Helping early career individuals thrive in the AI era.
AI strangled the early career job market.
The old playbook stopped working. Here are the numbers:
5.6% vs. 4.2% unemployment
The degree isn’t the shield it was.
Recent grads now face higher unemployment (about 5.6%) than the workforce overall (4.2%): reversing the historical pattern where graduates fared better than everyone else. — Federal Reserve Bank of New York
30% application surge since 2026
Application radio silence.
For every campus job posting, the number of applicants has surged nearly 30% in a single year: a flood of candidates for each opening, most of them never getting a reply. — Handshake
4 in 10 recent grads are underemployed
Entry-level jobs are being squeezed, and most grads are overqualified for the jobs they do get.
Early-career workers in the most AI-exposed fields have seen about a 13% drop in employment since 2022, while older workers in the same jobs held steady. At the same time, roughly 4 in 10 recent grads are underemployed and working in jobs that don't require a degree. The highest rate since 2020. — NY Fed; Stanford
Modern career guidance is even more critical.
The implications of successful early career job placement are real:
The first job sets the trajectory.
Grads who start underemployed are about 5x more likely to still be underemployed five years later, while 87% who land a fitting first role stay well-employed. Early moves compound. — Strada Institute
87% stay well-employed
The first offer compounds.
Negotiating your starting salary can be worth an estimated $1 million or more over a career. It's the baseline every future raise, bonus, and match builds on. — Linda Babcock, Carnegie Mellon; Harvard Program on Negotiation
$1M+ over a career
The human skills pay — literally.
Workers who pair people skills with technical ability have seen 26% higher wages and far more opportunities than those relying on technical skill alone. — David Deming, Harvard (Quarterly Journal of Economics)
26% higher wages
Two ways to work together:
Land your role — the full program (~9-12 weeks).
When you're in the search (or about to be) and ready to go all-in.
Weekly 1:1 coaching, plus support between sessions
Relationships, your story, and sharp interviewing. The whole process.
With you through the search, applications, interviews, offer/negotiation, and first 90 days
Get ahead — before the search begins (Monthly).
Earlier in the journey? Build the foundation now, so you're miles ahead when it counts.
Up to 2x / month coaching (typically across the semester)
Resume and LinkedIn baseline refresh + career path exploration, alignment, and action plan
Networking and relationship building coaching and accountability
Start with a conversation to see which program is right for you.
Questions?
Summit philosophy:
For a living, I recruit, lead, and promote early career people — from internships to full-time roles. That's the seat I'm coaching from.
Getting hired or promoted takes what AI can't do for you: the relationships you build, the story only you can tell, how clearly you think and communicate under pressure, and the habits that compound.
That's our work.
We coach on four key career motions:
1) Relationships before applications
The application pile is fed by a machine you can't beat by just giving it better paper. I teach you the backchannel: how to reach real people inside companies and start conversations that get you seen before you ever hit "apply." This is where we start, because it's the one that beats the pile.
2) Sharp, not scripted
How to stay sharp, clear, and authentically yourself in the room. Real-time judgment no AI can rehearse for you, and exactly what employers say they're screening for.
3) Your story that no prompt can write
The angle only you can claim so your candidacy reads like a person, and a hiring manager sees you actually understand the role. Specific, human, and memorable beats polished.
4) Habits that compound and last
How to follow through and land the role, build enduring relationships, and grow the skills that pay off for years. Not just after one job search.
See you at the trailhead.
