If you're aiming to reignite the fire within, find greater meaning and fulfillment in your work, and be financially rewarded for problem-solving in a way that truly drives you, you've come to the right place!
✧ Offering Career Coaching
Serving Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, Denver, Fort Collins, and Online
What Makes This Program Different?
NOT FOCUSED ON ASSESSMENTS
Assessments don't get to the heart of why you do what you do. This program uses your childhood as the doorway to understand what makes you feel alive and truly MOTIVATES you in your career.
A TARGETED JOB SEARCH
You'll get crystal clear on whether you want to change your job, career, employer, industry, or start a business. You'll learn strategies to build your network, tap the hidden job market, and design a roadmap of your next steps.
A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH+ ACCOUNTABLITY COACHING
I pride myself on integrating psychology and career development in my approach — a unique combination of reflection, strategy, and cheerleading to help you make meaningful changes.
HONORS YOUR REALITY
This coaching program will not promise you your dream job because it might not be realistic in the job market. This program will promise to help you find something much better that honors your needs and circumstances.
Meet Your Coach
Meet Danielle Roessle, LCSW, GCDFI, CCSP
Who I Work With- Mid-Career Professionals to Executive Leaders, and (Aspiring) Entrepreneurs
Services I Offer- Career/Business Discovery and Exploration, Job Interview Coaching, Salary Negotiation
Back in 2011, when working as a career counselor for high school students, I realized that I didn't feel fulfilled in my career.
I began the journey of looking for my life's purpose and dream job through participating in workshops and psychology trainings.
During one of these workshops, I confronted my experience of being bullied as a child and I found that the answers to a fulfilling career had been inside of me all along, hiding in my childhood memories. Through exploring my childhood memories, I could transform my pain into purpose.
Because of being bullied, I desire deep connection and belonging. This longing has shaped my career path, where I thrive in fostering profound connections for individuals to discover themselves and find their place in the workforce. Additionally, my high creativity enables me to curate unique experiences that kindle their inner fire, offering clarity in career or business directions.
I left my nonprofit job to start my business in 2014, and have helped hundreds of clients find career or business fulfillment by exploring their childhood memories.
Childhood memories are the doorway to understanding your inner compass — what comes naturally to you in your career, what motivates you deeply, and the impact you want to make through your career or business.
My hope for you is that by working with Inner Compass Coach and exploring your childhood memories, you have a transformative experience and find more personal and professional fulfillment.
- I’m INTUITIVE as heck and I know what to say and just how to say it to support you in weighing options and evaluating decisions.
- I’ve been a career and business coach for over a decade and have worked with hundreds of clients in my private practice alone! I promise I’ll be real with you about your options and what you can realistically expect in your transition.
- As a trained therapist, I integrate psychotherapy techniques and exercises to help you overcome obstacles and propel your professional growth.
- Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, CSW.09924380
- Master of Social Work, Clinical Practice, University of Denver
- Bachelor of Social Work, Community Practice, Arizona State University
- Global Career Development Facilitator Instructor (GCDFI), National Career Development Association
- EMDR Trained
- Career Coaching Completion, Next Stage Purpose
- Waldorf Teacher Training Certification, Rudolf Steiner Centre, Toronto
Association Affiliations
- National Career Development Association
- Former Outreach Chair, Colorado Career Development Association
- Who do you typically work with? I specialize in working with introspective, action-oriented mid-career to executive-level professionals who feel stalled in their careers. They experience dissatisfaction despite being comfortable with their current income and are eager to pivot or make a change but lack clarity on their next steps. My clients are open to diverse activities, including play, introspection on past experiences, and proactive networking, all aimed at gaining the clarity and direction they seek.
- What does the coaching process entail? My coaching typically involves bi-monthly meetings over a three-month period. Upon registering for coaching, you gain access to comprehensive course materials. While I provide recommendations on the pace of completing the content based on your goals, you have the flexibility to navigate the program at your own speed.
- If I aim to identify my career direction within three months, how much time per week is needed for coaching? To identify a new career direction within three months, you'll need to dedicate 3 hours per week during the first month. The time commitment tends to increase in months two and three as you progress with your job search or business startup. However, this program is flexible and can be adjusted to match your preferred pace, whether faster or slower, to accommodate your schedule.
- I'm undecided between changing my career or starting a business. Can you assist with both? Absolutely! Our coaching can encompass a dual focus to address both career change and business startup aspirations.
- What are your coaching fees? I have a materials fee of $150 and I charge $225 per 45-minute session. The average client works with me for about seven 45-minute sessions.
- Do you provide refunds? No, refunds are not offered. However, you have the flexibility to discontinue services at any point.
- Do you offer a sliding scale for fees? No, I strongly believe in empowering clients to realize their true worth and assist them in confidently negotiating salaries. My work revolves around not only helping clients discover more fulfilling career paths but also providing support during salary negotiations. As a result of our collaboration, many have effectively negotiated higher salaries or better benefits, often surpassing the cost of my services.
- Can you point me in the direction of lower-cost services? You can explore my book or online course for accessible resources. Additionally, I've provided details of referral partners on this page. Feel free to contact them directly to discuss their fees. For those in need of even more budget-friendly or pro-bono coaching, I suggest reaching out to your local workforce development center. Alternatively, consider connecting with your alumni career services, often available through your college or university.
✧ My Signature System, The Inner Compass Process
Rediscover
Identify the patterns from childhood and in your career where you thrive. Clarify what holds you back, and what gives you a sense of fulfillment.
Create your True North Guide, or a job framework, to help you envision how you want to use your time. Your True North Guide acts as your north star for any career decision.
Research
Research career opportunities that could be a good fit, while using your True North Guide to help you evaluate your options.
Learn how to use networking conversations to acquire new information and to feel safe in testing the waters while determining your career direction.
Roadmap
Create a roadmap of next steps.
Career roadmaps will include realistic goals, job search strategies to accomplish your goals, and tactics to overcome obstacles that might get in your way.
Career Coaching Results
Walk Away with the Clarity To:
Thrive in Your Zone of Genius/ Driving Talents
Your natural talents and gifts from childhood deserve a place in the job market – let's harness them and guide you towards getting paid for doing what motivates you.
Make a Meaningful Contribution
Together, we'll explore what "doing good" means to you personally and professionally. We'll help you identify ways to make a meaningful impact through your work.
Live Your Core Values
Core values are the fundamental needs that have been important to you since childhood. We will help you pinpoint your values that serve as a guiding compass in finding the right employer for you.
Maximize the Best Use of Your Time and Skills
By identifying the skills you're overusing and those that are underutilized, we will help you make career changes that optimize your skillset, ignite your passion, and reduce burnout.
By the end of the program, you will...
✔ Recognize what is and isn’t working in your current position
✔ Understand what makes you feel alive and be able to bring that into your work
✔ Know what’s holding you back and how to move forward
✔ Identify the one or two innate talents that you should be paid for in your career
✔ Understand the CONTRIBUTION you want to make through your business
✔ Build a JOB FRAMEWORK to be able to quickly gage whether or not a position is a good fit
✔ Know which SKILLS you’ve mastered that will get you hired
✔ Pinpoint whether you want to change your job, employer, career, industry, your mindset at work, or start a business
✔ Become a detective, researcher, and master networker, and find strategies to test the waters so that you feel CONFIDENT in your new career direction
✔ Create an ACTIONABLE PLAN for achieving your career goals
✔ Have a clear direction toward a more fulfilling career
Client Success Stories
Find your inner compass
My experience with Danielle was life changing. Having completed her program, there is no doubt that my strengths, talents and what I find fulfilling, is imperative to happiness in life and work. She has great active listening skills and intuition and really helps guide her clients to discovering their best selves. Danielle has a format, a methodology to finding "your inner compass" and it works.
—Lauren R.
Copywriter
Discover what makes you tick
Danielle helped me to discover what makes me tick, reconnect with my passions, and discover how my skills and passions could be applied at the next stop on my career path. I left my sessions with a sense of clarity and comfort in my job search, as well as techniques, knowledge and resources I could apply.
—Joshua W.
Attorney Advisor
Understand What Motivates You
This program was great because it really makes you take a look at yourself closely and understand what motivates you. I’d been struggling a lot in jobs that just didn’t fulfill me but thanks to working with Danielle, I now know what kind of work keeps me motivated and what kind of work I enjoy. This was money well spent! If you’re struggling to find that next step in your career I highly recommend the Inner Compass Process!
—Daniel Martinez
Senior Product Manager
Gain Valuable Networking Skills
Danielle's approach to helping me figure out my best path as I transitioned careers was right-on. Danielle is a great and wise listener. Additionally, my networking skills went through the roof as a result of my time working with Danielle.
After working with Danielle, I took a risk on a seven-month program in data science and ended up with three competitive job offers. I couldn't have done it without her.
—Jess T.
Director
Identify Your Career Direction
An affirming, smart, inspiring, and skilled guide is how I would describe Danielle as a career coach. Her step-by-step process and exercises helped me identify a career direction that is a great fit with my skills and interests in a just a few sessions. Danielle is perceptive and thoughtful. She helped me uncover my main motivations, values, passions, and skills. Then she provided me with brilliant tools and strategies to research careers with the greatest potential for high satisfaction. Before attending Danielle’s coaching service, I was unsure about the next steps to take in my career. By the end of the process, I felt confident and excited. I highly recommend Danielle to anyone looking for career direction help.
—Brent Henderson
Technical Product Manager
Reconnect with your Inner Self and Identify Your True Calling
For a while now, I've been looking for a fulfilling career, rather than just a job. I have also been sidetracked by seeing what my friends and colleagues have moved on to do and that narrowed my vision on what I thought I should be doing. Working with Danielle, however, helped me understand my narrative - what the circumstances were that drove me to find satisfaction in my previous careers. With a better understanding of myself and what intrinsically drives me, I've been able to identify a career that I believe I will find fulfilling.
—Stephan Ahn
Lead Advisor
I received the tools I needed to fly
Working with Danielle was a game-changer. I love the thorough stepwise plan - which ultimately led me to my dream job. I came to Inner Compass Coach self-employed and wanting to find a new career and I received the tools I needed to fly.
—Lauren Condell
Director of Product Marketing
A better understanding of myself and what drives me
"I LOVED the process of working Danielle. I went into the process looking for some clarity on where I wanted to take my career. I knew I wanted to do something different, but didn't know WHAT. I really enjoyed that Danielle had a really specific approach to our exercises, and a concrete process to get to a conclusion. I love where ended up. and I'm SO excited to move forward and chase my (much clearer) now career path!"
—Erin Randall
Senior Manager, PMP
Referral Partners
*Please be aware that my referral partners operate as distinct entities separate from Inner Compass Coach, LLC.
Meet Jim Black, CDF, CTCC
Who I Work With- Entry-Level, Mid-Career Professionals, and Executive Leaders
Services I Offer- Career Discovery and Exploration, and Job Search Services (resume, cover letter, personal branding, interviewing, salary negotiation, etc).
I’ve had quite the journey to get to where I am now. My first career was as a scientist. The work was interesting and kept my brain busy, but I always felt that something was missing. I also noticed plenty of people I knew and worked with in the same situation but didn’t know how to change their lives, or were afraid to do so.
In time, I realized that I wanted to work more closely with people and be more of a helper than an analyst. From there, I began working as an advisor at a college, where I mostly assisted older college students in understanding what they wanted from their education and determining their best career path.
Now as a holistic career consultant in private practice, I help people discover what truly motivates and energizes them so they can create the life they want and have a career that supports it. Once they gain that clarity, I show them the best ways to find employment based on my extensive training and in working with recruiters, various career coaches, outplacement firms and my own personal experience in the job hunt.
In addition to my own practice, I am a contractor for a large outplacement firm. Here, I have helped over one hundred mid and executive-level clients who were laid off from companies such as Microsoft, JP Morgan Chase, Amazon, and Pfizer. Many of these people have not looked for jobs in decades, so part of my role is to educate them on how to market their talents and employ effective job search strategies.
Whether you are new to the working world or an experienced executive, it's more important than ever to be clear about what you want, what you can offer an employer, and how to efficiently look for work. After all, you deserve to have the life you want and the career that supports it.
- I've been where you are — spending considerable effort finding my true direction. Through trial and error, I learned invaluable lessons on discovering a career that truly aligns with one's identity. Now, I'm here to share those insights and help you efficiently find a career and job that resonate with who you are.
- I approach careers holistically, prioritizing your understanding of your needs, values, and sources of happiness. These are pivotal in avoiding aimless job transitions and guiding you toward a purposeful career trajectory.
- Leveraging my background in outplacement, I empower individuals to enhance their skill marketing, navigate job searches adeptly, optimize social media for recruiter engagement, and master effective networking and negotiation strategies. If we collaborate, I'll work closely with you, employing these proven methodologies to ensure you're equipped to find a career and job that truly reflect your worth and aspirations.
- Bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University
- Master’s degree from the State University of New York
- Certified Global Career Development Facilitator (Center for Credentialing and Education)
- Certified Career Transition Coach (Career Thought Leaders)
- Certified Life Coach (Life Purpose Institute)
- Taught college courses in career development to traditional age college students as well as adult career changers.
Feel Re-energized
Not just from me but from my wife as well, thank you so much for the help, peace of mind, and advice over the past few months. After I lost my job it was a very challenging time and I always looked forward to our conversations and felt re-energized and motivated afterwards.
—Michael Mandrioli
Biotech Account Manager
Gain Focus
Thanks to Jim's wise guidance, I was able to gain focus after being indecisive about my career path. I felt energized after our consultations because his attitude was enthusiastic and positive.
—Jill Wade
Project Coordinator and Learner Advocate
Jim was always positive and encouraging
I worked with Jim Black as a result of a career transition package from my former employer. He helped me hone my resume and prepared me well for interviews that I had along the journey. One of the most valuable things Jim provided was suggestions on where and what to look for as I was researching companies as potential next stops. Jim was always positive and encouraging in his approach with me.
—Chip LeBlanc
Human Resources Director
He helped me feel calm and confident
Jim and I made a connection from the very beginning of my career transition. He helped me to feel very calm and confident, and he helped me to make sense of what was happening as I worked through my transition.
—Ken Hardy
Business Process Excellence Executive