My Catalyst · Career Development

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A structured development program for professionals in technical, manufacturing, life sciences, and skilled trades. Not a job board. Not a newsletter. An active working relationship built to make you a stronger candidate — and keep you connected to the right opportunities over time.

What My Catalyst actually is

Most recruiting ends when the job does. This doesn't.

The usual arc is simple: you submit a resume, a recruiter calls about one opening, and the conversation ends when you take the job or don’t. My Catalyst is built on a different model — it treats your career as an asset worth developing, not just deploying.

It combines hands-on resume feedback, a structured look at where your skills meet the market, and a real planning conversation about what you’re building toward. Engage with My Catalyst and you’re not just added to a database — you get direct attention from a recruiter who knows your discipline and is actively watching for roles that fit your trajectory.

What's included

Four things, done properly.

National firms have scale. We have something harder to replicate: knowledge of your specific market, industry, and needs.

Resume & professional profile review

Reviewed by a recruiter who works in your field — not a career coach with a generic checklist. We read it the way a plant manager or engineering director does: how you frame technical scope, which certifications you lead with, how your progression reads. Specific, actionable feedback — not a formatting critique.

Career pathway planning

Not writing down five-year goals — understanding where you are in your discipline, where the realistic and rewarding next moves are, and what it takes to get there. We bring market context: what skills are in demand, what employers prioritize, and where the Southeast and Midwest job market is actually heading in your sector.

Skills gap identification

Not every gap is a certification. Sometimes it’s how you talk about your experience; sometimes it’s a tool you haven’t had exposure to yet. An honest assessment of where your profile is strong and where it has room — delivered with context about what actually matters to employers, not a generic competency matrix.

Priority placement consideration

When new roles come through Catalyst that match your background and goals, My Catalyst participants are reviewed first. Not a guarantee — fit still matters — but your profile is top of mind before a search goes wide. In competitive disciplines, timing is often the difference.

How to get started

Three steps to a working relationship.

01 Submit your resume & tell us what you're building toward

We ask more questions than most firms — team dynamic, pace, the skills hard to teach, and what made the last hire not work out. That context separates a good match from a mediocre one.

02 Connect with a recruiter who knows your discipline

A Catalyst recruiter who works in your field reviews your materials and reaches out to schedule a call — covering your background, goals, current situation, and what good actually looks like for you, not just what’s open right now.

03 Stay connected as the market moves

An ongoing relationship, not a one-time review. As new roles surface, your goals shift, or conditions in your sector change, your recruiter stays in contact. You won’t sit in a database that goes quiet — you’ll be in a pipeline that’s actively managed.

Who it's designed for

For professionals thinking beyond the next paycheck.

A straightforward process — no guesswork, no silence, no stacks of job alerts that don’t fit your background.

Actively looking, but selective

You want the right move — not the fastest one — and a recruiter who will tell you the truth about your options.

Not looking yet — but a change is coming

You know a move is likely in the next year and want to be ready and well-positioned before it does.

Experienced & deliberate

You want your next move to be the right one, guided by someone who understands your discipline.

Your next move deserves more than a job board.

My Catalyst is free for candidates and built around a simple idea: the right placement is better than a fast one, for everyone involved. Start by submitting your resume — a Catalyst recruiter takes it from there.