Choose the target before rewriting the record
A strong resume cannot fix an undefined search. Coaching narrows role families, level, industry, geography, compensation, and the evidence employers will expect.
Every Branch. Every Specialty. Every Next Chapter.
Whether your experience came from command, operations, logistics, intelligence, aviation, medicine, cyber, engineering, administration, or the deckplate, the work deserves to be translated with respect. This mission is personal because the studio is veteran-owned and built from decades of career counseling, talent movement, and private consulting experience.
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Official service emblems are displayed for branch recognition only. Vauntless Career Studio is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the Department of Defense or any U.S. military branch.
The Problem
The challenge isn't your track record. It's translation. “OIC of a 300-person logistics battalion” means nothing to a Fortune 500 hiring manager. “Led a $47M cross-regional supply chain operation” does. We bridge that gap across every touchpoint: your site, your resume, your LinkedIn.
Why coaching matters
Transition programs can explain benefits, checklists, and broad job-search basics. Coaching is the individualized work: deciding where your experience fits, naming the level you can credibly pursue, building the evidence, and practicing how to communicate it when the hiring process stops speaking military.
A strong resume cannot fix an undefined search. Coaching narrows role families, level, industry, geography, compensation, and the evidence employers will expect.
We remove military-only language while preserving scope, judgment, technical depth, and accountability. The goal is civilian clarity, not making your service sound smaller.
Your resume, LinkedIn, networking introduction, interview answers, and offer conversations need one credible through-line. Coaching helps you defend it naturally.
Clear milestones, practice, feedback, secure follow-up, and a bounded action plan keep the transition moving when applications, networking, and service obligations compete for attention.
One community, different transition problems
We do not force every service member through the same template. Coaching starts with the person, the work, and the market, not a stereotype about military talent.
Build a civilian target, search narrative, and action plan around separation timelines, terminal leave, family decisions, and the reality that your current mission still comes first.
Reconnect military achievements to the civilian experience you have gained since leaving service, whether you are seeking advancement, returning after a pause, or changing industries again.
Translate command, strategy, budgets, readiness, policy, and senior-stakeholder work into the business functions and leadership outcomes employers are actually hiring for.
Surface the scale behind hands-on execution: technical qualifications, team leadership, instruction, maintenance, operations, quality, safety, and mission ownership, not just rank or MOS.
Military career support
Published scope, published prices, and no mystery retainer. Targeted Resume can be purchased directly. Career Clarity and Complete Career Coaching begin with a free alignment call so fit, timing, and expectations are clear before money changes hands.
Standard price $89
Best when you already know the role and need one focused civilian resume that can survive ATS screening and a hiring-manager read.
You leave with a sharp, role-specific resume you can defend line by line—not a generic rewrite.
Kickoff or async intake for one target role
ATS-optimized resume written for that role
One revision round
Final files in PDF and DOCX
Not included: Coaching sessions or search strategy
Not included: LinkedIn overhaul
Not included: Cover letter (available in coaching packages)
Not included: Additional target-role versions (add-on)
A call is still available if you want to confirm fit first.
Standard price $199
Best when several paths look possible and you need a defensible direction before spending months applying in every direction.
You leave knowing what you are aiming at, why you are credible for it, and what to do in the next 30 days.
Free Career Support Alignment Call required before purchase
Clarity session to pressure-test direction
Positioning brief for your target path
One resume pass (PDF and DOCX)
30-day action plan
Fair course-correction: One reasonable pivot mid-engagement when we disagree on direction and need a reset to align.
Not included: Open-ended extra work, a new package, additional targeted resumes beyond the allotment ($29 each / $15 veteran), or extending past the engagement window without a new agreement.
Not included: Full LinkedIn overhaul
Not included: Cover letter and mock interview
Not included: Personal branding website
Not included: Ongoing monthly coaching retainer
No purchase until fit and scope are confirmed.
Standard price $399
Best when you need the full transition campaign: direction, assets, interview preparation, feedback, and a working 30-day sprint.
You leave with the assets, the story, the reps, and a working plan—not a binder of unused advice.
Free Career Support Alignment Call required before purchase
Launch Sprint (~30 days)
Clarity work plus full resume and cover letter
LinkedIn overhaul
Two coaching sessions
STAR story bank
One mock interview
Vauntless CP portal access for the sprint
Fair course-correction: One reasonable pivot mid-engagement when we disagree on direction and need a reset to align.
Additional targeted resumes available at $29 / $15 veteran each
Not included: Open-ended extra work, a new package, additional targeted resumes beyond the allotment ($29 each / $15 veteran), or extending past the engagement window without a new agreement.
Not included: Guaranteed interviews, offers, or employment outcomes
Not included: Open-ended work past the Launch Sprint window without a new agreement
No purchase until fit and scope are confirmed.
Additional target
One extra ATS-ready resume version aimed at a different target role or position change, delivered as PDF and DOCX.
Fair course-correction
If we hit a stalemate mid-engagement—direction disagreement, scope mismatch, or a good-faith difference on approach—we will reset once to get aligned. That course-correction is included when it is about fit, not expansion. New role tracks, sessions beyond the package, extra targeted resumes beyond the allotment, or work past the engagement window are billable and require agreement first.
Verified veterans and active-duty clients get exact half-rounded package rates after unlock (or ID.me when live). Unverified shoppers can enter promo code VETERAN at Stripe Checkout for 25% off standard prices. Exact veteran rates and the VETERAN promo do not stack. Coaching improves clarity, positioning, preparation, and execution; it does not guarantee interviews, offers, or employment outcomes.
How the engagement works
Each package has a defined endpoint. The work stays visible in one private client workspace so your plan, decisions, sessions, messages, resources, reviews, and finished products do not scatter across inboxes.
Book the free alignment callA free 15-minute call confirms the problem, the timing, and whether coaching is the right tool. Career Clarity and Complete Coaching require this before purchase.
We pressure-test target roles, level, positioning, constraints, and the proof you need, before building documents around a weak assumption.
Your military and civilian record becomes role-specific evidence across the resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, positioning brief, or STAR bank included in your package.
You rehearse the story, respond to feedback, complete a focused plan, and use the client workspace to keep sessions, messages, resources, and final products together.
Scheduled coaching sessions and interview practice through Vauntless Video or an agreed phone format.
Milestones, assignments, blockers, due dates, and progress stay visible to you and your coach.
Messages, shared journal entries, forms, and feedback preserve the decisions made between sessions.
Selected guidance, drafts, reviews, and final career products live in the client workspace.
Career Presence Tools
Personal Brand Site
Commanding officer, logistics battalion
Operations executive who moved $47M through a 3-state supply chain
Your 3-page site rewrites your career in language civilian hiring managers actually respond to. AI-assisted, human-reviewed bio, translated experience, and a domain that looks like you mean business.
ATS-Optimized Resume
Led 300 personnel across 6 MOSs
Directed cross-functional team of 300+ across six operational units
Every accomplishment reframed. Every metric surfaced. Built to pass applicant tracking systems and impress the human on the other side.
LinkedIn Overhaul
Blank headline, copy-pasted DD-214
Keyword-rich, achievement-first profile built for civilian recruiters
LinkedIn is where civilian recruiters find talent. Your profile needs to speak their language before you ever apply.
Need a stronger headshot? We can help coordinate it.
Michael's photo portfolio lives at 1fisherphoto.com, with local availability strongest in Southern Maryland and the DC area. For clients elsewhere, VCS can assist with partner photographers in their area so the site, LinkedIn, and resume ecosystem feel complete.
Veteran Pricing
ID.me automated verification is coming soon. Until then, contact us or book an alignment call so we can verify veteran or active-duty status and unlock exact veteran rates.
Contact us or book the free call and we will verify your status and email an unlock link that applies exact veteran pricing at checkout.
Base
Veteran rate after verification: $99 setup + $14.99/mo
Custom Domain
Veteran rate after verification: $99 setup + $19.99/mo
Add LinkedIn Overhaul: $150 one-time
Full rewrite aligned to your civilian transition narrative. $75 after veteran verification.
Career packages: veteran rates $45 / $99 / $199
Targeted Resume $45, Career Clarity $99, or Complete Career Coaching $199 after we verify your status and unlock your rate.
Member networking events are planned for veterans, professionals, and invited guests.
DC Metro comes first, with recruiter and senior-leader programming expanding nationally as the member base grows.
This is the standard total. Exact veteran Stripe prices ($99 setup + $19.99/mo) apply only after we verify your status and you open the unlock link we email you. Contact us first to get one.
Secure checkout via Stripe · Cancel anytime · Intake review + required alignment call before launch