Our advising team is made up of actual hiring managers, recruiters, and career advisors. We have years of experience helping professionals strategize their career goals and reaching them. Whether it is interview training or discussing the next step, we’ve got your back.
We believe in providing value and offering the most competitive pricing.
Invest in yourself.
Resume Review
The goal of a resume is to establish the connection upon first glance. We start by getting to know your experience, background, and goals during the initial 15 minute intro call. The next steps are to partner for authentic success through a tailored resume re-write. This can involve a 1-3 rounds for genuine success that matches your best intent and 2-3 calls to verify the best information.
Mock Interview
Having adequate technical skills just won't cut it in today's analytics job market. You need to be able to stand out as someone who is reliable, communicative, and thoughtful. Campus career center coaches often don't have the dedicated time to partner with executives to understand and deliver insights that hiring managers are looking for in the interview. You may get some interview basics, but you are not always going to be coached to be persuasive or apply elite techniques. Candidates at all levels from high school to mid-career or even the most seasoned must be ready to express themselves clearly and also distinguish themselves from the competition based on their genuine strengths.
Cover Letter
We make sure your points come across clear and focused in your letter of intent. Our cover letter writing services are all encompassing, tailored and styled to get your point across fast yet eloquently. Your advisor will partner with you online and via phone for a final review to deliver accurate and engaging results.
Technical Test
An enriching 3-step process. We produce customized technical tests according to the type of job you're applying for. By the end, you will have the right resources to enhance your technical prowess under stressful interview procedures.
1. Initial 30 min call, review the job descriptions, and your resume.
2. Distribute a customized technical test based on your availability.
3. Review and provide feedback on your presentation and results on a 30 min call.
LinkedIn Rewrite
Believe it or not, your LinkedIn profile is often seen by anonymous headhunters as well as the interviewers who are considering your candidacy. We help analysts make sure their public profiles are up-to-date and well presented. An analytics advisor will conduct a comprehensive scan. You will receive clear steps to proceed for persuasive professional branding. Your advisor will wrap up the review with a 30 minute call to clarify your content and finalize the critique.
Career Decision Making
Hourly session rate. Email [email protected] to schedule a complimentary 20 minute consult. Do you ever look back and say "Oh I wish I knew this and did that instead?" All of us can use some advice from people who have been there and done it before. We have years of experience working with analyst of all backgrounds. Whether it is a career goal or educational curiosity, we'll help you develop an action plan to get there.
Custom Packages
For custom packages or multiple selections we are happy to work with you on pricing. Please contact [email protected] to express interest.
Meet Our Advisors
Lily Salem
Lead Advisor
Lily is a professional Analytics Career Strategist with expertise supporting quantitative professionals aiming to advance in business. Thousands of candidates can thank Lily for employment by the most well-known and powerful companies in the world across all industry sectors including Amazon, BCG, Disney, Facebook, Google, Intel, LinkedIn, Lionsgate, Microsoft, Nordstrom, Novo-Nordisk, PayPal, Sony, Spotify, national sports teams, consulting firms, start-ups and more. Prior to advising for Career Bright Guide, Lily was the Associate Director, Career Strategist for USC Marshall School of Business and has worked with companies and candidates across the globe. See Lily’s 80+ recommendations on LinkedIn!
Heidi McLeod
Advisor
Heidi enjoys uncovering tricks of the recruiting trade to deliver insights that candidates may never find otherwise. She breaks barriers, drives insights, and partners in a genuine, client-focused manner to swiftly build new horizons. As a mentor to MBAs at her alma mater, Heidi’s style is steadfast, direct, and enlightening. She has supported candidates at every career level from finding their first job after college to taking on advanced executive roles.
Leveraging her seasoned recruiting expertise across a variety of industry areas and dedicated focus on candidate success, Heidi is a game changer for career decision making. Offering a strong knack for coaching to identify rewarding career pursuits, Heidi is swift to support candidates in figuring out what they want to do for streamlined and successful results, versus what others are telling them what to do.
Having worked coast to coast, Heidi’s industry expertise areas include: manufacturing, distribution, high tech, medical, service, private equity, real estate investment/development, financial services, retail, wholesale distribution, food growers/producers, hospitality, telecommunications, engineering, non-profit and finance.
Daniel Merz
Advisor
Daniel has been in management consulting since 2019 advising Microsoft, Amazon, SAP, and Stripe across finance, data science, marketing, and sales functions. He is also a former co-founder of a civic engagement startup. Daniel has trained under fellow Career Bright advisor, Lily Salem and the Case Interview/Behavioral Interview guru, David Ohrvall (who is the founder of the Crack the Case System and Interview LOGIC). Daniel is a great partner to those early in their career, those looking to make a career change, or tech/consulting/sustainability focused candidates.
Daniel believes deeply in the importance of personal empowerment and the fundamental right to socioeconomic mobility that can be enabled with career skills and experiences, including interviewing chops and career strategy development. His approach to coaching starts with uncovering your valuable experiences, connecting them to your desired path, and instilling the confidence and communication abilities to make you an irresistible candidate, employee, or manager.
A note from Daniel:
“I’ve charted my course, my way, but could not have done it without the mentors, coaches, role models, teammates, family, and friends around me. Please reach out if you are interested in receiving help similar to that which has propelled me to achieve my success to date. I look forward to collaborating in empowering you closer to your potential!”
Giselle Sitdykova
Advisor
Giselle spent the last 15 years in the Mortgage Industry at PennyMac Financial Services and Bank of America/Countrywide, where she started as a Financial Analyst and then moved up to manage Business Analysts, Quantitative Analysts, Data Engineers and to lead production data strategy.
Prior to that, she earned many distinguished accomplishments including government sponsored scholarships in the US and Russia, degrees in math, physics and marketing, an MBA from Loyola Marymount University with a concentration in Finance and Marketing Management and has presented to professional organizations known around the world including Women in Big Data. Giselle has held professional roles across diverse industry areas as a Software Developer, Head of Accounting, Project Manager, Consultant, International Trade Executive, Financial Analyst, Vice President for Quantitative Operations, and First Vice President Data Management.
After earning the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification, Giselle created Dwellics.com. She is passionate about turning data into actions, securing, and building trust in data as well as presenting data for strategic business decisions. Committed to avoiding another cookie cutter neighborhood discovery website, Giselle consistently challenges herself and the team she leads to grow and evolve intellectually and professionally in their field.
As a career advisor, Giselle knows how to navigate corporate cultures that may at times seem difficult. She has managed organizational change and understands the tenor of how candidates may or may not gain recognition, promotions, or praise. Adept at understanding how leaders grow, evolve, influence, and create impact, Giselle sees quite clearly how candidates can assess a workplace in terms of how they can thrive, advance, part ways to fully self-actualize or be a best fit. Giselle brings passion and natural enthusiasm to her coaching and advising. She is an excellent communicator, leader, and team player. Giselle is consistently recognized for her ability to be strategic about career decision making guidance and inspiring.
Leveraging her seasoned recruiting expertise across a variety of industry areas and dedicated focus on candidate success, Heidi is a game changer for career decision making. Offering a strong knack for coaching to identify rewarding career pursuits, Heidi is swift to support candidates in figuring out what they want to do for streamlined and successful results, versus what others are telling them what to do.
Having worked coast to coast, Heidi’s industry expertise areas include: manufacturing, distribution, high tech, medical, service, private equity, real estate investment/development, financial services, retail, wholesale distribution, food growers/producers, hospitality, telecommunications, engineering, non-profit and finance.