Empowering academics and educators to navigate career transitions with tailored strategies and expert branding.
Your Post-Academic
Career Transition Team
Who we are
Nicoletta Montaner
Mandy Minor
Mandy has been delivering winning resumes and helping clients make the most of their professional skills and accomplishments for more than two decades, always shaping forward-facing documents to the audience’s needs.
She creates effective resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and other job search-related communications, tailored to the right audiences, to get job seekers and career changers the results they want.
Visit her LinkedIn profile for client testimonials.
Our research
In 2025, we conducted survey-based research among US academics looking to broaden their career horizons. Here are some initial findings.
50%
Seek job stability and flexibility in location
60%
Are early career scholars
50%
Want to find new opportunities in the next 12 months or sooner
20%
Would like help learning about their options
What Can We Do For You?
Career Discovery for Humanities and Social Sciences PhDs
Tailored guidance that aligns your unique strengths and abilities with the right professional opportunities.
Resume & CV Enhancement
Custom documents that communicate your areas of expertise and open doors beyond teaching roles.
Branding & Online Presence
Strategic branding that spotlights your professional identity and value, ensuring the right message gets to the right people.
“Finding a path outside of the academy would have been so much more intimidating if I didn’t have Nicoletta’s support. She’s fluent in a huge range of opportunities for humanities PhDs and grad students, and is an excellent listener.
“It was hard for me to get a clear picture of my opportunities outside of academia from within it. I’m so grateful to Nicoletta for being one of the few people capable of preparing me for a fulfilling career outside the academy.”
Dr. Nihal Shetty
Professional writer, PhD in Russian Literature
TESTIMONIAL HERE
Happy Client
Academic Researcher
Set off your Career Transition
with a Free Friday Consultation
We deliver career and branding services that help academics navigate a new career journey with confidence and clarity.
We hold Free Friday “office hours”. Book your spot here.