{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "FAQPage", "name": "ELITE — Frequently Asked Questions", "url": "https://elite-ac.lovable.app/services", "dateModified": "2026-08-10", "mainEntity": [ { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is this only for senior executives?", "about": "general", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "No. The practice is built for recent graduates and early-to-mid-career professionals, typically zero to ten years into their careers, including first-time managers." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do you guarantee interviews, offers or promotions?", "about": "general", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "No. No coach can. The work improves your strategy, materials and preparation; hiring decisions remain with employers." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is my information confidential?", "about": "general", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. Engagements are confidential, and client information is never shared without written permission. Submitted documents are handled according to the privacy policy." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How does AI factor into the work?", "about": "general", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "AI is treated as a cross-cutting capability: how it changes the scope of your function, how to position AI literacy, how to use it responsibly for research and preparation, and how to preserve an authentic voice. No claims are made about AI-detection tools or applicant tracking systems." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What is not in scope?", "about": "general", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "This practice is not recruiting, therapy, legal advice, accounting or financial advisory. Referrals are provided when a different professional is the right fit." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How do engagements begin?", "about": "general", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Every engagement starts with a consultation to confirm fit, scope and timing. Pricing is confirmed after that conversation." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do you help with technical interview preparation?", "about": "technology", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Preparation covers behavioral, product-sense, system-design framing and presentation rounds. Algorithm drilling is not part of the work; you are pointed to better tools for that and we focus on the rounds where strategy, structure and communication decide the outcome." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can you help me move from a non-technical role into product?", "about": "technology", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes, through the Career Pivot Accelerator. The work begins with a feasibility assessment so you know whether the move is realistic before you spend six months on it." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How is AI changing technology roles?", "about": "technology", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "AI compresses execution and raises the value of judgment, scoping and review. Positioning work names where you decide rather than where you produce, and how you use AI responsibly in your workflow." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is this recruiting or representation?", "about": "entertainment", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "No. This is advisory work. No roles are placed and no representation is offered; referrals are provided when a different professional is the right fit." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "My work is project-based. Does an engagement still fit?", "about": "entertainment", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. Engagements are scoped in weeks and can be timed around production. The Ongoing Career Advisor exists for people whose decisions arrive unpredictably." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can you help me move in-house?", "about": "advertising", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. That is one of the most common pivots in this field and is handled through the Career Pivot Accelerator plus positioning work on your case studies." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Do you review creative portfolios?", "about": "advertising", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Portfolios and case studies are reviewed for narrative, structure and business framing. Craft critique of the creative itself is outside scope." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "I have generalist experience. Is that a problem?", "about": "marketing", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Not inherently. It becomes a problem only when it is presented as a list. Positioning work selects a spine for your story and places the rest in support of it." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How do I show results when attribution is messy?", "about": "marketing", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "By stating the decision you owned, the constraint you worked within and the directional outcome, rather than claiming credit for a number no one believes." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "I was laid off. Where should I start?", "about": "media", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "With the Career Strategy Intensive if direction is unclear, or the Job Search Partnership if you know the target and need traction. A consultation confirms which one fits." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can journalism experience transfer to other fields?", "about": "media", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Regularly, into communications, content strategy, research and product roles. The Career Pivot Accelerator tests the specific move rather than assuming it." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "When should I start preparing for a promotion?", "about": "consumer-brands", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Two review cycles ahead where possible. The case is built through visible work and sponsorship, both of which take months rather than weeks." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Does large-company experience translate to a startup?", "about": "consumer-brands", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes, once scope is restated in terms of ownership and ambiguity rather than headcount and budget. That translation is the core of the positioning work." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is negotiation realistic when budgets are fixed?", "about": "nonprofit-and-public-interest", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Often on dimensions other than base: title, scope, remote flexibility, professional development and review timing. Those are treated as negotiable in the offer work." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Will moving to the private sector look like leaving the mission?", "about": "nonprofit-and-public-interest", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Not if the narrative is built deliberately. The pivot work makes the continuity in your motivation explicit rather than leaving it to inference." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How should I value an equity offer?", "about": "startups-and-early-stage", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "As a range of scenarios, not a single number. Offer work models percentage ownership, dilution, strike price and realistic exit outcomes so the comparison against cash is explicit. This is analysis for your decision, not financial advice." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is early-stage experience a risk for my next move?", "about": "startups-and-early-stage", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Only when it is described as chaos. Described as ownership under ambiguity, it is one of the strongest positions available in the first decade of a career." } } ] }