Tip Sheets, Top Secrets & Teaching Tools
Expert guides crafted from nearly 30 years of career coaching in higher education. Each one is actionable, specific, and ready to use today.
Interview Edge
The moves that separate candidates who get the offer from those who almost do — from someone who has chaired hundreds of searches. Your pre-interview and in-the-room guide.
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$2 eachRule of Three
Every committee member needs at least three proof points before they'll believe you can do the job. Learn Christopher D. Lee's signature framework: what counts, what doesn't, and how to build your three for any position.
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Passion vs. Competence
Should you lead with your enthusiasm for the mission or your evidence of results? The answer depends on the position — and getting it wrong costs you the offer. This sheet gives you the framework.
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Your Support Network
Your job search is a team sport. This sheet shows you how to identify, approach, and activate the people around you — to open doors, strengthen your references, and keep your candidacy moving.
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Networking 101
Eighty percent of positions are filled through relationships, not job boards. A practical guide to how the referral economy works in higher education and the specific moves that put you inside it.
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Information Interviews
The most underused tool in any job search. Step-by-step: how to request an informational interview, what to ask, what to listen for, and how to turn a conversation into a candidacy.
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Video Interview Techniques and Tips
Cameras change everything. Avoid the technical and behavioral mistakes that sink video interviews — and learn the adjustments for lighting, energy, eye contact, and pacing that project confidence through a screen.
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Reference List Strategy
References make or break close calls. When to submit your list, who to include, how to brief each person — and the limited-slate strategy that gives your references the best chance to help you win.
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Career Change Tactics and Techniques
The art of the career pivot is closing the gap between where you are and where you want to be. 'Show, don't tell' — specific moves for your materials, cover letter, and interviews when you're crossing industry or role lines.
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What Not to Do in an Interview
What you avoid matters as much as what you do well. The specific questions you must never ask, the humor and formality traps, and the subtle signals that tell a committee you don't get it — from someone who has seen them all.
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Insider knowledge most candidates never get
Exclusive insights from someone who has sat on every side of the hiring table — as CHRO, search committee chair, executive recruiter, and career coach.
Top Secrets — The Secrets to Your Success
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How Search Committees Really Decide
The unspoken criteria and behind-the-scenes conversations that actually determine who advances — from someone who has chaired hundreds of searches.
The Reference Check Nobody Tells You About
Informal reference calls happen before you know about them. Learn what committees ask, who they call, and exactly how to prepare your references for what's coming.
Reading the Room: How Interview Panels Really Judge You
Insider knowledge from the other side of the table — how panels read silence, what "fit" actually signals, how interview bias enters decisions, and the techniques that keep you composed and in control no matter what the room throws at you.
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Like³: The Hidden Theory Behind Every Hiring Decision
Every hiring decision runs on three hidden judgments — "I like you," "I am like you," and "I like what you do." This framework reveals why the most qualified candidate loses on paper, and exactly what you can do to tip all three in your favor.
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Salary Negotiation Secrets
The scripts, tactics, and frameworks that get more money on the table — without risking the offer. Works for staff, faculty, and administrators at any level.
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Email us within 60 days →Salary Negotiation Secrets — For Division Heads
Advanced negotiation for directors and division heads targeting six-figure senior roles. Counters, competing offers, and total compensation strategy.
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The complete VP-level playbook: multi-day counter strategies, total compensation thinking, board-level optics, and asks for equity, housing, and research funds.
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