First Move

First Move

Career coaching for rising and new professionals who have the skills — and need help making them visible.

Career coaching for rising and new professionals who have the skills — and need help making them visible.

Schedule a Discovery Call

The skills are there.

The skills are there.

College builds real capability — discipline, performance under pressure, managing competing demands, working with others toward a shared goal. The gap isn’t what you’ve done. It’s learning how to talk about it in interviews, networking events, or your first day on the job.

College builds real capability — discipline, performance under pressure, managing competing demands, working with others toward a shared goal. The gap isn’t what you’ve done. It’s learning how to talk about it in interviews, networking events, or your first day on the job.

The path has no plan.

The path has no plan.

Most people graduate knowing what they were good at, but not what they want to do. This job market has so many changes and unwritten rules it’s dizzying. Knowing where to start, how to position yourself, and how to find your own voice are skills that nobody really teaches.

You need perspective.

You need perspective.

Not someone who remembers every stumble. Not someone with their own hopes for your future. Just a clear-eyed person in your corner, focused entirely on what’s next and what you’re actually capable of.

Not someone who remembers every stumble. Not someone with their own hopes for your future. Just a clear-eyed person in your corner, focused entirely on what’s next and what you’re actually capable of.

Who First Move is for?

Who First Move is for?

Recent Grads

Recent Grads

Student Athlete

Student Athlete

High Achievers

High Achievers

Early Career at a Crossroad

Early Career at a Crossroad

What You'll Leave with:

What You'll Leave with:

A professional identity you can articulate.

A job search strategy that fits you.

A job search strategy that fits you.

The confidence to navigate professional conversations.

The confidence to navigate professional conversations.

Momentum—the first move is the hardest, and you’ll have already made several.

Momentum—the first move is the hardest, and you’ll have already made several.

An AI tool trained on you that stays with you after the program ends.

An AI tool trained on you that stays with you after the program ends.

Two Options

Option A: Individual Journey

Your own pace, your own timeline

  • 1:1 intake conversation

  • CliftonStrengths assessment + debrief

  • 5 individual coaching sessions

  • Custom AI coaching tool for ongoing support

  • 2–6 month program duration

$3,500

per person, includes all assessments & ChatGPT Business access for duration of the program

Option B: Cohort Journey

Your own pace, your own timeline

  • Individual intake conversation

  • Group CliftonStrengths session

  • 3 individual coaching sessions

  • Group wrap-up and integration session

  • Custom AI coaching tool for ongoing support

$2,200

per person, cohorts of 6-10, 

includes all assessments & ChatGPT Business access for duration of the program 

Schedule a Discovery Call

First Move tools

Job Aid Image

CliftonStrengths Assessment

Developed by Gallup, CliftonStrengths is one of the most widely used professional assessments in the world with over 30 million users. In First Move, your results become the foundation for everything that follows. Each assessment will be administered and debriefed by Garrett Kolanda, a CliftonStrengths Certified Coach. 

Custom GPT.

At the start of your program, we build a custom AI tool trained on your intake, your CliftonStrengths results, and your session notes. Think of it as a coaching assistant that already knows your story and is available between sessions for practice conversations, reflection prompts, and working through whatever comes up. It stays with you after the program ends.

© 2026 The Landing Pad LLC. All rights reserved.

Human First. AI Second.™

The Building On Method™

© 2026 The Landing Pad LLC.

All rights reserved.

Human First. AI Second.™

The Building On Method™