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Dylan Cornelius Coaching & Consulting

Career Coaching with Proven Clarity Frameworks

Occasionally, I’m asked about the assessments I use in my Career Counseling.

Career Coaching. Clarity & Confidence with Proven Frameworks. Career Clarity Blueprint. Life Purpose Blueprint.

I use personalized tools like the Alignment Audit (not outdated tests) to quickly find your best-fit career path.


Assessments and approaches I use to gauge fit

When I’m asked this question, the short answer is that I use the Alignment Audit, Stress Management Blueprint, Infinite Focus Blueprint, and Mindset Mastery Blueprint, coupled with an assessment of current roles that match those goals and expectations.

These are the primary assessments I use:

  • Alignment Audit
  • Stress Management Blueprint
  • Infinite Focus Blueprint
  • Mindset Mastery Blueprint

Of course, we’ll see how the results pan out, and we’ll consider other approaches if necessary to clarify direction and create velocity toward greater satisfaction and results.

Why I don’t use standardized assessments

Despite my training in Psychology and expertise in statistical methodology, I have found many “standardized” tests to be outdated, not sufficiently personalized, and too easy to “game” to get the results the taker wants.


Most standardized tests are:

  1. Dated
  2. Generic
  3. Easily invalidated by the test taker

While there is still some value in standardized assessments, my opinion is that an explicitly personalized approach, coupled with a current review of existing roles across the modern job market, is a more relevant, timely and personalized approach that will yield better results.

This way, we’re not left waiting for third parties to update their decades-old models or years-old skills/jobs inventories.

Here’s what clients say about our assessments

“What I was really looking for was some direction, and what you offer, and the lectures, and the materials, and the questions, all the exercises… They did exactly that. Because in my mind, I’m thinking that I’m trying to regain a vision or the vision that I had. But it’s synonymous with purpose. And you present purpose as that foundation. And I totally agree with that.”

— Eric B., Marketing Manager

“I have been wary of how this kind of process could lead to no results or bad results but I have not seen that at all, in the workshops, in the worksheets, in the homework, in the constant questioning, in the column written worksheets. It only yields answers about yourself.”

— Omario K., Attorney and Professor

“This really changed my life.”

“This really changed my life.”

Get moving faster in your ideal direction, starting today

To learn more about my approach and how you can be on your way to a better career in a matter of days:

-Call me on (512) 866-7789

-Or schedule a strategy call.

Let’s chat and get you where you belong.

Dylan

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About me
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Dylan Cornelius

Hi, I'm Dylan Cornelius.

I help mid-career professionals who feel stuck, burned out, or directionless build or find the best job — and career — of their lives.

I studied psychology at UC Berkeley and earned my MBA at Santa Clara University. I've spent 30 years on both sides of the hiring desk — as a technical recruiter in Silicon Valley, a hiring manager who interviewed thousands, and a leader at Oracle, IBM, Charles Schwab, LPL Financial, and PNC.

Whether you're actively searching, quietly questioning, or not sure what you want next — you're in the right place.

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What they say:

Karen W., Project Manager

"This really changed my life. This gave me the courage to stand up for myself and really speak and say what I wanted to do with my life."

—Karen W.
Project Manager

Omario K., Attorney and Professor

"I felt like I didn’t have much to say in a cover letter or a networking conversation. Now I’ve had a lot more things to say — I’m a lot more prolific in self-promotion, in an assertive but humble way."

—Omario K.
Attorney and Professor

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