The Relaunch
Career Transition Roadmap After 45
A step-by-step roadmap built for experienced professionals navigating a career transition after 45. Start at the top and work through at your own pace, or jump directly to the topic you need most.
What you will learn
- Position your experience for today’s job market instead of yesterday’s
- Build a resume that passes automated screening systems and reaches a human
- Modernize your LinkedIn profile to attract recruiters and hiring managers
- Control what employers see when they search your name online
- Rebuild a professional network after years of letting it go quiet
- Prepare for interviews with the confidence that comes from knowing what to expect
Reading path
1
The big-picture decision. Why mid-career transitions look different now and how to approach yours strategically.
2
What the landscape actually looks like and where to focus your energy instead of fighting what you cannot change.
3
Understand the automated systems that filter resumes before a human ever sees them.
4
The specific reasons resumes get filtered out and how to prevent each one.
5
Diagnose what is actually going wrong, from formatting issues to positioning mistakes.
6
The practical process for customizing your resume without starting from scratch every time.
Now that you understand how the system works, these four resources help you put what you have learned into practice.
Your resume toolkit
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Rebuild your digital presence to match the career you want, not the one you had.
8
Audit and control your online presence before an employer does it for you.
9
How to build and activate a professional network when yours has gone quiet.
10
Interview preparation after 45 coming soon
How to prepare for and perform in interviews when you have not sat in the candidate chair in years.
Tools
Resume Translation Prompt Pack
Copy and paste professionally designed prompts into ChatGPT or Claude to modernize resume language, rewrite accomplishments, strengthen bullet points, and tailor your resume for specific job descriptions.