For burned-out professionals who want to pivot their career

In 90 days, you'll pick your next career direction and make your first move on it, with me in your pocket every weekday.

You know you can't keep going like this. You just can't see what's next, and you're too tired to work it out alone. I'll think it through with you every weekday until you've picked a direction and taken a real first step.

90 days · $3,600 paid in full, which saves you $300 over the payment plan
“She helped me figure out what I truly wanted in my life and my career, and design a game plan to get there.”
Michael A.
Your private thread with Tara
Example
What they said
So I wrote the message to my old manager, but I keep rewriting the first line. Now it sounds either desperate or fake, and I'm not sure I should send it at all.
Reply from Tara
Before you apply anywhere, send that message to your old manager. Voice-note me the draft and I'll tighten it.
yes, it really is this casual
Tap the voice note to see what they said. You send as many voice notes as you want. I reply once a day, Monday–Friday.
100+clients served since 2025
15+years in career and burnout work
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Where you are right now

Burnout got you here. Now you need a direction.

You've been good at your work for ten years or more. Then a boss or a culture changed, or your role stopped fitting. Now you're tired, your confidence is shot, and every option looks either impossible or pointless.

You've probably run the stay-or-go math more times than you can count. A good week resets the clock. Then the resentment builds back up.

What you need is someone to think with, and a plan small enough to act on when you're running on empty. That's what the 90 days are for.

Which one sounds like you?
Inside the thread

Send it messy. I'll help you sort it.

These examples are made up, but the rhythm is what you'd get. You send whatever is on your mind, in whatever shape it's in, and I reply once a day with what I'd do next.

Your private thread with Tara
Example: a hard day
What they said
I ran the math again last night. If I leave, I lose the insurance. If I stay, I'm going to lose it. I got through the day, but I can't tell if the problem is the job or me.
Tara
Okay, so you don't have to decide tonight. I just want you to list maybe two things you'd miss if you left, and two things you wouldn't. A voice note is totally fine.
ok. Miss: my team, the pay. Wouldn't miss: the commute, the Monday meeting.
Tara
So that second list actually tells us more than the first one. Let's go ahead and start there.
Your private thread with Tara
Example: after a hard conversation
I told my manager I'm interested in the other team. She said she'd think about it, and now I can't stop replaying it.
Tara · voice note
Read it
Okay, that's a good first step, but also, like, she's not gonna be able to answer that in the room. So I would give it a few days, and if she hasn't come back to you maybe by then, go ahead and let me know, and then we can plan the follow-up together.
ok. I'll wait and send you a note if I hear nothing.
Tara
Sounds good. Until then, just go back to what you were working on.
The weekly review

Send me one thing. Get it back marked up.

Your resume, a LinkedIn summary, or the message you keep rewriting. Documents don't go in the Voxer thread. They go to their own spot, so nothing gets buried. Pick an example to see what a review looks like. The content is made up, and you can flip between the draft and the revision.

Sent for review
Reviewed
Your Name
Operations Manager · Experience

• Responsible for managing day-to-day operations across multiple projects.

• Helped with the vendor transition.

• Attended weekly leadership meetings.

• Led the vendor transition from kickoff through launch.

• Ran day-to-day operations across several projects and kept deadlines moving.

• Attended weekly leadership meetings.

Note 1
“Responsible for” tells me the job title. Tell me what you did and what moved because you were there.
Note 2
“Helped with” undersells you. If you ran it, say you ran it.
Note 3
Cut this one. A new employer assumes you went to meetings.
What changed
The strongest project is now first, and each line starts with something you did. Next week, send me the top third of your LinkedIn so the two match.
Sent for review
Reviewed
Message to a hiring manager
Asking for a move inside your company

Hi [Name],

I was wondering if maybe there might be any chance of a conversation about possibly joining your team at some point, if that could ever be a fit.

I know you're busy, so no worries at all if not! Thanks so much.

Hi [Name],

I'm interested in the work your team does on [project]. Could I get 20 minutes in the next two weeks to ask how it runs day to day?

I can do [day] or [day]. Thanks.

Note 1
That's four hedges before you ask for anything. You want 20 minutes, so ask for 20 minutes.
Note 2
Say why this team. One line about the work that pulled you toward them.
Note 3
Cut the apology. Offer two times instead, so they only have to say yes.
What changed
The ask is clear, it names a specific reason, and it makes saying yes easy. It also doesn't mention a job yet, which keeps the pressure off while you learn what the work is like.
Sent for review
Reviewed
LinkedIn summary
About section, first lines

Experienced professional with a passion for driving results in fast-paced environments.

Proven track record of success across a range of roles.

Looking for new opportunities to grow.

I help [who] with [problem].

Most recently I [one specific thing you did and what came of it].

I'm looking for [kind of work] where I can keep doing [the part you want to keep].

Note 1
This could describe anyone. Open with the problem you solve and who you solve it for.
Note 2
A track record of what? Name one thing you did and what came of it.
Note 3
“New opportunities to grow” gives a recruiter nothing to search for. Say what you're moving toward, in plain words.
What changed
A stranger can now tell what you do, what you've done and what you want next, in three lines. Fill in the brackets with your own details and send it back for another pass.
Your 90 days

From first call to first move.

Day 1
The kickoff call

One hour to map what you want and what's in the way.

Every weekday
I reply to you

Send voice notes whenever. I answer once a day.

Every week
One thing gets reviewed

You send it by Wednesday noon ET. Feedback is back by Friday.

Day 90
Direction picked, move made

You know where you're headed, and you've already started.

What you'll have at day 90

Two things you can point to, and neither one is a guess.

A direction you picked

You'll know whether the problem is you or the job. You'll know which kind of change fits your life, and you'll have tested it enough to trust it. No more running the math at night.

A first move you made

Not a plan on a shelf. A real step out in the world, sized to the energy you have. Nothing gets burned down until you've tested it.

pick one to see where it sits and what your first move could look like
Your workplace won't bend
Your workplace will bend
The work fits you
Same work, new placekeep the work, change the place
Stay and craftkeep the work, keep the placeA smaller step fits here
The work doesn't fit
Full pivotchange the work, change the place
Pivot from withinchange the work, keep the place

You've talked to the person who can open the door, and you know how to ask for the move.

From my clients
One client wanted out from under a manager who was wearing her down. Two casual conversations with colleagues showed her an internal transfer she hadn't thought of. She treated it as a bridge instead of a forever fix, and it gave her room to sort out the rest of her life.
Example thread
What they said
I've decided I can't keep working for her. Two people on the other team mentioned they might add someone, and I keep thinking it's a cop-out. Like I'm just moving my problem to another floor.
Tara · voice note
Read it
Listen, it only counts as a cop-out if you move without checking. The whole thing is that you're not committing to anything yet. I just want you to ask one of them maybe for like 20 minutes or so, and just talk to them about what a normal week looks like, okay?
What if my manager hears about it?
Tara
She might, so maybe ask them to keep it between you for now. And don't ask about a job yet, okay? You're just collecting information about the work.
I talked to one of them. The work sounds like what I used to love, and the manager there has a good reputation.
Tara
Good, because now we know what you'd be moving toward. The next piece is how you ask for the move, so go ahead and draft maybe the first two sentences and send them over to me.

Your resume reads the way the next employer needs it to, and your first application is out.

From my clients
One client was a mid-level specialist at a large luxury company. She had decided to leave, but she worried that her skills only counted inside that one world. We mapped what she was good at, she rebuilt how she described her value, and she negotiated a role at a new organization that kept the research and documentation work she wanted to keep doing.
Example thread
What they said
I know I'm leaving. What scares me is that everything I'm good at is specific to this one world. When I try to say what I do, it comes out as a list of job titles, and I don't think anyone outside would get it.
Tara
Okay, I'd skip the titles for now. Voice-note me the last few times someone came to you for help, and what they needed from you. We can build how you describe yourself from that.
People ask me to track down where things came from, and to explain the background so a decision can get made.
Tara · voice note
Read it
Okay, that's interesting to me because those kind of things, they travel anywhere. So maybe try opening with something to the effect of, you can finesse this obviously, but like I... Let me think. I make sure the people deciding have the full picture. Something like that. Say it your own way and then send it back to me and we can obviously make that sound a little more robust, if you will.
I got an offer. It's a good one, but it drops the research part.
Tara
Then that's really your negotiation. So write down what you want to keep and about how many hours it takes, and go ahead and send it to me before you reply to them.

You've run a small test of the new work, with a plan that protects your income while you do.

From my clients
One client spent years in marketing for a creative industry, then lost his job in a layoff. He had never wanted to run a business. Once we mapped the life he wanted first, he started building a small marketing business of his own. Before he told anyone, he talked to people already running solo businesses like it and did practice audits for a friend and a local shop. Doing them showed him he liked the work, and he plans to run it for the long haul.
Example thread
What they said
I did the audit for my friend's business this week and I liked it way more than I expected. But I keep thinking, who am I to charge for this? I got laid off, and I don't have a single paying client.
Tara
Liking it is exactly the data we were after. I'd hold off on the pricing question for now. Maybe do one more for someone who isn't a friend, and write down how long it takes you.
There's a local shop I could try. Should I tell them it's free?
Tara
Just tell them it's practice, and ask for honest feedback on whether it's useful. That way the pressure stays low for both of you.
Someone who runs a solo business like this told me she asks for a three-month minimum. Is that crazy?
Tara · voice note
Read it
No, that's not crazy at all. I would just ask her maybe why she does it that way, just to get a bigger picture on what her context or her logic for that is, to see if that aligns with what you're looking for. Maybe even ask her what she would do differently too, just to see if there's something that you would tweak early on so you avoid any kind of mistakes that she might have come across. And then just write down what she says and go ahead and send that to me whenever you're ready.
How it works

What a week looks like, so you're never guessing.

You can message me whenever you want, as much as you want. I read everything and reply once a day, Monday–Friday, in a private Voxer thread. Weekends are mine.

Any day
Send a voice note

Messy is fine. Send me whatever you're stuck on, and I answer once a day.

Wednesday by noon ET
Send one thing to review

Your resume, or a message you're nervous to send. One item a week.

Friday
Get my feedback

I tell you what I'd change and why, so you can use it over the weekend or leave it alone.

When a voice note isn't enough
Book a 15-minute call

A real conversation when you need one. Book one at a time and tell me what you want to cover.

Your private thread with Tara
Example: booking a call
Can I get 15 minutes? I want to practice how I answer why I'm leaving.
Tara
Yes, absolutely. Go ahead and book a slot and put that question in the agenda. Bring your first attempt, and we can tighten it up together.
What they said
The question that trips me up is why I'm leaving. I either say too much or I sound bitter. I'll bring what I've got so far.
hear what a reply sounds like
Tara · voice note · 0:49
Read it
So the life that you want, the goal is for the job to fit around it. You can essentially reverse engineer that and figure out, okay, then specifically, what does that look like in a job? If I don't want to have to answer emails after 5:00, then what kind of conditions in a workplace do I need for that to be in place? What kind of leadership style do I need in a manager? Or even what kind of workload do I need in order for that to fit my life? What we're gonna do is just keep working through those questions. So write those down tonight. Doesn't have to be too far in-depth, and just send them to me whenever you have a chance tomorrow. That way we can turn them into the filter for everything that you look at from here on out.

We start with a one-hour kickoff

Before it, you fill out a short form so I know where you're starting. On the call, we map what you want and what's in the way. Then we pick the first thing to work on, and the daily thread begins.

And I don't chase you

If I haven't heard from you in a week, I'll check in once. Your 90 days keep running either way, so use them. The people who get the most out of this are the ones who send me the messy stuff early.

Who this is for

Built for people who want to pivot, and need help getting started.

This is for you if
You're burned out and you know you want to change something big about your career, even if you can't say what yet.
You want someone to think with every day, instead of once every few weeks.
You can spare a few minutes a day for a voice note, even on a hard day.
You'd rather test a new direction before you quit than leap and hope.
A smaller step might fit better if

You mostly want a better version of the job you have. The Complete Job Crafting Menu ($17) is built for that.

You're not sure you want to pivot yet. Start with the Career Reboot Group Intensive ($197, and it applies to coaching if you join).

What clients say

Feeling heard, and finally seeing options.

From people I've worked with.

“Tara was masterful in guiding me to see that I have options and I don’t have to stay stuck.”
Lisa S.
“Working with Tara revealed a blind spot in how I positioned my professional value.”
Tracie, Strategist
“The empathetic support coupled with tangible action items have shifted my perspective and made me feel less overwhelmed.”
Laura F.
“Tara began by having me map out what I wanted my life to look like. Not necessarily what I was doing for a living, but what my mornings, evenings, and weekends looked like. It was eye-opening.”
Michael A.
Tara Kermiet holding up a coffee mug and smiling
a note from me

I've been where you are.

I worked in higher ed and then at an EdTech company. We won Best Place to Work. Then the layoffs started, my workload quadrupled, and I was told to be grateful. I quit four months later.

Since then I've coached 100+ people through their own version of that. I'm plainspoken and practical, and I'll tell you what I'd do and why.

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Ready? Start today, or talk first.

Already know this is for you? Buy now and I'll send your kickoff form right away. Want to talk it through first? Book a fit call, and if the 90 days don't fit, I'll tell you and point you to something smaller.

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A 1-hour kickoff call
Unlimited voice and text, with a reply every weekday
One item a week reviewed, with feedback by Friday
15-minute calls, booked one at a time
Learning materials when they'll help, including materials from the Career Pivot Lock In
Questions

Things people ask before they say yes.

Do you do the work, or do I?

We think it through together. I tell you what I'd do and why, I push back when something doesn't add up, and I give feedback on your drafts. You send the applications and have the conversations.

Will we ever talk live?

Yes. We start with a one-hour kickoff call. After that, you can book a 15-minute call any time a voice note isn't enough.

Is this 1:1 or a group?

It's 1:1. The thread is just you and me. You'll get some materials from the Career Pivot Lock In, but you won't be in the group.

What if I pick a direction and it's the wrong one?

That's why your first move is a test. You find out early and cheaply, and nothing gets burned down first.

Will I have a new job in 90 days?

I can't promise that, and I don't promise income. What I promise is a direction you picked and a first move you made. What happens after depends on you and the market.

Can I commit for less than 90 days?

Ninety days is the package, because picking a direction takes a few weeks and testing it takes the rest. If you want a smaller commitment, start with the Career Reboot Group Intensive ($197), which applies to coaching if you join. If life interrupts while we're working together, send me a written request to pause the thread. I look at each request case by case, and payments on the payment plan keep billing during a pause.

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