The Aligned Career Accelerator · a 12-week career program for healthcare professionals
I help nurses, NPs, PAs, and healthcare leaders figure out what's next and land it, without starting over.
In 12 weeks, you'll know the role you want, have a resume and LinkedIn that fit it, and be talking to the people who hire for it.
Client story
Ryan, RN got the call, met the team, and accepted the offer.
We worked together on getting clear about the role he wanted and how to position his experience for it. Then he went after it, and landed it.
"My consult with Charlene was very helpful, I appreciate the insight she provided as someone who knows the nursing industry well. I came away with action items that helped me in my job search."
You already have years of experience, skills, and people who trust your work.
What's missing is knowing how to use all of that to get the job you actually want.
So you apply to random jobs, keep rewriting your resume, and stay another year in a job you've outgrown.
Built for nurses, NPs and PAs, and healthcare leaders who are saying things like:
You can want change without throwing away everything you've built. There is a better way.
The core belief
The work that gets you the opportunity happens before the application.
Get clear, get positioned, and build relationships first. Then applying gets easier.
Four phases, in order, because a job search without a destination is just motion.
The group is kept small and cross-level, from staff nurses to directors, so you hear from both sides of the hiring table.
This is for you if
This isn't for you if
The NEXT Method on a calendar. Each phase builds on the last, and the 1:1 sessions land at the moments that matter most.
12
weekly Career Labs
Sundays 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET, recorded
3
private 1:1 sessions
your map, positioning, offer
6
Career Office Hours
twice a month, drop in when you need it
✦
Templates & scripts
plus short on-demand trainings
Weeks 1–3 · Navigate
Career Crossroads Audit and your Next Move Map: one direction, target roles, a compensation target, and 90-day priorities.
Weeks 4–6 · Establish
LinkedIn rebuilt, resume repositioned, and your Career Story, the answer to "tell me about yourself."
Weeks 7–9 · Expand
Your relationship map, a target-organization list, and networking scripts in motion, with two conversations a week.
Weeks 10–12 · Transition
Targeted applications with people attached to them, your Interview Story Bank, and the Negotiation Playbook.
After you land
The First 90 Days Blueprint: stakeholder map, early wins, and a 30/60/90 plan.
"I work full-time. Can I actually do this?"
It's designed for exactly that. One weekly call, short trainings you watch on your schedule, and templates that save you time instead of costing it. I built it around my own full-time leadership role. No busywork, just what moves a career.
A better resume won't help if you're not sure what you're aiming for. I help you figure out what you actually want, then position you to get it.
I've spent more than a decade in healthcare leadership, hiring and mentoring healthcare professionals. My own career moved through relationships, not mass applications: from NP student to advanced practice management to director of nursing. That's the approach I teach.
Staying has a cost too. You're already paying for the version of your career that isn't working:
Doing nothing still costs you. You just don't see the bill.
✦ What you can hold me to ✦
We'll focus on what you can influence: your clarity, positioning, relationships, confidence, and strategy.
Attend at least 80% of sessions and complete the required modules and outreach work. If you finish 12 weeks without a clear direction, completed positioning assets, and an actionable job-search strategy, I'll keep supporting you for 30 more days at no additional cost.
The things people ask me before they apply.
No, and be wary of anyone who does. I guarantee the implementation support described above: direction, positioning assets, and an actionable strategy, or 30 more days of support at no additional cost.
Yes. The teaching is shared, but your Next Move Map, target roles, and outreach list are yours, and all three 1:1 sessions are spent entirely on your situation.
Every Lab is recorded and shared with the group, so you can catch up on your own schedule. Bring your questions to the next Lab, or to one of the twice-monthly Career Office Hours.
We go over the investment and payment options on our call, once we both know it's a fit. Applying doesn't commit you to anything.
No. Most of the people I work with want to stay in healthcare, often in a W-2 role, and find a position, setting, or level that fits them better. Some move internally, some to a new organization, some into something adjacent. The direction is yours; the method gets you there deliberately.
You keep the frameworks, the templates, and everything we built together. If you want continued support after that, we'll talk about what actually makes sense for where you are rather than me pushing a package you don't need.
Then the plan follows your situation. The remaining weeks go to evaluating that offer against what you actually want, negotiating it, and planning your first 90 days. Landing early is a good problem.
I'll tell you directly rather than leaving you wondering, and I'll point you to the better next step. For most people that's the Career Crossroads Intensive, and sometimes it's simply a different kind of support altogether.
I keep the two strictly separate. I'm not acting as a recruiter for my employer, participation doesn't provide preferential access to my organization, and I don't guarantee referrals or advocacy for your candidacy there. Any employer-specific conflict is handled per my employment policies.
The application leads to a 30-minute conversation with me. I keep the group small and I read every application myself, so I want to be clear about what that conversation is and who it's for. It respects your time and mine.
What the call is
What the call is not
Why I do it this way
I've been where you are: successful, capable, and quietly certain the role I was in wasn't the one. These conversations are some of my favorite work, because getting an outside perspective at that exact moment is what changed things for me. And if it turns out we both want to work together, that's a good outcome too.
If this still sounds like a fit, I'd love to hear where you are and where you're trying to get to.
Application
Takes about 4 minutes, and I read every application personally. Applying doesn't commit you to anything.
What happens next: I reply within 2 business days. If it looks like a fit, we'll book your 30-minute call.
Confidential No obligation Reply within 2 business days
Not ready for a 12-week program? Start with the Career Crossroads Intensive: a single diagnostic session, credited toward the Accelerator if you enroll within 7 days.
