prepare for pursuit and decisions
After
  • Defensible career direction
  • Clear professional position
  • Coordinated market-facing system
  • Implementation plan
The Ivy League Coaching approach

Diagnosis Before Development.

Keith examines the move through organizational psychology, career strategy, recruiting knowledge, evidence, market language, compensation context, interview readiness, and the decisions the client must make. Only then are the materials developed.

Career Strategy Operating System connecting direction, positioning, evidence, research, interviews, and action
Six outcome categories

Strategy First. Deliverables in Service of the Outcome.

01

Career Direction

Define the target roles, level, market, qualifications, and practical next move.

02

Professional Positioning

Clarify the value proposition, evidence, differentiation, and narrative the market should understand.

03

Career Marketing System

Align four résumé formats, LinkedIn, biography, letters, outreach, and negotiation language.

04

Market Intelligence

Interpret target-role requirements, compensation, market language, and opportunity fit before acting.

05

Interview Readiness

Prepare customized answers, achievement evidence, employer questions, and a credible interview strategy.

06

Implementation Strategy

Leave with a coordinated plan for applications, visibility, follow-up, and career decisions.

Exact active scope

See Every Deliverable

Open each category to review the verified components of the complete engagement.

Strategy and market intelligence+
  • Two private career-coaching calls
  • Career-direction and professional-positioning analysis
  • Target-role and qualification analysis
  • Industry and employment-market analysis
  • Salary and compensation analysis
  • Recommended target titles and career pathways
  • Professional value proposition
  • Forward-looking implementation strategy
Complete résumé portfolio+
  • Two-page professional résumé
  • One-page résumé
  • Graphic résumé
  • Plain-text résumé
  • One coordinated revision cycle
LinkedIn and career communications+
  • Complete LinkedIn profile content
  • Professional biography
  • Customized cover letter
  • Recruiter outreach letter
  • Thank-you letter
  • Salary-negotiation script
Interview preparation+
  • 20 customized interview questions with prepared answers
  • Target-aligned answer strategy
  • Guidance for communicating achievements and leadership impact
  • Recommended questions to ask employers
Implementation support+
  • Email support during the engagement
  • Portfolio implementation guidance
  • Discovery Career Coaching Call
  • Strategy & Debrief Coaching Call
  • Instructions for using the complete system
Engagement timeline

One Focused Week, Sequenced Around the Strategy.

01

Intake

Career history, targets, context, and source documents

02

Discovery Call

Direction, constraints, evidence, and priorities

03

Analysis

Market, target, compensation, and positioning

04

Development

Strategy, career assets, and interview preparation

05

Review

Coordinated feedback and one revision

06

Debrief

Implementation instructions and next decisions

Completion begins after the paid intake and all required information are received. Clarification requests can affect timing.

Strategy and portfolio showcase

One Professional System, Not a Stack of Unrelated Files.

The established engagement presentation shows how market intelligence, positioning, professional documentation, LinkedIn content, interview preparation, and coaching connect.

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Who this is for

The Problem Is Broader Than the Materials.

  • You need help choosing or narrowing a credible target.
  • You are changing role, level, function, or industry.
  • Your experience is hard to explain or differentiate.
  • Your résumé, LinkedIn, and interview story do not operate as one system.
  • You need market, compensation, interview, and implementation context.
Who probably does not need this level

Direction Is Already Settled.

  • You know the exact target and only need materials developed.
  • You do not need career diagnosis, market analysis, coaching, or interview preparation.
  • You want proofreading, formatting, or a simple document update.
  • You want someone else to submit applications or operate employer accounts.
Do you already know exactly what you want?

The $249 Portfolio May Be Sufficient.

If all you need is professional résumé, LinkedIn, ATS, and cover-letter development around one clear target, the Essential Professional Portfolio may be the more appropriate—and more honest—fit.

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Why not just use AI?

AI Can Assist. Judgment Still Organizes the Move.

AI may assist with research, drafting, comparison, and analysis. Professional value comes from diagnosis, interpretation, judgment, positioning, integration, career context, decision-making, and coaching. The service is not access to an AI tool; it is a personally led career-strategy engagement.

Keith Lawrence Miller, founder of Ivy League Coaching
Founder authority

Personally Led by Keith Lawrence Miller, M.A.

Keith is a Columbia-trained organizational psychology practitioner, Professional Certified Coach, Board Certified Coach, Nationally Certified Résumé Writer, and four-time certified recruiter. He brings more than 15 years of career strategy, professional positioning, coaching, and résumé-development experience.

15+ years1,000+ public reviews and recommendationsM.A. Organizational & Business Psychology
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Verified case study

When the Market Could Not Easily Understand an Unusual Senior Role.

Todd Furey, Head of Business Management in Global Transaction Banking, needed to explain work that did not fit a conventional finance job description. The engagement focused on learning the experience deeply and translating the scope, leadership context, and professional value into language another senior decision-maker could understand.

“Keith was patient, took the time to get to know me and my experience, and I could not be happier with the results.”
Approved public recommendation · Individual results vary.
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Verified client recommendations

Professional Judgment, Responsiveness, and Accurate Translation.

Keith is a world-class resume strategist who transforms career stories into powerful professional brands. His process was structured, transparent, and collaborative.
Fayaz KingCEO and Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Keith made the process of updating all my job search materials really manageable. He took what can usually be a stressful process and made it smooth and easy.
Brian O'SheaBusiness & People Experience
He did a great job in highlighting my career accomplishments and recognizing the value added by my skill set. I think he did a wonderful job in recreating my voice and experiences on paper.
Manisha SinghAnalytics & Strategy
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Investment

Complete Career Strategy & Professional Portfolio

$995

Two private calls · career direction · positioning · market and salary analysis · complete résumé portfolio · LinkedIn content · career communications · interview preparation · one revision · email support

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Guarantee and realistic expectations

The Engagement Guarantees the Agreed Work—not an Employer's Decision.

Ivy League Coaching is accountable for the defined strategy, research, professional materials, preparation, responsiveness, and agreed deliverables. Recruiter responses, interviews, offers, employment, promotion, compensation, and other employer-controlled outcomes are not guaranteed.

Need sustained campaign support?

Strategy Can Be the Foundation—or the Beginning.

If you need ongoing opportunity intelligence, recruiter visibility, additional coaching, live interview support, and campaign adjustment after the foundation is built, review the separate 60-Day Career Campaign.

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Frequently asked questions

Scope, Timing, Checkout, and Responsibility.

Is this an expensive résumé package?+

No. The engagement begins with direction, market interpretation, positioning, and professional judgment. The documents are built to implement that strategy consistently.

When does the one-week timeline begin?+

The current service timeline begins after payment, a complete intake, and all information required to begin the engagement have been received.

What happens after payment?+

Stripe returns you to a payment-gated intake. You provide your career history, target context, preferences, and source documents, then continue to Discovery Call scheduling and onboarding.

Does Ivy League Coaching submit applications?+

No. You review opportunities, confirm accuracy, submit applications, manage employer accounts and credentials, communicate directly with employers, and make final career decisions.

Does the service guarantee interviews or employment?+

No. Employers control recruiter responses, interviews, offers, compensation, and hiring decisions. Ivy League Coaching is accountable for the agreed strategy, preparation, quality, responsiveness, and deliverables—not employer-controlled outcomes.

Can the engagement cover two unrelated career directions?+

The core engagement is built around one primary direction and one closely related family of target positions. A materially different second direction requires separate scope.

Is ongoing campaign management included?+

No. Weekly opportunity intelligence, recruiter distribution, additional coaching, live campaign adjustment, and sustained interview support belong to the separate 60-Day Career Campaign.

Your next move needs a strategy—not just a résumé

Build the Complete System Behind the Move.

Direction, positioning, career assets, market intelligence, interview readiness, and implementation—developed as one private engagement.

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