Who you are, what you can do, and why that matters to the right employer — this needs to be communicated with precision. With a strong CV that also passes AI-powered applicant screening systems (ATS), a compelling LinkedIn profile, and a clear application strategy. That is what we work on.
You have 20, 25, 30 years of experience. You know what you are capable of. But the job search stalls — because the CV does not reflect what you actually bring, because the story is missing that convinces an interviewer, or because the target role itself is still unclear.
People often come to me after a break: restructuring, redundancy, outplacement, a phase where things shifted professionally. Sometimes simply the feeling that the previous path no longer fits.
What we then work on together is precision: clarity about target roles, a career narrative that holds, and application documents — CV and LinkedIn — that function as a signal, not a record.
Some do not want a new step on the same track — they want to know whether there is a different one. A career pivot, a change of direction, something that has not yet been on the table. That is what the Sweetspot analysis is for: who am I today? What can I actually do? And what could be made of that?
Over three decades in the IT industry — as a founder and executive in both mid-sized companies and large corporations. I know the difference between what a CV says and what a person actually brings. I also know the moment when you realise the path you have been on is no longer your own.
My training as a systemic family therapist has fundamentally shaped the way I work: I do not just work on documents, but with the person behind the facts.
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AI has fundamentally changed the recruiting process — before a human ever reads your CV, an algorithm has already evaluated it. ATS systems filter by keywords, structural patterns, and relevance scores. LinkedIn algorithms determine who recruiters get to see at all. Those who do not understand these mechanisms are playing by rules that no longer apply.
I have been working with AI on a daily basis for over three years — as a fixed part of my coaching practice, documented in three published books on the subject. That gives me a perspective most coaches do not have: I understand the systems you are up against from the inside. Your CV and LinkedIn profile will be built to hold up against the mechanisms that decide before the human does.
Our collaboration in three phases
Many experienced professionals describe themselves as a list of facts — convinced that more facts create more impact. The opposite is true.
This is where our work begins.
Three phases that build on each other — and do not end with a CV. They end with you knowing who you are, what you can do — and how to show it. AI-supported where it delivers precision and speed. Human where it matters.
The job market is under pressure. That is not an opinion — it is what my clients report every day. The result: recruiters, HR managers and headhunters are sifting through piles of applications that increasingly look the same. AI has not reduced the flood of applications. It has increased it significantly — and levelled the quality downward at the same time.
Those who use AI the way everyone else does end up in the middle. Well-written, complete, generic: interchangeable.
Almost all of my clients already use AI — but in a rudimentary way. One prompt, one text, done. What comes out is not bad. It is just what everyone else is producing.
The decisive step lies elsewhere. AI is fundamentally changing the job market — not at some future point, but right now. Recruiters recognise AI-generated texts. Algorithms sort them out. Those who ignore this lose. Those who understand it gain an edge. And those who grasp that real AI value does not lie in simple prompting, but in context engineering — in deliberately building information structures that enable AI to think truly individually — separate themselves from the crowd. Not through better technology, but through better understanding.
The Career Repositioning programme starts exactly here.
Most people's CVs conceal valuable skills and experiences they cannot see themselves. Because they are too close to them, because they have never learned to read their own career history.
That is the starting point. Together we uncover this Sweet Spot: the distinctive quality embedded in your biography that no generic prompt would ever extract.
What follows is deliberately AI-supported, based on more than 25 sequentially refined prompts developed over two years. Precise context engineering ensures that every document you receive sounds like you. Role-specific, authentic, written so that decision-makers notice the difference.
The programme includes five joint working sessions, a series of digital exercises you work through ce, and at the end a complete application package: Profile Compass, Base CV, role-specific CV, LinkedIn profile, application strategy, and action plan.
What stays with you after the programme ends: you understand how it works. The core building blocks — your profile, your strengths, your argumentation — are handed to you in a format you can load directly into your own AI. For every future vacancy, you are no longer starting from zero. You know who you are, what you can do, and how to communicate it convincingly.
That is the difference between one strong application — and being permanently well-positioned.
You know what you are capable of.
The market does not see it yet.
That is precisely what we work on — in five joint sessions, supported by digital exercises and an AI-powered process that prepares your profile in a way you would never have formulated yourself. Authentic, precise, written so that decision-makers notice the difference.
At the end you do not just have documents. You have a system — and you know how to use it independently for every future application.
Book your free consultationExecutive Sparring · €200 / hour net — individual sessions for specific questions: interview preparation, CV adjustments, positioning on demand.
"This led to three interview opportunities within a short time and ultimately two job offers — a result that clearly speaks to the effectiveness of his guidance."
"As soon as I started applying with the new CV version, I was invited to several interviews. Dirk guided me through the entire process."
"Thanks to his support I was able to find a new position that fits me perfectly."
No sales pitch. We clarify whether what you are dealing with is something I can concretely help with — and whether working together makes sense for both sides.
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