Advisor on Call

Some of the most important moments in a senior career don't arrive on a schedule. A reorganisation is announced on a Tuesday. A recruiter calls about a role you weren't looking for. An offer lands with a 48-hour deadline. An application is due Friday and you want an experienced eye on it first. These are the moments when an experienced, confidential view is worth the most, and when most people end up deciding alone.

Advisor on Call is a retainer of advisory hours. You buy a bank of time and use it however the moment needs: a conversation, substantive written feedback, or a short plan you can act on. There's no fixed schedule and no monthly commitment, just an advisor who's there when the moment comes and who knows your situation by the second conversation.

It works the way a good lawyer or accountant on retainer does. Most of the time you don't need them. When you do, you need them quickly and you need them to be good.

Our approach comes from both sides of the table. Ian Christie, our founder, ran more than 200 executive searches and led product management at Monster.com before building The Bold Career Project. Our team has guided more than 3,000 career moves since.

Use your hours two ways

• Conversations: live sessions by video, from a 30-minute call to a longer working session
• Applied time: work we do for you between conversations, such as feedback on your résumé, LinkedIn profile, applications or networking messages, or a short written plan for a specific situation

What clients use it for

• A decision with a deadline: an offer, a counter-offer, a role you weren't expecting
• An application that matters: a review of your résumé, cover letter or application before it goes
• Your marketing materials: feedback on your résumé, cover letters and other documents that represent you
• Networking and LinkedIn: your profile, your outreach messages, and a plan for reconnecting with the right people
• Organisational change: a reorganisation, a new leader, a role that's shifting under you
• An approach: a recruiter, a search firm, a board or an advisory role
• A key conversation: compensation, scope, a promotion, a difficult stakeholder
• A short plan: your next steps for a situation that just changed, in writing

How it works

• Choose 3, 5 or 7 hours. Your hours are valid for 12 months.
• Your hours are held as credits. One credit is 15 minutes, so 3 hours is 12 credits. You can see your balance at any time.
• Conversations are booked in 30-minute blocks and use credits automatically.
• Applied time has a clear cost before we start. Common requests have a set number of credits. For anything else, we give you an estimate first, and if it's going to take longer, we'll tell you before going further.
• Top up any time. Renew before your hours expire, and your remaining balance carries into the new pack.

What your credits cover

Also included: membership in The Bold Career Room, including the Quarterly Career Fire Drill and Quarterly Impact Review. 2 months with 3 hours, 3 months with 5 hours, 4 months with 7 hours. Top up and your membership extends too.

A good fit if you're a senior manager, director or executive who doesn't need regular coaching but wants an experienced advisor available when it counts. It's especially useful once you've landed a new role, or if you're settled and want someone on hand for what comes next. If you want regular sessions, Executive Coaching is the better fit.

Here is what we control and what we don't. We can't control what your organisation, a recruiter or the market decides. We can make sure you meet those moments with a clear head, a sound strategy and an experienced view.

Details: Hours are valid for 12 months from purchase, and unused hours expire. Conversations are one to one, by video, and confidential. Sessions cancelled or rescheduled less than 24 hours ahead use the booked credits. Your employer can be invoiced directly if they're funding your development.