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Coach Chris

Career advice from someone who's chaired the search committee, run HR for a university, and taught the course — not a chatbot trained on generic career content.

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Higher ed hiring doesn't follow the rules everyone else uses

Generic career advice fails in a world of search committees, faculty governance, and 18-month hiring cycles.

Generic advice fails here

Most career content ignores search committee culture, academic hiring timelines, and the unwritten rules that govern which candidates advance.

Coaches are expensive and slow

Booking a coaching session when you need one — 11pm before an interview, or mid-negotiation — is rarely possible. A coach should be available when you are.

You can't ask follow-ups

A book gives you a framework. An AI coach gives you a conversation — tailored to your specific role, institution type, and situation right now.

How it works

Ask anything. Get a real answer. Follow up as many times as you need.

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Ask any career question

In your own words — voice or text. No templates, no forms.

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Get a tailored response

Grounded in Dr. Lee's methodology, not generic AI platitudes.

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Follow up and go deeper

Ask clarifying questions, push back, explore a tangent. It's a real conversation.

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Leave with action steps

Every response is designed to give you something specific to do next.

Sample Conversation

Ask Chris — a real conversation, not a script
I've been in student affairs for 8 years and I'm applying for my first Director-level role. The posting says they want “demonstrated strategic vision.” How do I address that without having had the title?

Strategic vision is demonstrated through decisions, not titles. The committee is asking: has this person led anything that required thinking three to five years out and connecting their unit to the institution's larger mission?

Identify 2–3 moments where you drove something with multi-unit or institution-wide implications — even if it wasn't in your job description. A cross-campus initiative you championed. A policy revision that changed practice university-wide. A data-informed proposal you took to senior leadership.

Frame each story in terms of impact at scale, not just your team. That's what Director-level thinking sounds like — and it's available to you right now, regardless of your current title.

Grounded in 30 years of insider knowledge

Coach Chris draws on four-dimensional experience most career tools don't have access to at all — grounded in over 100 published articles, podcast transcripts, books, video presentations, and proprietary materials developed by Dr. Christopher D. Lee, available nowhere else.

  • Chief Human Resources Officer — five-time CHRO, 30 years making hiring decisions at the executive level
  • Executive Search Consultant — led or advised on hundreds of real searches, from community colleges to flagship research universities
  • Professor — teaches this material in the classroom, not just writes about it
  • Author — Author in Residence at HigherEdJobs.com, 100+ published articles — knowledge that's current, not dated
  • Career Coach — this isn't theory. It's tested daily on real candidates, in real searches
Why it's different

“Most AI career tools are trained on generic internet content. This one is trained on my published work — the same methodology I've used coaching hundreds of professionals into positions at institutions across the country.”

— Dr. Christopher D. Lee, Ph.D., SPHR, SHRM-SCP

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“I asked a question I was too embarrassed to ask a real person. Got an honest answer that completely changed my approach.”

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