Jenna Starkey

Jenna has incredible insight. She can help you see your materials through the recruiters eyes, navigate AI application systems and prepare you for the modern job hunt.

Jenna helped me explore new career ideas and develop concrete plans to test those ideas in the world. I'm very grateful for this experience, and the knowledge, support and inspiration Jenna shared along the way.

Jenna was prepared, punctual, and a lot of help! She listened to my concerns and gave me the tools and guidance to take the next steps. I'd recommend her to anyone needing a nudge in the right career direction.

I didn't know what to expect when I approached The Muse and chose the "stuck in a rut program", and I was not sure of what I could gain by attending 3 sessions of coaching, but I was happily surprised for my experience. Jenna is a fantastic coach, she is smart and very propositive, and she could direct the conversation on the right directions and gave me the tools, the tips and the confidence that I needed. She actually has that kind of positivity and proactivity that I was looking for, and I really recomend this to anyone who is also doubtful about his/her career path.

Jenna approached my situation with the perfect balance of practical resume/LinkedIn advice and coaching. She followed up with action items and has given me a much-needed confidence boost as I charge forward with a revised job search strategy.

Jenna was incredibly helpful. A breathe of fresh air and new ideas.

From the first couple min of our intro call, I could tell how authentic Jenna’s care for her clients was. She has helped navigate me through the bigger hurdles of self limiting beliefs and building up confidence to chase after those values I want to align my career with. And at the end of the day if you don’t overcome the heart obstacles you will not have the mindset or belief to achieve those big dreams. I look forward to working with Jenna before each session where she is prepared, gives great “homework” that is worth the time you invest! It is not an easy to be a part of the inception of someone’s career pivot but couldn’t have asked for a better support! I look forward to phase 2 of the journey where I get to come back for linked in support, interview coaching and all the other great services that Jenna provides!! Truly such a unique and empowering coaching experience!

Tremendous follow-up and preparation for all of our sessions. Really took the time to dive deep and understand what was at the heart of my desire to make a career change. Completely lives up to her title of "fulfillment coach" as that was what we ultimately arrived at, techniques for feeling more fulfilled in my professional career. Provides honest and transparent feedback and provides practical tools for you to use while on your journey.

Jenna is an awesome coach! I recently uprooted my life to move cross country. Not only am I in a big transition in a new city, but I'm also looking for a new job/career/next step. It's felt overwhelming with so much to consider that I'd felt stuck in a procrastination rut. From the beginning, Jenna was very receptive and focused on what was most needed and helpful to me in each session. Whether it was a quick mindfulness practice to refocus or to make a list of things that are in my control. Jenna is a fantastic coach, cheerleader, and offers very concrete guidance and helpful worksheets, resources, and tools to help sort out the process and make it easier to take action. It was immensely helpful to talk things through and then have actionable, tangible steps from Jenna after each session. I'm still in transition but I get more clarity and support each time I talk with Jenna. I can't recommend her enough. She's great!

Jenna is fantastic! She was very empathetic and a thoughtful listener, and she came prepared with so many great questions and resources that will truly help me in my career journey. Thank you Jenna!

Jenna has been extremely helpful in getting my resume updated and defined to the targeted work I’m looking to attract. She was patient throughout the process, answering my questions through multiple iterations, and didn’t pressure me to wrap things up until I felt that I had the expected results.

Was extremely helpful in running through every aspect from resume, to LinkedIn, to helpful search strategies.

Jenna was so caring and encouraging while helping me enter the discovery phase of a potential career pivot. She is attentive and a fantastic listener and inspired me to think holistically about myself and how my career plays a role in this.

Before working with Jenna, I was overwhelmed, lacked direction and decision on the next step in my career search. I had tons of ideas on what to do next, but felt stuck on how to make a decision and action plan. Jenna helped me narrow down what is important to me - personally and professionally. Perhaps what was most ground breaking during this exercise was discovering my core values. By doing this, it allowed me to listen to myself in a different way - I trusted myself more, knew by following my gut and what I've indicated as important to me, I wouldn't be making the 'wrong' decision. Ultimately, she coached me through identifying the possible career path for me based on my values and type of work environment I wanted. I also learned that my passion (reading) doesn't need to be my vocation, but rather identify ways to incorporate into my life on my terms, and find work that is meaningful. Overall, I am so pleased with the coaching Jenna provided. I accomplished the goal of getting out of the career rut I was in and have now applied for some fantastic roles, reached out to my network and began my career search with much more direction and purpose. Thank you, Jenna!

Jenna is absolutely amazing and wonderful to work with. In three short sessions, she helped me understand what I desire in my next position and how to get what I want. I now feel like I have the tools and confidence to get there. Thank you, Jenna.

Working with Jenna was such an empowering and validating experience! She took the time to get to know me, my goals, my dreams, and my values, and then deftly helped me to organize all of those pieces into a coherent vision of a dream job. Most importantly, I came away with actionable next steps, a clear idea of how to move forward towards my goals, and heightened confidence that I CAN do this.

Jenna, was really helpful and insightful. She changed my mind on things I'd normally not consider and now I've decided to give them a try. All in all was a great experience and I came out of it with more knowledge than I went in with it. Thank you Jenna!!!

Jenna was a pleasure to work with! Although we only had a few calls, I immediately felt a sense of ease and comfort in talking with her. She has a genuine way of connecting. Talking with her provided the extra clarity and confidence boost I needed to get moving in my job search. I also appreciated her organized and tactical approach to document and plan next steps.

Working with Jenna was such a breath of fresh air! I've been having trouble getting responses back to my applications and wanted to see if there was something I could do about my Resume. That's when I found Jenna, and I'm so glad I did! Even though our time was short, she understood where I was coming from, and made me sound like a true professional, while also remaining true to who I am. She helped me highlight things that make me stand out, and she helped me bring forth all I've accomplished. I'm much more confident in my job search now, thanks to Jenna! I would definitely recommend reaching out and hiring her if you have the chance!

Jenna is skilled in resume writing and layout. She is fast, efficient, and very kind. I’d highly recommend Jenna!

Jenna jumped right in and did not miss a beat! She is very conscious of the time so I loved that she would assess what I said quickly and give me the bottom line, especially as I fall into tangents often lol. I definitely felt seen and energized after speaking with her each time. She checked in with me often to make sure we addressed what I wanted to address and that a plan/path was made for me to continue on. I highly recommend her! Especially if you are looking to uncover the underlying things that drive you, which will only propel you forward.

Working with Jenna was the best thing I did for myself this past year. She understood my goals and was thoughtful in her suggestions.

Jenna was very easy to talk to. We discussed my background, goals, and possible next steps. I now feel more confident about moving forward in my job search.

Jenna was absolutely wonderful. She immediately provided a collaborative environment to discuss my career path, and provided actionable next steps and resources to keep me motivated. Highly recommend.

Jenna was very inspiring and encouraging to speak with. Had great insights.

Jenna was great and I so recommend her! She had amazing tactical tools that kept me focused on my goals and helped me look forward to each of our sessions. She was also a great motivator, asked me questions that made me think and was very positive throughout the whole process. She gave me the boost of confidence that I needed and am so grateful that I chose to work with her!

Jenna is a professional coach, she provided very good feedback and she improved the quality of my resume. I am so happy about the final result. Strongly recommended!

Jenna was absolutely wonderful to work with! She really helped me unlock what was holding me back and taught me how to re-frame my story in order to move forward. She worked with me to discover what kind of work aligns with my personality, my values, and my interests. She also encouraged me to embrace being a millennial and realize I shouldn't be ashamed of millennial stereotypes. I highly recommend working with Jenna!

I had been drifting for 32 years in my IT career which I had loved for a long time but now I was completely burned out. I'd been trying for a few years to find something different but was not able to pull the trigger to make any real change. Jenna was incredibly insightful. She picked up very quickly on what I wasn't saying about what I really wanted to do. She gave me just the push I needed that let me face my fear by defining very simple yet concrete first steps that helped me focus my thinking. She gave me permission to pursue my dreams instead of finding all the "but"s that kept them off in the distance. Turns out, I had really known all along what I wanted (a switch from IT to teaching) - but was afraid and unsure how to even begin. With her challenging me to get out of my own way, I found an amazing contact for an informational interview who inspired me and gave me excellent advice and next steps. I've put in my notice of retirement notice for October, and will start substitute teaching while I go to grad school full time in January. I can't say enough for Jenna's ability to listen but also challenge my assumptions to help me find my way.

My experience was Jenna was awesome. She is a very warm and empathetic person who really invests her time in her clients and makes a lot of thoughtful observations and suggestions. You can tell that she loves what she does. My sessions with her were extremely helpful and I look forward to working with her in the future.

Jenna is a wonderful person. She is a great listener, easy to talk to, and a really great person to have in your corner rooting for you. I was able to talk through all the thoughts swirling around in my head and she helped my dial down to one path. You have to be willing to do the work yourself as they are not hear to solve your problems for you. She was the perfect person to help me do so.

Jenna was warm, professional and knowledgeable. Even though we only talked on the phone for a short time, I felt like she really understood my situation and what was important to me. We mostly spoke about how to impress the hiring professional in an interview, and Jenna had good answers to my questions. I would to turn to Jenna again when I need a coach to frankly discuss my career with.

Jenna is amazing! During my many mock interviews with her, she offered incisive and constructive feedback - helping me reflect on my answers, become more present and build my confidence. She listened keenly and offered very pointed assessment of my interview answers. I am so glad that I reached out to her!

Jenna was great to work with! She was honest and transparent in her thoughts. She was able to gain insight to my personality and translate that into my resume.

Jenna provided some good advice on how to network and how to approach job search. However, the entire process felt very rushed. The advice she gave was not specific enough for my situation. While she did some editing for my resume, she wasn't super helpful for the other items like network email, cover letter, and etc.

Jenna was great to work with! She provided valuable insights and guidance on my Q&A, with thorough follow up notes - some of which I could implement right away in my job hunt. She spoke with great confidence and provided a motivational boost. I'd work with her again.

Really thought about design in an impressive way

Although it was only 30 minutes it was enough to receive great personalized advice from Jenna. She also sent me some material to nurture my decision

Jenna was great at not only helping me navigate the very difficult and overwhelming task of beginning a new job search, but also constantly giving me great messages of motivation and confidence. She was a HUGE help.

Jenna was incredibly helpful in helping me focus on the right steps in my job search and how to best spend my energy. She is great at listening, distilling the important aspects of a conversation and using this information to design actionable next steps. Jenna also has great tools that help support the process and were a breeze to use. They say that you only get out of coaching what you put in, and she made particularly easy and motivating to put in the work between our sessions. I'd highly recommend working with her!

She was great! She really knew the material and she listened to what I had to say and I would highly recommend her

Jenna did a great job! If you are looking for a resume and/or LinkedIn refresh she's the best!

Jenna provided valuable guidance and encouragement as I launched my job search for what felt like the thousandth time. She helped me think through my "must haves" in my next job and cheered me on in a way that felt authentic. Since the sessions were short, we dove right in. She opened every session by asking what I wanted to talk through, which helped keep our conversations focused without being forced. I would definitely recommend her. In fact, I was so pleased that I went sleuthing and found her private coaching company info so I could hire her longer-term as a life coach. Looking forward to continuing to work with her!

It was a pleasure working with Jenna. She listens well and is a great coach who provided timely guidance and direction on my resume and LinkedIn profile. Jenna helped me streamline and pare down my very wordy resume to achieve a more straightforward, simple, clean, and modern look and feel. Jenna also provided insight and suggestions to improve my LI bio to reflect a more personable story. I appreciated the time she took to respond to my inquiries and follow through on requests. Overall, I was very happy with the results! I highly recommend Jenna!

Jenna was very knowledgable, easy to talk to, and helpful. I was burnt out and pessimistic before hiring Jenna and she gave me the push and energy I needed to take control of my career situation.

Very good advice

Jenna was great to talk to. She has a great ability to quickly get to the heart of the issue, and ask questions which help connect your underlying goals to actionable next steps. Catching up with Jena was 30 Minutes very well spent.

After hitting a wall a few months into my job search, I hired Jenna to help me breakthrough. I purchased the stuck in the rut package, which I found particularly helpful as I progressed through my job search. She helped me clean up how I presented my story through my resume and LinkedIn, we discussed salary negotiation, and she gave me clear action items leading into our future meetings.

Jenna was extremely helpful despite the relatively short time we had to speak (30mins). Aware of the time constraint she went straight to the point and provided many helpful comments and advice. She was also very encouraging and positive, which helped me clear a lot of roadblocks I had built up in my mind. I am definitely very glad I had chosen to speak with her :)

Jenna was fabulous! Seemed to intuitively understand what I was getting at underneath all of my words of confusion. I would highly recommend her. She was incredibly supportive, gave great direction to our conversations, and helped me take a step forward towards something I've been scared of doing for quite some time. Each conversation felt productive and like it had forward momentum. Are all my problems solved now? Nope, but I believe I have a much more proactive step towards all of them. After all, this is the "get you out of the rut" package, not the "I've figured out your life," package! Couldn't recommend her more highly.

It was great working with Jenna. She made me feel at ease and more importantly, took the time to listen, empathize and give clear actionable feedback for my interview answers and body language. Would definitely work with her again.

I booked Jenna for an interview coaching session, and I can't thank her enough! She is supremely positive and confidence-building, in addition to providing practical and personalized advice for aceing interviews.

Jenna was attentive, understanding, and is always quick to reply to messages. She is confident in the work she does.

Jenna had great advice on how to pursue my next career step!

Jenna was great! She was easy to have a conversation with and was able to assist me with streamlining and reconfiguring my resume and LinkedIn profile. She listened to my career background and aspirations, then gave me sound advice which offered me more clarity and direction. I highly recommend working with Jenna, she's positive and has a fresh perspective on career options and job market outlook. Thanks!

I was making a complete field and position transition and Jenna adjusted my resume and LinkedIn to be more appealing to the field I was targeting. She did a great job listening to what I wanted in a new job and tailoring it to what we had discussed. I will recommend her to anyone who wants to improve their marketability through these tools!

Before working with Jenna, I was carrying feelings of guilt, insecurity, unworthiness, but especially frustration... After Jenna delivered final Resume + LinkedIn profile review, I was finally able to leave all those negative feelings behind and continue on my job searching journey with a fresh, new start... I am so appreciative that she treated me with kindness, gave me so much encouragement and ultimately saw me as the professional I aspire to be. It's like she painted a portrait of me, and when painting was revealed, I saw myself so empowered and capable; it brings me so much joy that someone believed in me the way she did. I truly wish I had found this site earlier and worked with Jenna sooner!

Jenna is very compassionate and takes time to practice repeatedly. She gave me very valuable advice on how to speak in the interview. I really enjoyed my time with her practicing for the interview.

Jenna is incredibly personable--from the moment she sends her initial invite for a chat, you can tell she's someone you can can completely put your trust into. I felt an immediate rapport with her and her working style while also being challenged to think through some of the areas where I continue to get stuck in my own thinking (that 's the coach in her!). I have a lovely--now one page!--resume to work with, and I have someone who I feel believes in me, my abilities, and has helped me feel confident moving forward with my work in hand!

Jenna addressed that nagging "something isn't quite right" feeling I had after having my resume done through another service. I feel extremely more capable and confident after working with Jenna. I expressed my concerns about the perception my resume was giving and asked about how to better communicate my unique skill sets and experience -- all while meeting the concise and expedient expectations of today's recruiters and hiring managers. She was frank and fast. She was very practical, a great editor -- knows where to cut the fluff so you have room to play up the good stuff. I highly recommend Jenna to help you breakthrough!

I initially approached my work with Jenna as a way to redirect and focus my career - I wanted help figuring out a path, my path. While working together, she helped me do that and much more. I developed an awareness of myself and my unique skills that has helped me not only pivot in my career, but also handle professional relationships with pro-active honesty and compassion for both myself and others. She has helped me process and navigate more than one big career shift in a way that has engendered a more confident, motivated, and empowered self.

I sought out Jenna when I was having a tough time with my job. While I couldn’t quite place a finger exactly on what I wanted to do, Jenna was somehow able to pull it out of me. Since meeting her, I have gone from stumbling around in a cloud of uncertainty, to clearly defining exactly who I want to be, where I want to go in my next role, and how I’m going to get there. My career path feels a hell of a lot crisper since meeting her and I’d recommend her wholeheartedly to anyone who wants to get more out of their life and work.

Jenna was able to help me through some of the most difficult time in my career, and I wouldn't be able to connect with the real me without her help. She provided me with many practical interviewing, mindset and negotiation tools that helped me during stressful times, and with her help, I was able to achieve my goals of landing a new role and securing a higher salary way ahead of the timeline I envisioned.